Westall railway station

Westall railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, which are part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Clayton South, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Westall station is a ground-level premium station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 6 February 1951, with the current station provided in 2010.<ref name="vicsigwestall">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Opening on 6 February 1951, Westall station originally comprised two workers-only platforms for staff at the adjacent Martin & King railway coach-building factory. On 1 June 1959, the station became available to the general public, and all services began stopping there.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The station, like the locality itself, gets its name from an early market garden proprietor who lived in the area.<ref name="vpwestall">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="heraldsun">Template:Cite web</ref>

On 19 July 1975, the former timber station building on Platform 1 was damaged by fire.<ref name="newsrailjan76">Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 1985, boom barriers were provided at the former Westall Road level crossing, which was located at the down end of the station.<ref name="somersaultjan90">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

The station had a stabling yard located at its southern end, as well as a number of industrial sidings serving nearby factories.<ref>Signalling diagram of Westall – 1975</ref> On 17 April 1998, the Westall train maintenance centre was officially opened in the former goods yard, as part of the decentralisation of train stabling and maintenance from the former Jolimont Yards.<ref name="newsrailjun98">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The buildings were approximately 2,850 m² in size, and permitted bogie repair and replacement, under-carriage and overhead work. The facility cost $15 million, which also included the Bayswater facility.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2000, the Westall Road level crossing was grade separated, and replaced with a road overpass.<ref name="westallroad">Template:Cite web</ref> By 4 February 2001, the boom barriers at the former level crossing were decommissioned.<ref name="somersaultmar01">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

On 26 July 2006, a fire in the waiting room on Platform 1 caused major damage to half the station building, the ticket machines,<ref>Unofficial Metcard site: Metcard Vending Machine 2 (MVM 2)</ref> seats and a section of the platform. The city-bound platform was closed off and passenger services to Flinders Street operated express from Springvale to Clayton, bypassing Westall, until temporary fencing was placed around the building.<ref>Fire at Westall railway station Victorian Police 27 July 2006</ref> The damaged section was subsequently demolished and rebuilt.

In May 2008, the Victorian State Government announced that the Westall station precinct would receive a $151 million upgrade, which included a rebuilt station, a new third platform, a third 2.6-kilometre track between Centre Road and Springvale Road and additional storage space at the Westall stabling yard. Work commenced in January 2010, with the majority of the works completed by October of that year.<ref>Westall Rail Upgrade Project Department of Transport</ref><ref>Westall Rail Upgrade Project map Department of Transport</ref><ref>Westall Rail Upgrade, Melbourne Template:Webarchive WT Partnership</ref><ref name=vicsigwestall/> Following these works, Westall was upgraded to a Premium Station.<ref name=vicsigwestall/>

Platforms and services

Westall has one side platform (Platform 1) and one island platform with two faces (Platforms 2 and 3), linked by a footbridge. Access to the platforms is via stairs and lifts. The side platform features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets, while the island platform features an enclosed waiting room. A number of services terminate at Westall and return to the city.

It is served by Pakenham and Cranbourne line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref><ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
2	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	East Pakenham, Cranbourne, Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
3	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

From 30 November 2025 to 1 February 2026

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type	Notes
1	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	Limited express
	Template:RouteBox (weekends only)	Sunbury, West Footscray	Town Hall		Between 10:00am and 7:00pm on weekends
2	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations
	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	Limited express
	Template:RouteBox	Sunbury (weekends only), West Footscray	Town Hall		Between 10:00am and 3:00pm on weekdays, and between 10:00am and 7:00pm on weekends
3	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

From 1 February 2026

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray	Town Hall	Limited express
2	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray	Town Hall	Limited express
		East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations
3	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates two bus routes via Westall station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Template:Color box: to Oakleigh station<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• Template:Color box: Moorabbin station – Parkmore Shopping Centre<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Gallery

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  North-west bound view from Platform 2,
  June 2013

External links

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• Melway map at street-directory.com.au
• Westall Train Station Video