Laverton station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network, and serves the south-western suburb of the same name in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was opened on 1 July 1886, and the current station buildings were provided in 2010.
At the up end of the station, the tracks diverge. Werribee-bound services take the direct double track route to Newport, while all-stations Altona services operate on the single track Altona loop line to Newport. The loop line reconnects with the direct route just north of the former Paisley railway station.
The Western standard gauge line passes to the north of Platform 1.
History
Laverton station opened on 1 July 1886, and was named after the pastoral run Laverton, which was settled by Alfred Langhorne in 1836.
In 1968, the former side platform was converted to an island platform, when the line was to Werribee was duplicated. After crossing from the east line to the west line, the train derailed and sideswiped the Princes Highway overpass, destroying a number of wood-bodied carriages. although the signal control panel remained within the station building until 2009.
In 1998, Laverton was upgraded to a premium station.
In 2009–10, Laverton received a $92.6 million upgrade, including the building of a third platform and the tripling of one kilometre of existing double track, between the Altona loop line and the station. In October 2009, the first section of the footbridge was installed and, on 9 February 2010, the completed bridge was opened to the public. The remainder of these works were completed in mid-2010. However, the Geelong Fast Rail project was abandoned in 2023.
Between Laverton and Newport stations, the former Galvin station has been closed and removed, and the former Paisley station has been closed, and has had its platform access and station building removed.
Platforms and services
Laverton has one island platform one side platform, linked by an overhead footbridge. It is served by Werribee line trains.
Current
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! colspan="7" style="background:#;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #); " |<span style="color:white;">Laverton platform arrangement</span>
|-
!Platform
!Line
!Destination
!Via
!Service Type
!Notes
!Source
|-
| rowspan="3" |1
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="2" |Flinders Street
|
|Limited express services
|Weekdays only
| rowspan="3" |
|-
|Altona
| rowspan="5" |All stations
|Weekdays after 7pm and weekends
|-
|Sandringham
|Altona and Flinders Street
|Weekdays after 7pm + before 8am weekends.
|-
|2
|
|Werribee
|
| rowspan="2" |Weekdays only, 5am-7pm
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" |
|Flinders Street
|Altona
|
|-
|Werribee
|
|Weekdays after 7pm and weekends
|
|}
From Late 2026
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed defaultcenter col1left"
! colspan="6" style="background:#;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #); " |<span style="color:white;">Laverton platform arrangement</span>
|-
!Platform
!Line
!Destination
!Via
!Service Type
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" |1
| rowspan="3" |
|Flinders Street
| rowspan="2" |Flinders Street
| rowspan="2" |Limited express services
|Weekdays only
|-
| rowspan="2" |Sandringham
|5am-7pm
|-
|Altona and Flinders Street
|All stations
|Weekdays after 7pm and weekends
|-
|2
|
|Werribee
|
|All stations
| rowspan="2" |Weekdays only, 5am-7pm
|-
| rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" |
|Sandringham
|Altona and Flinders Street
|All stations
|-
|Werribee
|
|All stations
|Weekdays after 7pm and weekends
|}
Gallery
<gallery>
File:Laverton station overbridge 2010.jpg|The station footbridge, built as part of the 2009-2010 station upgrade, February 2010
File:Laverton station island platform 2010.jpg|The renewed station platforms taken from the footbridge, February 2010
</gallery>
Transport links
CDC Melbourne operates eight bus routes to and from Laverton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- : to Sunshine station (shared with Transit Systems Victoria)
- : to Footscray
- : to Footscray
- : to Footscray station
- : to Williamstown
- : to Laverton station (loop service via Laverton North)
- : to Sanctuary Lakes (Point Cook)
- : to Hoppers Crossing station
Transit Systems Victoria operates one bus route to and from Laverton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- : to Sunshine station (shared with CDC Melbourne)