VicTrack manages applications to build new, or change existing, third-party utility assets on our land or adjacent to our infrastructure.

These works include:

  • installation and maintenance of oil, gas, water, stormwater and other pipelines
  • installation and maintenance of electricity and telecommunications cables (including fibre optic cables)
  • construction and maintenance of earthworks (including reforming drains)
  • construction and maintenance of underpasses
  • attachments to tram poles
  • installation and maintenance of groundwater monitoring wells.

 

VicTrack manages applications to build new, or change existing, third-party utility assets on our land or adjacent to our infrastructure.

These works include:

  • installation and maintenance of oil, gas, water, stormwater and other pipelines
  • installation and maintenance of electricity and telecommunications cables (including fibre optic cables)
  • construction and maintenance of earthworks (including reforming drains)
  • construction and maintenance of underpasses
  • attachments to tram poles
  • installation and maintenance of groundwater monitoring wells.

 

  • VicTrack compliance requirements

     VicTrack compliance requirements

    All applications need to comply with the following:

    • It is illegal to discharge drainage onto railway land. Please contact the local council where your asset is located to locate a legal point of discharge.
    • You must build your own pipes or culvert/s to a legal point of discharge.
    • Railway culverts cannot be used by anyone other than railway entities:

      o Applicant will need to refer to local drainage authority for a legal point of discharge.
      o VicTrack cannot provide a legal point of discharge, as the railway drainage is not a drainage network. 
      o Applicant is to install their own drainage under the railway and must apply for a service licence agreement.

    • A retarding basin cannot be adjacent to railway land.

    Proposed service crossings under rail tracks

    • Proposed service crossings must be at least 2 metres below the tracks.
    • They must be encased (VicTrack boundary to boundary) in encasing compliant with the latest version of AS4799.
    • No pits, bend or access points are allowed within VicTrack land.
    • Boring is strongly preferred over trenching through rail tracks.
    • VicTrack land not used for rail operation will be subject to the same conditions and requirements as regions under active rail operation.
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    Download VicTrack Compliance Review Guidelines for further details.

     

     VicTrack compliance requirements

    All applications need to comply with the following:

    • It is illegal to discharge drainage onto railway land. Please contact the local council where your asset is located to locate a legal point of discharge.
    • You must build your own pipes or culvert/s to a legal point of discharge.
    • Railway culverts cannot be used by anyone other than railway entities:

      o Applicant will need to refer to local drainage authority for a legal point of discharge.
      o VicTrack cannot provide a legal point of discharge, as the railway drainage is not a drainage network. 
      o Applicant is to install their own drainage under the railway and must apply for a service licence agreement.

    • A retarding basin cannot be adjacent to railway land.

    Proposed service crossings under rail tracks

    • Proposed service crossings must be at least 2 metres below the tracks.
    • They must be encased (VicTrack boundary to boundary) in encasing compliant with the latest version of AS4799.
    • No pits, bend or access points are allowed within VicTrack land.
    • Boring is strongly preferred over trenching through rail tracks.
    • VicTrack land not used for rail operation will be subject to the same conditions and requirements as regions under active rail operation.
      •  

    Download VicTrack Compliance Review Guidelines for further details.

     

  • Application and license fees

    Application and license fees

    Application fee

    Our application review process fee is $3,060 + GST* for each application and this is non-refundable. 

    *Application fees will increase from June 2026. 

    This is a one-off assessment fee when applying for a third-party asset licence agreement and is non-refundable.

    Please ensure you have read the 'How to prepare your application’ and 'application process' section to enable you to submit a fully compliant application as per the relevant code described in the Compliance Review Guidelines . This will help avoid your application being rejected or delayed.

    If you are a new client, please download VicTrack’s bank details and ABN Form.

    License fees

    The asset owner will be responsible for the ongoing annual payment of the third-party asset license fee.
    Our standard third-party single asset license fees are $104 per asset per annum (this is for an asset that crosses the rail). *License fees will increase as of June 2026
    Assets along the rail are subject to a valuation process. Please contact VicTrack for more information on how these ae calculated. 

    Additional costs

    During the process, some activities may attract additional fees. These include: 

    • cost of the independent technical review that takes place during phase 3 of the application process
    • review and site access by the relevant rail transport operator (e.g. Metro Trains)
    • project management fees, if the volume or complexity of your application requires additional resources. However, we will notify you first, if additional fees will apply.
     

    Application and license fees

    Application fee

    Our application review process fee is $3,060 + GST* for each application and this is non-refundable. 

    *Application fees will increase from June 2026. 

    This is a one-off assessment fee when applying for a third-party asset licence agreement and is non-refundable.

    Please ensure you have read the 'How to prepare your application’ and 'application process' section to enable you to submit a fully compliant application as per the relevant code described in the Compliance Review Guidelines . This will help avoid your application being rejected or delayed.

    If you are a new client, please download VicTrack’s bank details and ABN Form.

    License fees

    The asset owner will be responsible for the ongoing annual payment of the third-party asset license fee.
    Our standard third-party single asset license fees are $104 per asset per annum (this is for an asset that crosses the rail). *License fees will increase as of June 2026
    Assets along the rail are subject to a valuation process. Please contact VicTrack for more information on how these ae calculated. 

    Additional costs

    During the process, some activities may attract additional fees. These include: 

    • cost of the independent technical review that takes place during phase 3 of the application process
    • review and site access by the relevant rail transport operator (e.g. Metro Trains)
    • project management fees, if the volume or complexity of your application requires additional resources. However, we will notify you first, if additional fees will apply.
     

Our role

We are a state-owned organisation with an independent Board. We are the owners of Victoria’s transport assets, and work alongside

Most of our railway land, assets and buildings are leased to the public transport operators, and they are responsible for maintaining the assets leased to them.