 As part of the work a new rail freight facility will be constructed to the west of the existing Merbein terminal, as well as refurbishment of the sidings at Red Cliffs for the storage of maintenance equipment.The main freight traffic on the line is export grain and containerised wine, grapes, citrus, dried fruit and juice, totalling around 1.5 million tonnes per year.Containers are dispatched to Melbourne from a terminal at Merbein (north of the station) operated by Wakefield Transport, which handles approximately 13000 export containers a year, as well as 500 import containers.