West Footscray railway station


West Footscray station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Sunbury line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the western suburb of [West Footscray, Victoria|Footscray, Victoria|West Footscray], in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. West Footscray station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform, accessible by a pedestrian footbridge. It opened on 1 October 1888, with the current island platform provided in 2013 and the current side platform provided in 2020.
Initially opened as Footscray West, the station was given its current name of West Footscray on 1 September 1912.
Two dual gauge tracks run to the north of the station, forming the South Kensington – West Footscray freight line, which links the Port of Melbourne and other freight terminals to the rest of the state. The tracks also form part of the Melbourne – Sydney and Melbourne – Adelaide standard gauge lines. Two Regional Rail Link tracks run to the south of the station.
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History

In 1976, the original station buildings were demolished, and replaced with brick structures. In 2013, the station was rebuilt 200 metres further west, to accommodate two lines to the south as part of the Regional Rail Link project. On 14 October of that year, the new station opened, and the old station was demolished soon after.
A third platform has been built to the north of the existing island platform, as part of the Metro Tunnel project, to allow services to terminate and return. Work commenced in late 2018 and the new platform was opened on 6 July 2020.

Platforms, facilities and services

West Footscray has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is served by Sunbury line trains, but express services do not stop there. Upon the opening of the Metro Tunnel in 2025, a number of services will terminate here using Platform 2. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs, lifts and ramps from an overhead footbridge, which also includes a cycling path.

Transport links

CDC Melbourne operates three bus routes via West Footscray station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
Transit Systems Victoria operates two routes via West Footscray station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: