4 July 2025
To prepare for more trains, more often once the Metro Tunnel opens later this year, we’re closing Webster Street at the level crossing and building a new road under the rail line. The new underpass will connect Princes Highway-Lonsdale Street to Cheltenham and Hammond roads.
What we’re doing
We're working 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the rail corridor between Cheltenham Road and Frankston-Dandenong Road to undertake signalling and overhead wiring works and piling for the new road underpass.
Works will take place day and night while trains are not running from:
- 9pm, Friday 18 July until 3am, Monday 21 July
- 9pm, Friday 1 August until 2am, Thursday 14 August.
What to expect
- Works taking place 24/7 within the rail corridor.
- Increase in noise, vibration, lighting and dust. Water carts and sweepers will be used to mitigate dust.
- Webster Street closed at the level crossing for up to 10 minutes at a time to allow heavy machinery to enter the rail corridor and for the installation of overhead cables.
- Construction workers and vehicles in the area.
- Traffic management in place to assist drivers, pedestrians and bike riders.
During all other times we’ll work from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and 7am to 1pm, Saturday.
Access to businesses and homes will be maintained at all times.
We’ll make every effort to complete works on schedule; however, dates and times are subject to change.
Changes to the way you travel
To allow crews to safely complete works in the rail corridor, buses will replace trains on sections of the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines in July and August.
July
- Buses replace trains between Westall, Berwick and Cranbourne from 8.30pm, Friday 18 July until last service, Sunday 20 July.
August
- Buses replace trains between Westall, Berwick and Cranbourne from 8.30pm, Friday 1 August until last service, Sunday 3 August.
- Buses replace trains between Dandenong, Cranbourne and Berwick from Monday 4 August until 8.30pm, Friday 8 August.
- Buses replace trains between Westall, Cranbourne and East Pakenham from 8.30pm, Friday 8 August until last service, Sunday 10 August.
- Buses replace trains between Westall, Cranbourne and Berwick fro, first service, Monday 11 August to last service, Wednesday 13 August.
Please allow extra time when travelling. For more information and to plan your journey, visit the PTV website.
More information
- For more information about the project, call us on 1800 105 105 or email us at contact@levelcrossings.vic.gov.au 24/7.
- For languages other than English please call 9209 0147.
- Subscribe for email updates.
- Sign up for SMS alerts, text WEBSTER to 0428 581 917.