With the Mernda Rail Extension now complete, over 8,000 commuters from Melbourne’s northern suburbs can now reach the CBD each day. Three new train stations built along the extension will provide passengers with easy access to work, school, shopping and entertainment around Melbourne’s CBD, Middle Gorge and Hawkstowe stations. NJM Group and Australian Handrails are glad to have worked alongside John Holland on the government’s $2.4 billion Level Crossing Removal project which finished in August this year. Our team of experienced installers cu  ...read more

Australian Bollards provides easy to install Ball Fence barriers and handrails for indoors and outdoors, commercial and civil installations. They can act as a barrier between vehicles and pedestrians, between floor staff and forklifts, cyclists and motorists, as handrails down staircases and on bridges, factories, loading areas and warehouses. They act as a tubular handrail and stanchion system and can be transported and installed in short notice to provide a level of security that is required by government and security standards (AS1657). Our galvanised steel Monowills Safety H  ...read more

The tram corridor on St Kilda Road and Swanston Street is one of the busiest in the world. It’s also Melbourne’s most crowded and a notorious stop for commuters. The proposed new interchange, named ANZAC Station, will include what the City of Melbourne has called a “super stop”, which will reduce pressure on vehicles, trams and trains by allowing access via four entry points to bike and pedestrian paths, tram stops and a train station, all in the one place. NJM Group supports City of Melbourne taking positive steps towards a cleane  ...read more

Trackless trams are just another technological jump for Australia to take in the search for safety and efficiency. They’ve been successfully tested in China and transport analyst professor Peter Newman has already spoken quite favourably regarding implementation of the concept in Australia. The trams would operate on ‘virtual tracks’ signalled by painted sensors along the road; a change which would be most welcome to replace outdated metal rails. Estimates suggest that it could cost around five million dollars per kilometre. As expensive as it may s  ...read more

NJM Group has a long-standing history with developing Melbourne’s rail network dating back to the construction of the city loop in 1971. We have done work at Bentleigh, (http://www.australianbollards.com.au/blog/all-aboard-for-bentleigh-station-project) Cardinia (http://www.australianbollards.com.au/blog/cardinia-stations-illuminating-upgrade), Lynbrook, Nunawading, Springvale and Laverton North train stations and we continue to make stations safer, more efficient, and more beautiful with the latest project being at Blackburn station. The works comes as part of the Leve  ...read more

Premium protection calls for premium products, which are durable, strong and resilient. In high traffic scenarios, where protection of people, assets and buildings is our main goal, high impact resistant and subsurface mounted bollards provide a secure protective environment. The market is in demand for a stable protection solution, especially now that the Omni stop bollard has been withdrawn from the market place. Tram stop is a particularly sensitive location. According to Yarra Trams, over 3.5 million of passengers use the tram service in Melbourne every week. Weeke  ...read more

After several months enduring a complete transformation, Bentleigh Station will officially reopen on Monday August 29. Australian Handrails were one of many companies that spent significant time and resources on the revamp, installing an assortment of architectural metal works. Handrails, balustrades and perforated panels were applied during the project, with similar renovations taking place at fellow Frankston line stations Ormond and McKinnon as part of the Andrews State Government’s Level Crossing Removal (http://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/) scheme. It has been a len  ...read more

The team from Australian Handrails is officially onsite at the revamp of Bentleigh Station, marking the beginning of metal works on the project ranging from handrailing and balustrading to perforated panelling. Excavation began earlier this year at Bentleigh, which along with fellow Frankston line stations Ormond and McKinnon, is part of the Andrews Government’s Level Crossing Removal (http://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/) masterplan, a scheme designed to rid Victoria of 50 dangerous crossings by 2022. The Australian Handrails crew will join a host of workers from an asso  ...read more

Ever wondered what to call those upright posts that provide structural support for safety railing? Well, for your information, these steel contraptions are stanchions and Australian Handrails are aspiring to collaborate with Yarra Trams to implement this product at super stops around Melbourne in the near future. Super stops are traditionally situated within the CBD and at popular locations like universities, shopping centres and entertainment precincts, featuring protective barriers made up of stanchions, handrails and horizontal wiring. Other common aspects include elevated plat  ...read more