Laverton Rail Upgrade

Timeframe:	Start: 2008 End: 2011
Cost:	$92.6 million

What's happening

Works are progressing well at Laverton Station, feel free to come along to one of our information sessions and talk to a member of the project team. Details are:

Date: Friday 27 November, 2009
Time: Starts at 2:00pm and finishes at 3:00pm
Venue: Laverton Community Renewal Centre, 8 Donald Street, Laverton

Date: Saturday 28 November, 2009
Time: Starts at 10:00am and finishes at 11:00am
Venue: Laverton Community Renewal Centre, 8 Donald Street, Laverton

RSVP: Places are limited, please email railprojectenquiries@transport.vic.gov.au by Monday 23 November to reserve your place.

A hosted tour may follow the information session depending on the construction works programmed on the day. If you would like to participate, please wear appropriate footwear (that is, closed toe and flat sole footwear).

In early October 2009, the main components of the new Laverton Station footbridge were lifted into place. Once completed, the new footbridge will provide commuters with an attractive and modern structure that is fully compliant with disability guidelines including stair and lift access to the station platforms. Read the media release.

Project description

The Laverton Rail Upgrade will enable additional services to be introduced on the Werribee line that will start and finish at Laverton Station. The upgrade will also provide infrastructure to improve the reliability of both the Werribee and V/Line services.

Specifically the project involves:

an extra kilometre of track between Laverton Station and the Altona Loop Junction and associated signalling works
a third platform at Laverton Station
a new footbridge to improve access to the station
a new rail bridge over Merton Street, and
around 300 new car spaces on the north side of the station.

Project benefits

The project will address a bottleneck at the Laverton rail junction at Laverton and at sections of single track in the Altona Loop. This will help Werribee trains run more efficiently and reliably.
Once completed, the project will enable the introduction of additional peak services that will start and terminate at Laverton Station and stop at stations in the Altona Loop.
Many trains that start from Werribee will run express from Laverton to Newport resulting in travel time savings.
Commuters will significantly benefit from improvements at Laverton Station including, approximately 300 new parking spaces, a new platform and pedestrian footbridge.

More information

Contact details
You can find out more about the project by calling freecall 1800 RAIL 00 (1800 724 500) or email us.

Information is also available on the Department of Transport's Multilingual Information Lines.