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 2021.^[4]

North Williamstown
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 1, February 2022
General information
Location	Champion Road, Newport, Victoria 3015 City of Hobsons Bay Australia
Coordinates	37°51′26″S 144°53′20″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Williamstown
Distance	12.27 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	10
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	NWN
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 February 1859; 166 years ago (1859-02-01)
Rebuilt	17 December 2021 (LXRP)
Electrified	August 1920 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	334,847[1]
2006–2007	374,175[1]  11.74%
2007–2008	415,381[1]  11.01%
2008–2009	385,667[2]  7.15%
2009–2010	385,720[2]  0.01%
2010–2011	354,155[2]  8.18%
2011–2012	336,368[2]  5.02%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	315,770[2]  6.12%
2014–2015	315,868[1]  0.03%
2015–2016	340,769[2]  7.88%
2016–2017	338,911[2]  0.54%
2017–2018	346,005[2]  2.09%
2018–2019	364,606[2]  5.37%
2019–2020	289,450[2]  20.61%
2020–2021	125,500[2]  56.64%
2021–2022	98,800[3]  21.27%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Williamstown Beach towards Williamstown Williamstown line Newport towards Frankston via Flinders Street Newport Shuttle services Terminus
Track layout Legend to Newport 1 2 to Williamstown Beach
Location

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.^[4]

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.^[5] In 1969, the boom barriers were converted to automatic operation, and the signal box for the level crossing was abolished.^[4]

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.^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8] On 11 October of that year, designs were released^[9] and, in January 2021, contracts were awarded.^[10] Major construction began in May 2021, with the station temporary closing on 2 August of that year.^[11][12] On 17 December of that year, the rebuilt station opened to passengers.^[13] 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.^[14]

Platform 1:

•  Williamstown line  all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston; all stations shuttle services to Newport

Platform 2:

•  Williamstown line  all stations services to Williamstown

Transport links

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

•  415 : Laverton station – Williamstown^[15]

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

•  472 : Williamstown – Moonee Ponds Junction^[16]

Gallery

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