Newport railway station, Melbourne

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Newport
Newport
PTV commuter rail station
	Northbound view from Platform 2 in January 2012
General information
Location	Melbourne Road,; Newport, Victoria 3015; City of Hobsons Bay ; Australia
Coordinates	37°50′33″S144°53′00″E / 37.8424°S 144.8833°E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Werribee ; Williamstown ;
Distance	10.56 kilometres from; Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	80
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	NPT
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 March 1859;164 years ago
Electrified	August 1920 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Geelong Junction (1859-1869); Williamstown Junction (1869-1881)
Passengers
2005–2006	1,058,374
2005–2018 numbers
2005–2006	1,058,374
Former services

Last updated June 13, 2023

Newport railway station is the junction for the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Newport, and opened on 1 March 1859 as Geelong Junction. It was renamed Williamstown Junction in January 1869, and renamed Newport on 1 November 1881.^[4]^[5]

Two sidings exist at the northern (up) end of the station, used for the stabling of trains that operate the Williamstown and Altona line shuttle services. The Western standard gauge line to Adelaide operates to the west of the station, behind Platform 1, and the Newport Workshops are located to the south.

Newport station opened on 1 March 1859.^[4]^[5] Two years earlier, in 1857, the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company opened its railway line to Newport from Geelong but, because the line from Melbourne to Newport was not yet complete, a track was constructed along North Road to a temporary terminus on the bank of the Yarra River at Greenwich, from where passengers were conveyed to Melbourne by ferry. In October of that year, the line towards Williamstown was opened and the Geelong line was connected to it.^[6]

In 1887, a line from Sunshine to Newport was opened, to allow easier access to the port of Williamstown for trains from the north of Victoria. A number of sidings were also provided in the Newport area: to a flour mill on the Melbourne side, and a goods yard on the western side of the Williamstown line.

In October 1960, the Melbourne Road level crossing, which was located just south of the station, was grade separated and replaced with the current road overpass.^[4] In 1966, the stabling sidings to the north of the station were provided.^[4] On 22 July 1967, a freight line was provided to the west of Platform 1, so that freight services could bypass the station itself.^[4] In 1995, that line was converted to dual gauge, and became part of the Western standard gauge line to Adelaide.^[5]

On 18 July 1996, Newport was upgraded to a premium station.^[7]

There have been several calls to build a Melbourne Metro 2 line, once the Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel has been completed. Melbourne Metro 2 would run from Newport to Clifton Hill via Southern Cross.^[8] The project, designed to serve the Fishermans Bend development, as well as add capacity to the Mernda and Werribee lines, would bring considerable change to Newport, perhaps adding underground platforms. There have also been suggestions to route Geelong line services via Newport into Southern Cross once again, given the crowding at Wyndham Vale and Tarneit, as well as the lack of capacity on the Regional Rail Link set of tracks between Sunshine and the city.

Announced as part of a $57.7 million package in the 2022/23 Victorian State Budget, Newport, alongside other stations, will receive DDA compliant accessibility upgrades and improvements.^[9] The development process will begin in late 2022, with a timeline for the upgrades to be released once construction has begun.

On the Altona loop line, demolished station Mobiltown was located between Newport and Seaholme. On the direct route to Werribee, disused station Paisley and demolished station Galvin were located between Newport and Laverton.

Newport has two side platforms. Platform 1 features a large brick building which houses an enclosed waiting area and toilets. Platform 2 has a smaller brick building which also contains toilets.

It is served by Werribee and Williamstown line trains.^[10]^[11]

Platform 1:

Werribee line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street and Frankston
Williamstown line all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston

Platform 2:

Werribee line all stations and limited express services to Werribee; all stations services to Laverton via Altona (weekdays only)
Williamstown line all stations services to Williamstown

Until the opening of the Regional Rail Link in June 2015, Geelong and Warrnambool line services stopped at Newport.^[12]

Transit Systems Victoria operates four routes via Newport station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

432 : to Yarraville station ^[13]
471 : Williamstown – Sunshine station ^[14]
472 : Williamstown – Moonee Ponds Junction ^[15]
Night Bus 947 : to Footscray station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)^[16]

Newport railway station track layout

Legend

to Spotswood

to Newport-Sunshine line

1

2

to North Williamstown

to Newport Workshops

Champion Road

(Closing by 2030)

Maddox Road

(Removing by 2030)

Paisley Drain

to Seaholme

Paisley (Closed)

to CRT Terminal

Kororoit Creek

to Laverton

North Williamstown railway station is located on the Williamstown line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-western Melbourne suburbs of Newport and Williamstown, and it opened on 1 February 1859.

Williamstown Beach railway station is located on the Williamstown line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Williamstown, and it opened on 7 August 1889 as Beach. It was renamed Williamstown Beach on 1 February 1915.

