Melbourne’s new Melton station will help facilitate the removal of four dangerous level crossings
A new modern station is being built in the Melbourne suburb of Melton, helping to remove four dangerous level crossings and make the suburb boom gate free in 2026.
The new Melton Station will have four platforms to provide dedicated platforms for trains starting and terminating at Melton, while also accommodating Ballarat services.
This includes longer platforms for nine-car VLocity trains that are being rolled out to boost passenger capacity by 50 per cent as part of the Melton Line Upgrade, which includes a new stabling yard at Cobblebank.
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From early February, workers will prepare the new Melton station site for excavation of an accessible pedestrian connection.
Level crossings at Coburns, Exford and Ferris roads will be removed, as well as Hopkins Road in Truganina.
At Ferris Road, crews will relocate a pedestrian path and undertake track and signalling works, while a piling rig will start digging foundations for the new road bridge at Hopkins Road in Truganina.
When the project is complete, new rail bridges will take trains over Coburns and Exford roads, and new road bridges will be built over Ferris Road, Melton and Hopkins Road, Truganina, as well as the new accessible Melton Station.