As part of North East Link, we're completing the M80 Ring Road in Greensborough.

The completed M80 Ring Road will take 19,000 cars and trucks a day off Greensborough Road, with traffic passing under Grimshaw Street, Elder Street and Watsonia Road – keeping local roads for local trips.

Two new interchanges at the M80 Ring Road and Grimshaw Street will ease congestion and slash travel times, with dedicated lanes for local trips and express lanes to North East Link.

New and upgraded walking, cycling and public transport connections will make it safer and easier to move around Melbourne’s north-east.

On the Hurstbridge Line, passengers will benefit from comprehensive upgrades to safety and reliability as part of plans to extend the rail tunnel where it crosses under Greensborough Highway in Watsonia, ready for the completed M80 Ring Road.

To safely carry out these works, some activities can only be performed when trains are not running, with buses replacing trains on sections of the Hurstbridge Line at various times.

Works on the Hurstbridge Line

The completed M80 Ring Road will be built over the Hurstbridge Line between Grimshaw Street and Elder Street in Watsonia.

To create the space needed, the existing rail tunnel will be extended to nearly half a kilometre long. The nearby Grimshaw Street bridge over the rail line will also be rebuilt and widened.

The new extended rail tunnel will be the third longest on Melbourne’s train network, behind the new Metro Tunnel and the City Loop.

The extended rail tunnel is driving maintenance work on almost five kilometres of the Hurstbridge Line between Macleod and Greensborough stations.

Safety and reliability upgrades for passengers on the Hurstbridge Line include modernising tracks, gantries, wires and signalling to replace assets that are over 100 years old in some sections.

Works to extend the rail tunnel and rebuild the Grimshaw Street bridge are now underway and will continue until 2026.

Better connections in Melbourne’s north-east

M80 Ring Road Completion will deliver improvements to all forms of transport and make it quicker and easier to move about the area.

Drivers will benefit from more lanes on the new Grimshaw Street bridge to make it easy to access Greensborough Highway, North East Link and the M80 Ring Road using the new Grimshaw Street interchange.

Over 10 kilometres of new and upgraded shared paths will create better local connections for walkers and cyclists, with new underpasses at Grimshaw Street and a new Nell Street bridge to improve safety and accessibility.

Planned disruptions on the Hurstbridge Line

Some upgrade works can only be carried out when power to the train line is turned off for the safety of workers.

There will be planned disruptions at these times with buses replacing trains on sections of the Hurstbridge Line.

Disruptions are coordinated with partners including Metro Trains and the Level Crossing Removal Project to minimise impacts for passengers.

Plan your journey by visiting ptv.vic.gov.au or call 1800 800 007 before you travel.

Buses replace trains

Weekend disruptions will also be required at times. Indicative and subject to change.

Hurstbridge Line Upgrades

As part of Victoria's Big Build, the Victorian Government has delivered more train services, less crowding, and better connections on the Hurstbridge Line.

Managing construction impacts

Works are underway in Watsonia to upgrade the Hurstbridge Line.

During work hours there may be varying levels of noise, light, dust and intermittent vibration coming from the rail corridor.

The project has strict requirements to manage these construction impacts with real time monitoring to protect the local community and environment.

If you have any questions please call 1800 105 105 or visit the Hub at 17 Watsonia Road, Watsonia.