North Williamstown railway station is located on the Williamstown line in

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, Australia. It serves the south-western

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suburbs of Newport and Williamstown, and it opened on 1 February 1859.North Williamstown
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is located on nearby Champion Road, approximately 200 metres from the station. 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

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to subdivide this land for a high-density residential development. Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Ferguson Street

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, which was located at the Down end of the station, in 1967. The crossing was a part of the first 50 crossings to be

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under the original scope of the

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, which was promised by then

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Daniel Andrews at the 2014 state election. In November 2019, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that consultation with the community for the project will start. 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. Designs were released on 11 October 2020, with contracts awarded in January 2021. Major construction began in May 2021, with the station temporary closing on 2 August of the same year. The rebuilt station reopened to passengers on 17 December 2021. 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

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s. It is serviced by

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' Williamstown line services. Platform 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street and Frankston Platform 2: * all stations services to Williamstown

Transport links

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

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Gallery

File:NorthWilliamstownStation.JPG, Southbound view of the former ground level station in November 2008

References

External links

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