North Williamstown railway station

North Williamstown railway station is a commuter railway station on the Williamstown line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-western suburb of Newport, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. North Williamstown station is a below ground unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 February 1859, with the current station provided in December 2021.<ref name="VicsigNorthWilliamstown">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Newport Railway Museum is located on nearby Champion Road, approximately 200 metres from the station.

History

North Williamstown station opened on 1 February 1859, just under a month after the railway line from Newport was extended to Williamstown Pier.<ref name=VicsigNorthWilliamstown/>

In 1967, manually operated boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Ferguson Street level crossing, which was located at the down end of the station.<ref name="history">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1969, the boom barriers were converted to automatic operation, and the signal box for the level crossing was abolished.<ref name=VicsigNorthWilliamstown/>

The land that is located east of the station was once occupied by a strip of historic commercial premises, but is now used as car parking. Various proposals have been made by railway land manager VicTrack to subdivide this land for a high-density residential development.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The level crossing was a part of the first 50 crossings to be grade separated under the original scope of the Level Crossing Removal Project, which was promised by then opposition leader Daniel Andrews at the 2014 state election. In November 2019, the LXRP announced that consultation with the community for the project had started.<ref name="lxrp1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 19 June 2020, it was announced that the level crossing will be removed by lowering the railway line under the road, and will include rebuilding the station.<ref name="lxrp2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 11 October of that year, designs were released<ref name="lxrp3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and, in January 2021, contracts were awarded.<ref name="lxrp4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Major construction began in May 2021, with the station temporary closing on 2 August of that year.<ref name="lxrp5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="lxrp6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 17 December of that year, the rebuilt station opened to passengers.<ref name="lxrp7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As part of the project, the station building on Platform 2 was demolished, however the building on Platform 1 was retained for station operations.

Platforms and services

North Williamstown has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Williamstown line services.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Newport, Flinders Street, Moorabbin, Cheltenham, Frankston	Flinders Street	All stations
2	Template:RouteBox	Williamstown		All stations

From 1 February 2026 to 29 April 2026<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Platform	Line	Destination	Service Type	Notes	Source
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	All stations	Due to Level Crossing Removal Project works on the Werribee line, trains on the Williamstown line will not run direct to Sandringham via Flinders Street and will instead terminate at Flinders Street station until late April 2026.	<ref name=":1"/>
2	Template:RouteBox	Williamstown	All stations

After 29 April 2026

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |North Williamstown platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Sandringham	Flinders Street	All stations and limited express services
2	Template:RouteBox	Williamstown		All stations

Transport links

CDC Melbourne operates one route via North Williamstown station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Template:Color box: Laverton station – Williamstown<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Transit Systems Victoria operates one route via North Williamstown station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Template:Color box: Williamstown – Moonee Ponds Junction<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Gallery

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  Southbound view of the former ground level Platform 1 looking at station buildings on both platforms, November 2008

External links

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• Melway map at street-directory.com.au