New Rosanna Station opens, with 2 level crossings gone for good
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The Grange Road level crossing was removed in 2018, with the train line lowered under Grange Road.
This work was completed as part of a package of works that also removed the level crossing at Lower Plenty Road in Rosanna, built a new Rosanna Station and duplicated a single section of track between Heidelberg and Rosanna.
The project has improved pedestrian and cycling access, with 2 new low-profile bridges over the railway line.
Before their removal in March, the boom gates at Grange Road were down for about 40 minutes during the weekday morning peak, causing delays for around 25,000 vehicles.
Project gallery
Traffic waiting at the Grange Road level crossing.
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Removing the boom gates.
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Lifting the first of the bridge beams in place.
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Breaking rock in the rail trench.
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Aerial view of rail trench below the rebuilt Grange Road.
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Track laid in the new trench.
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The shared use path alongside the rail trench.
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Project video
Thanks for your patience during the Hurstbridge Line blitz
[Vision: Aerial view of construction in progress - time lapse of construction]
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THROUGH OUR LONGEST RAIL SHUTDOWN EVER
[Vision: Aerial view of the Hurstbridge line under construction - staff working on construction]
THE HURSTBRIDGE LINE BLITZ
[Vision: Time lapse of bus arriving and commuters]
750,000 TRIPS ON REPLACEMENT BUSES
[Vision: View of inside bus]
WE APPRECIATE IT TOOK EXTRA TIME
Female staff member
Thanks for your patience.
Three male staff members
Thanks for your patience.
Male staff member 1
Thank you for your patience.
Male staff member 2
From everyone at the Level Crossing Removal Authority … thanks for your patience.
[Vision: Time lapse of night and day works on construction - and new Rosanna Station and train]
WHILE YOU WERE ON THE BUS WE EXCAVATED 30,000 CUBIC METRES OF SOIL, INSTALLED BRIDGES, DUPLICATED TRACKS AND BUILT A NEW ROSANNA STATION
Female passenger 1
I didn’t expect the station to be this big.
Male passenger
Now it actually looks a lot more modern.
Female passenger 2
I think it’s going to help a lot with traffic congestion and getting us to and from the city a lot more efficiently.
[Vision: Time lapse visions of trains moving freely - aerial view of less congested roads
WE HOPE YOU’RE ENJOYING YOUR UPGRADED HURSTBRIDGE LINE, LESS CONGESTED ROADS AND A SAFER COMMUNITY
[LEVEL CROSSING REMOVAL AUTHORITY]
[VICTORIA’S BIG BUILD - VICTORIA State Government]
[Speaker: Authorised by Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne]
On behalf of the Victorian Government, the Level Crossing Removal Project is removing 110 dangerous and congested level crossings across Melbourne by 2030.