Works to remove the Edithvale Road level crossing will start in 2020.
The level crossing will be removed by lowering the rail line into a trench and building a new road at the current level.
The removal of this level crossing will include the construction of a new Edithvale Station, as well as a four-lane intersection with dedicated turning lanes over the rail line. This upgrade allows for the closure of the level crossing at Lochiel Avenue, with the next crossing at Edithvale Road only 500 metres away.
The boom gates at the Edithvale Road level crossing are down for an average of 42 minutes during the morning peak, when up to 30 trains run through the crossings. Current network plans to increase the number of trains running on the Frankston line, means more boom gate downtime.
The Edithvale–Bonbeach Level Crossing Removal Project was subject to an Environment Effects Statement (EES) process, due to its proximity to the Edithvale–Seaford Wetlands. In September 2018, the Minister for Planning’s Assessment of the EES for Edithvale and Bonbeach found that the rail-under-road option would not threaten the wetlands.
Construction starts next year and all the level crossings from Edithvale to Bonbeach will be gone in 2022.
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On behalf of the Victorian Government, the Level Crossing Removal Project is overseeing the removal of 75 dangerous and congested level crossings across Melbourne by 2025.
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Frankston line – buses replace trains
FRANKSTON LINE
Buses replace trains on the Frankston line between Moorabbin, Frankston and Stony Point from 1am Sunday 2 February to last train Sunday 16 February 2020.
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Edithvale and Bonbeach Monitoring and Management Plans
07 Jan 2020Publications of the Groundwater Monitoring and Management Plan & Edithvale Wetlands Monitoring and Mitigation Plan under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
New Edithvale Station factsheet
09 Dec 2019The new Edithvale Station is designed to enhance connections around the area. Improved bike facilities and walking and cycling connections will create more ways to get to the new Edithvale Station.