Westall railway station

Westall
North-west bound view from Platform 1, August 2025
General information
Location	Rayhur Street, Clayton South, Victoria 3169 City of Kingston Australia
Coordinates	37°56′18″S145°08′18″E / 37.9382°S 145.1383°E / -37.9382; 145.1383
System	PTV commuter rail station
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Lines	Pakenham Cranbourne
Distance	22.64 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	170 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	WTL
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	6 February 1951;74 years ago (1951-02-06)
Rebuilt	11 October 2010
Electrified	December 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	328,908 [1]

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Clayton towards City Loop		Pakenham line		Springvale towards Cranbourne or East Pakenham
		Cranbourne line

Future Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station From December 2025 Clayton towards West Footscray or Sunbury via  Town Hall Pakenham line Terminus Springvale Limited weekend services towards East Pakenham From 1 February 2026 Clayton towards West Footscray, Watergardens or Sunbury via  Town Hall Pakenham line Springvale towards East Pakenham or Cranbourne Cranbourne line

Track layout
Legend to Clayton 1 2 3 to Westall Train Maintenance Depot to Springvale

Location

Westall railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, which are part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Clayton South, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Westall station is a ground-level premium station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 6 February 1951, with the current station provided in 2010. ^[4]

History

Opening on 6 February 1951, Westall station originally comprised two workers-only platforms for staff at the adjacent Martin & King railway coach-building factory. On 1 June 1959, the station became available to the general public, and all services began stopping there. ^[5] The station, like the locality itself, gets its name from an early market garden proprietor who lived in the area. ^{[6] [7]}

On 19 July 1975, the former timber station building on Platform 1 was damaged by fire. ^[8] In 1985, boom barriers were provided at the former Westall Road level crossing, which was located at the down end of the station. ^[9]

The station had a stabling yard located at its southern end, as well as a number of industrial sidings serving nearby factories. ^[10] On 17 April 1998, the Westall train maintenance centre was officially opened in the former goods yard, as part of the decentralisation of train stabling and maintenance from the former Jolimont Yards. ^[11] The buildings were approximately 2,850 m² in size, and permitted bogie repair and replacement, under-carriage and overhead work. The facility cost $15 million, which also included the Bayswater facility. ^[12]

In 2000, the Westall Road level crossing was grade separated, and replaced with a road overpass. ^[13] By 4 February 2001, the boom barriers at the former level crossing were decommissioned. ^[14]

On 26 July 2006, a fire in the waiting room on Platform 1 caused major damage to half the station building, the ticket machines, ^[15] seats and a section of the platform. The city-bound platform was closed off and passenger services to Flinders Street operated express from Springvale to Clayton, bypassing Westall, until temporary fencing was placed around the building. ^[16] The damaged section was subsequently demolished and rebuilt.

In May 2008, the Victorian State Government announced that the Westall station precinct would receive a $151 million upgrade, which included a rebuilt station, a new third platform, a third 2.6-kilometre track between Centre Road and Springvale Road and additional storage space at the Westall stabling yard. Work commenced in January 2010, with the majority of the works completed by October of that year. ^{[17] [18] [19] [4]} Following these works, Westall was upgraded to a Premium Station. ^[4]

Platforms and services

Westall has one side platform (Platform 1) and one island platform with two faces (Platforms 2 and 3), linked by a footbridge. Access to the platforms is via stairs and lifts. The side platform features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets, while the island platform features an enclosed waiting room. A number of services terminate at Westall and return to the city.

It is served by Pakenham and Cranbourne line trains. ^{[20] [21]}

Current

Westall platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
2	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	East Pakenham, Cranbourne, Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
3	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

From early December 2025 to 1 February 2026

Westall platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type	Notes
1	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	Flinders Street	City Loop	Limited express
	Pakenham line   (weekends only)	Sunbury, West Footscray	Town Hall		Between 10:00am and 7:00pm on weekends
2	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations
	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	Flinders Street	City Loop	Limited express
	Pakenham line	Sunbury (weekends only), West Footscray	Town Hall		Between 10:00am and 3:00pm on weekdays, and between 10:00am and 7:00pm on weekends
3	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

After 1 February 2026

Westall platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray	Town Hall	Limited express
2	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray	Town Hall	Limited express
		East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations
3	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates two bus routes via Westall station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  704 : to Oakleigh station ^[22]
•  824 : Moorabbin station – Parkmore Shopping Centre ^[23]

Gallery

• 
  North-west bound view from Platform 2,
  June 2013

References

1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
4. "Westall". vicsig.net. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
5. SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. ISBN   0-909459-06-1.
6. "Westall". Victorian Places. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
7. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 21 January 2023.
8. "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1976. p. 18.
9. John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
10. Signalling diagram of Westall – 1975
11. "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1998. p. 169.
12. architectus. "Public Transport Corporation Train Maintenance Facility". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
13. "D0228: Westall Road". vicsig.net. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
14. "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. March 2001. p. 25.
15. Unofficial Metcard site: Metcard Vending Machine 2 (MVM 2)
16. Fire at Westall railway station Victorian Police 27 July 2006
17. Westall Rail Upgrade Project Department of Transport
18. Westall Rail Upgrade Project map Department of Transport
19. Westall Rail Upgrade, Melbourne Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine WT Partnership
20. "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
21. "Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria.
22. "704 Oakleigh Station - Westall Station via Clayton". Public Transport Victoria.
23. "824 Moorabbin - Keysborough via Clayton & Westall". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

• Media related to Westall railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au
• Westall Train Station Video