Williamstown railway station is the terminus of the electrified suburban Williamstown line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Williamstown, and it opened on 17 January 1859.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Middle Footscray railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Middle Footscray railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Footscray, and it opened on 10 December 1906.

West Footscray railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of West Footscray, and it opened on 1 October 1888 as Footscray West. It was renamed West Footscray on 1 September 1912.

Sunshine railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. Originally named Braybrook Junction for the convergence of the major railways from central Melbourne to Ballarat and Bendigo, it was renamed when the suburb of Sunshine, which it serves, took its name from the nearby Sunshine Harvester Works. With the expansion of the railway network in Melbourne's west, Sunshine grew in importance, with cross-suburban goods routes constructed to Newport and from the adjacent Albion to Jacana line. From the mid-20th century, it became an interchange for the main interstate routes to South Australia and New South Wales, when the through line from Melbourne to Sydney was completed, although the main line to Adelaide was later diverted. In the early 21st century, the station was demolished and reconstructed to serve the diversion of the main passenger route to Geelong and beyond. It has been identified as a possible route for a future line to Melbourne Airport and as an interchange for the orbital Suburban Rail Loop.

South Kensington railway station is located on the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the inner north-western Melbourne suburb of Kensington, and opened on 11 March 1891.

Footscray railway station is the junction for the Sunbury, Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Footscray, and it opened on 17 January 1859.

Seddon railway station is located on the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Seddon, and opened on 10 December 1906.

Yarraville railway station is located on the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the inner-western Melbourne suburb of Yarraville, and it opened on 20 November 1871 as South Footscray.

Spotswood railway station is located on the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Spotswood, and opened on 1 December 1878 as Edom. It was renamed Bayswater on 1 September 1881, renamed Spottiswoode on 1 October of that year, and renamed Spotswood on 1 August 1905.

Seaholme railway station is located on the Werribee line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Seaholme, and opened on 26 January 1920.

Altona railway station is located on the Werribee line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-western Melbourne suburb of Altona, and it opened on 1 December 1917 as Altona Beach. It was renamed Altona on 3 October 1938.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Westona railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Westona railway station is located on the Werribee line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Altona, and opened on 21 January 1985.

Laverton railway station is located on the Werribee line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Laverton, and opened on 1 July 1886.

Aircraft railway station is located on the Werribee line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Laverton, and opened on 7 March 1925 as Aviation Siding. It was renamed Aircraft Siding on 10 May 1927, and Aircraft on 19 March 1963.

Deer Park railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Deer Park, and it opened on 2 April 1884 as Kororoit. It was renamed Deer Park on 3 December 1889.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Werribee railway line</span> Railway line in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Werribee line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's ninth longest metropolitan railway line at 32.9 kilometres (20.4 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Werribee station in the south west, serving 17 stations via Footscray, Newport, and Altona. The line operates for approximately 19 hours a day with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. During peak hour, headways of up to 5–20 minutes are operated with services every 20–30 minutes during off-peak hours. Trains on the Werribee line run with a two three-car formations of Comeng, Siemens Nexas, and X'Trapolis 100 trainsets.

Yarraville is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km (3.7 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Yarraville recorded a population of 15,636 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Freight railways in Melbourne</span>

The rail network of Melbourne, Australia, has a significant number of railway lines and yards serving freight traffic. Rail transport in Victoria is heavily focused on Melbourne, and, as a consequence, much of the state's rail freight passes through the metropolitan network.

1 2 3 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
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↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
↑ "Network Development Plan" (PDF). Public Transport Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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↑ "Williamstown Line". Public Transport Victoria.
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↑ "471 Williamstown - Sunshine Station via Newport & Altona Gate SC". Public Transport Victoria.
↑ "472 Williamstown - Moonee Ponds via Footscray". Public Transport Victoria.
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[patronage2005-2015-1] 1 2 3 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport

[patronage2008-2021-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis

[patronage2021-2022-3] Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic

[VicsigNewport-4] 1 2 3 4 5 "Newport". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

[RailGeelong-5] 1 2 3 "Newport Station". Rail Geelong. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

[6] "GREENWICH RAILWAY STATION IS NOT EVEN A MEMORY NOW". The Argus. 22 January 1944. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[newsrailoct97-7] "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.

[8] "Network Development Plan" (PDF). Public Transport Victoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[9] "Improving Station Accessibility In Melbourne's West | Premier of Victoria". www.premier.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[10] "Werribee Line". Public Transport Victoria.

[11] "Williamstown Line". Public Transport Victoria.

[12] "New timetables from Sunday June 21 - Geelong" (Press release). Geelong: V/Line. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

[13] "432 Newport - Yarraville via Altona Gate Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.

[14] "471 Williamstown - Sunshine Station via Newport & Altona Gate SC". Public Transport Victoria.

[15] "472 Williamstown - Moonee Ponds via Footscray". Public Transport Victoria.

[ptv947-16] "947 Footscray - Newport Station via Altona North". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

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