Seaford – online information session Q and A's

9 December 2025

Updated: 9/12/2025

The questions and answers on this page have been updated following the online information session presentation - PDF, 1.2 MB on Wednesday, 19 November 2025.

Since 2016 there have been 7 near misses at these crossings. The boom gates are down for more than half an hour during the morning peak (7am to 9am), when up to 40 trains travel through these crossings.

Removing these dangerous level crossings by building rail bridges over the roads will improve safety by separating trains from vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists, reducing the risk of near misses and injuries.

The Metro Tunnel is open, helping to enable more trains on the Frankston Line in the future. It’s important to remove these level crossings now to prevent even more boom gate down time in the future.

As part of project development, we considered multiple options for removal of these level crossings and construction of the new Seaford Station, including lowering the rail line beneath the roads.

A rail trench at this location is not feasible due to the proximity of the Kananook Creek.

It would also result in significant construction impacts and greater disruption to train services while the trench is being built.

We are committed to supporting local businesses through any local disruptions. Our team will work directly with businesses to support them through construction.

We’ll also ensure they have information about travel disruptions to help their staff and customers get around.

Additionally, we’ll look to:

meet face-to-face with traders
create additional signage and wayfinding to help customers find businesses
develop and fund advertising and marketing campaigns on behalf of businesses and the trader precinct
develop and fund activation programs and events to support local businesses and build resilience
use local business to provide goods and services to the project’s workforce and community events.

We will also manage traffic and workforce parking and work with other construction projects in the area to stage disruptions, where possible.

During construction, our team will regularly check in with local business and residents to answer questions and address concerns.

We’ve also heard how important the Seaford RSL and Scout Group are to the community.

We've met with representatives from the RSL and the Scouts to learn more about their facilities and how they operate, and we’re committed to ongoing engagement with them throughout the project.

Our early design process has determined that no nearby buildings are required to be repurposed or demolished as part of the project. That includes the Seaford RSL and Scout Hall.

We are committed to working closely with the RSL and Scouts during the development of the project and through construction to keep them accessible to the local community.

Solar panels will be included as part of the new Seaford Station precinct.

We’re still determining the number and location and we’ll be able to share more information about solar panels and other sustainability initiatives as the project progresses.

We’ll remove the level crossing at Armstrongs Road by building a rail bridge over the road.

The area under the new rail bridge will feature planting and landscaping.
There are no plans to change the alignment of Armstrongs Road.

We’ll have more information to share as we continue planning work on this level crossing removal. Next year we’ll share concept designs with the community which will include more detail about the new rail bridge and what Armstrongs Road will look like when the project is complete.

The new elevated rail bridges will be in a similar location to the current rail line.

There will be times during construction when we will need to close the pedestrian crossing at the Armstrongs Road level crossing to allow us to safely build the new rail bridge.

We’ll share more information about changes to access across the rail line as the project progresses. We’ll make sure to keep the community informed of works and upcoming construction impacts.

There are no plans to permanently close Armstrongs Road as part of this project.

The level crossing will be removed by building a rail bridge over the road, improving safety for pedestrians, bike riders and vehicles and creating new community space for planting and landscaping.

From north to south, the Armstrongs Road rail bridge will start approximately between Coolibar Avenue and Clovelly Parade and return to ground approximately between Selsey Street and Hayman Avenune.

The Station Street rail bridge will start approximately around Coonara Avenue and return to ground approximately between Myra Street and Johnstone Street.

As the project is in the early development stage, details regarding the height of the rail bridges and exact locations of where they will start and end are still to be determined.

We’ll share more information about the design of the rail bridges as the project progresses.

There are no plans to lower Austin Road as part of the project.

We’ll build two separate rail bridges – one over Armstrongs Road and another over Station Street with the new Seaford Station.

With 1 kilometre between Armstrongs Road and Station Street, building two rail bridges instead of one continuous rail bridge will allow for more efficient construction and shorter disruptions for passengers and road users.

Each level crossing project is different and every area is unique.

The Pakenham project included a 2.5 kilometre rail bridge with six MCGs worth of open space under the bridge.

As part of the Seaford level crossing removals, we’re building two separate rail bridges and a new elevated Seaford Station that will be a part of the Station Street rail bridge.

Under the rail bridges and the elevated Seaford Station, we’ll include car parking, planting and landscaping, and station facilities such as seating and bike hoops.

There are currently public toilets available at Seaford Station that are owned by Frankston City Council.

As part of the project, we’ll work with Frankston City Council to ensure toilet facilities remain as part of the new elevated Seaford Station.

The community will be able to provide more feedback during concept designs consultation next year. This will include opportunities to help refine key elements of the design such as landscaping, walking and cycling connections and facilities and finishes in the station precinct.

We’ve removed 88 level crossings across Melbourne we have lots of examples of how the local community have shaped our projects.

Currently we are building the new Melton Station and in response to community feedback, we redesigned the station precinct to locate car parking closer to the city-bound platforms for passenger convenience.

We also heard the community found it difficult to get into and out of the station car parks so we’ve redesigned the car park entries and exits to provide more space.

On this project we also heard about importance of community safety, and this has been reflected in the inclusion of enhanced lighting and CCTV and improved sightlines throughout the station precinct.

We know how important the Seaford RSL and Scout Group are to the Seaford community.

We've met with representatives from the RSL and the Scouts to learn more about their facilities and how they operate, and we’re committed to ongoing engagement with them throughout the project.

As we're in the early planning stage of the project, we are still working to determine how we’ll build the rail bridge over Station Street and newly elevated Seaford Station.

Our early design process has determined that no nearby buildings are required to be repurposed or demolished as part of the project.

We'll continue to work closely with the RSL and Scouts during the project development and construction.

As the project is still in the early development stage, we are still working to determine all the facilities that will be part of the new Seaford Station.

We’ve spoken with the business owner of the coffee kiosk at one of our recent station pop-ups.

We look forward to meeting him again soon to learn more about his business operations and will work closely with them to support him throughout the project.

The original Seaford Station buildings will be removed to make way for the new elevated Seaford Station.

We are working to determine if any elements of the original station can be retained and incorporated in the new station, and will take community feedback into consideration.

We’ll share concept designs and ask for community feedback to help refine key elements of the design next year.

To build the new rail bridges and new station, we need to install new rail infrastructure and relocate existing services and utilities in the area. This means some tree and vegetation removal will be required, however we are working to minimise this wherever possible.

As the project is in the early development stage, details regarding impacts to different areas of Seaford are yet to be determined.

We will work closely with environmental and sustainability specialists throughout the project to minimise impacts to local flora and fauna.

A full assessment of all trees in the project area will be undertaken by a qualified arborist to understand potential impacts during construction.

The project will notify the community before any tree or vegetation removal, and we are committed to planting replacement trees and vegetation, with landscaping plans to be developed as the design progresses.