The Victorian Government is encouraging the Brunswick community to submit their input for proposed designs and works to remove eight level crossings, which will also see three existing stations consolidated into two new accessible stations by 2030.
The boom gates at Albion Street, Hope Street, Victoria Street, Albert Street, Dawson Street, Union Street and Brunswick Road in Brunswick, and Park Street in Parkville will be removed and replaced by an elevated rail line.
Five of these eight are already gone, with the construction of the 2.1 kilometre rail bridge to replace the existing level crossings.
More than 70,000 motorists travel through these eight level crossings daily, with the boom gates down for up to 30 minutes of the morning peak.
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Eighteen months of technical and engineering assessments have identified that merging three stations to two will make it easier to further boost capacity on the line in the future and deliver more open space.
The three existing stations are within 1500 metres from each other, making them among the closest stations on the network.
The two new accessible stations will be located between 200 and 450 metres from the current stations and will feature entrances at both ends of the platforms – creating direct and easy access between train services and residential areas – along with new cycling and walking paths.
Early works on the project are expected to begin in 2028, with the eight level crossings be gone for good, and the two new stations open in 2030.
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