All News & Updates in Cheltenham

Congratulations to our final set of 8 winners of the Cheltenham 3192 Christmas Giveaway and thankyou Cheltenham for supporting local. The lucky winners of the eight $100 Cheltenham3192 Gift Cards are: Sami Pauliuk Elena Protasova David Van Veldhuisen Kay Hedges Maree Stammers Fortuna Rebecca Rumbelow Marlo Rachor We will contact you directly to let you know how to collect your Read more…

Celebrate Christmas | Support Local & WIN! Spend $10 in Cheltenham 3192 Business and go into the draw to WIN one of 24 $100 Cheltenham Gift Cards. To enter online Click here or pick up an entry form when in a participating businesses Read more…

17 Aug 2020 The new Cheltenham Station is now open to the public with trains running in the new rail trenches and stopping at the station from Sunday 16 August. The station opening follows the recent removal of three more level crossings on the Frankston line and the early opening of Mentone Station, after two months of intensive work from May Read more…

Kingston Council is committed to supporting local businesses during this time and will continue to keep you updated on relevant and important information following advice from the Victorian Government and Federal Government regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). There is a wide range of information, resources and tools available to assist and navigate you through the current challenges. Information and advice changes daily, so Read more…

Cheltenham Station up and running We’re removing 18 level crossings and building 12 new stations as part of a $3 billion upgrade of the Frankston line that will improve safety, reduce congestion and allow more trains to run more often. Your brand new Cheltenham Station will open on Sunday 16 August. With trains back up and running, we will complete Read more…

Works are tracking well at Cheltenham and Mentone 😉 We’ve started laying 480 tonnes of rail track and 25,000 tonnes of ballast along 2.5 kilometres of new rail trenches 🚉 Over the next few weeks, we’re also installing rail signalling and 20km of overhead wires. Thanks for your patience Read more…

Check out this incredible view of our works at Cheltenham and Mentone 😮 Over the past two weeks, workers have removed more than 74 Olympic-sized swimming pools of soil – about 200,000 cubic metres – for the new lowered rail line 🚜 As excavation wraps up, workers will soon begin reinforcing the walls of the trench before beginning to lay the tracks Read more…

Removing dangerous and congested level crossings is hungry work. And it takes a lot of chicken and chips to get the job done right. The Hot Bird in Cheltenham has been staying open until past 2am, seven nights a week. They’re keeping hungry tradies fed with more than 60kg of fried chicken a week – and some workers eat here every Read more…

Australia’s biggest cranes are being used tear up and rebuild the Frankston railway line as work ramps up on one of Melbourne’s most intensive level crossing removal projects. Train commuters will be forced onto replacement bus services between Moorabbin and Mordialloc until July 27 while the massive operation is underway. Diggers are currently excavating nearly 200,000 cubic metres along a 2.5km trench Read more…

Kingston B-Well is a new partnership between Councils Business Directions team and Central Bayside Community Health Services (CBCHS). Kingston B-Well will be launching next week during World Wellbeing Week (22-29 June), and will focus on business health and wellbeing opportunities.To learn more, check out Kingston’s Business page from next week. Read more…