We’re removing the dangerous and congested level crossing at Coolstore Road, Croydon and building a new transport hub which will connect Croydon’s town centre. The boom gates will be gone and the new station open in 2025.

We’ll start site preparation works from March 2023. As part of these works, we need to remove trees so we can start building a bridge to take the rail safely over the road.

We understand that trees are highly valued by the community. We’ve taken the time to assess every tree in the project area and developed designs and construction methods that retain as many trees as possible.

Of the approximately 4,600 trees assessed in the Coolstore Road project area, more than 76% will be retained. About 840 trees are earmarked for removal and around 240 trees will require further investigation during works to confirm if they can be retained. Around 50% of the trees to be removed are within VicTrack-owned land.

At the conclusion of the project, we will install extensive new landscaping with more than 70,000 new trees, shrubs and grasses planted. In response to community feedback, we’ll use a native planting scheme.

More information is available in the Vegetation and Landscaping Fact Sheet.

The maps included below show the areas where trees will be removed, retained or where retention is subject to further investigation.

Where trees require further investigation, an independent arborist will assess the root systems and health of trees during construction works and provide advice about the viability of each tree.

We anticipate that most trees requiring further investigation will be retained, however we will not be in a position to confirm this until the roots of the trees are exposed and inspected by an arborist.

Timing of works

Vegetation removal will start from late March 2023 and continue to late-2023. Our regular works alerts, which are distributed to letterboxes and published online will provide further information about works in your area.

Maps

Croydon Station Precinct 1

Croydon Station Precinct 2

Railway and Rose avenues

Wicklow Avenue and Gallipoli Parade

Contact us

If you have any questions about this information, please contact the Level Crossing Removal Project on 1800 105 105 or via email at contact@levelcrossings.vic.gov.au.

For regular information about the progress of this project, sign up for email updates. You can also sign up for SMS alerts by texting Coolstore to 0438 942 094.