Hoppers Crossing station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the western suburb of Hoppers Crossing, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Hoppers Crossing station is a ground level host station, featuring an island platform, it opened on 16 November 1970, with the current platforms provided in 1983 and the footbridge in 2022.

The Western standard gauge line, which operates between Melbourne and Adelaide, passes to the north of Platform 1.

History

The station's name matches that of the locality on which the suburb was built. Elizabeth Hopper was a gatekeeper, closing and re-opening a set of large timber level crossing gates whenever a train passed through. She and her husband, Stephen Hopper (1832-1908), a railway ganger, lived nearby with their eleven children.

The original station was located on the down (Werribee) side of the former Old Geelong Road level crossing. Problems with stationary trains blocking the level crossing led to the station being relocated to the up (Flinders Street) side of the crossing in July 1983, in conjunction with the electrification of the line to Werribee. However, in March 2011, this was scrapped by the Baillieu Government.

The crossing was removed as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project, and was replaced with a road overpass 800m to the east of the crossing, directly connecting Old Geelong Road with the Princes Highway. Construction began in February 2021 and, on 9 December of that year, the new road bridge opened to traffic. The level crossing was closed to road traffic on the same day,

Platforms and services

Hoppers Crossing has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Werribee line trains.

Current

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!Platform

!Line

!Destination

!Via

!Service Type

!Notes

!Source

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| rowspan="3" |1

| rowspan="3" |

| rowspan="2" |Flinders Street

|

|Limited Express services

|Weekdays only

| rowspan="3" |

|-

|Altona

| rowspan="3" |All stations

|After 7pm weekdays, all day weekends.

|-

|Sandringham

|Altona and Flinders Street

|After 7pm on weekdays + before 8am on weekends.

|-

|2

|

|Werribee

|

|

|

|}

From Late 2026

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! colspan="6" style="background:#;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #); " |<span style="color:white;">Hoppers Crossing platform arrangement</span>

|-

!Platform

!Line

!Destination

!Via

!Service Type

!Notes

|-

| rowspan="3" |1

| rowspan="3" |

|Flinders Street

|

| rowspan="2" |Limited Express services

| rowspan="2" |Weekdays only

|-

| rowspan="2" |Sandringham

|Flinders Street

|-

|Altona and Flinders Street

| rowspan="2" |All stations

|After 7pm on weekdays, all day weekends.

|-

|2

|

|Werribee

|

|

|}

CDC Melbourne operates seven bus routes via Hoppers Crossing station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  • : Williams Landing station – Werribee station
  • : to Tarneit station
  • : to Werribee station
  • : to Wyndham Vale station
  • : to Tarneit station
  • : to Werribee station
  • : to Laverton station

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File:Hoppers Crossing stn platform night.jpg|Platform 1 waiting shelter, June 2016

File:Hoppers Crossing (3).jpg|Eastbound view from Platform 1, June 2019

File:Hoppers Crossing (1).jpg|Station building, Myki machines and entrance, June 2019

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References

  • Melway map at street-directory.com.au