Major works are underway to remove the Calder Park Drive level crossing by building a new road bridge over the rail line, which will bring the Sunbury Line one step closer to being level crossing free in 2025.
Throughout October construction crews will finish building a temporary road next to Calder Park Drive, which will help keep the community moving while works continue into 2024.
They will also start the relocation of essential services in the area, including drainage works and power relocation, and continue important earthworks and ground improvements as part of the project.
To allow crews to work safely, Calder Park Drive will close between the Glenbruar-Manchester Drive roundabout, and the Calder Highway, from 5am Friday 6 October to 11pm Sunday 15 October.
Detours will be in place and drivers should allow extra time for their travel.
The level crossing will be gone for good in 2025 and the new road bridge will provide safer access across the rail corridor for vehicles travelling between the Calder Highway and Plumpton Road.
For more information read our October works notice.
Level crossing free Sunbury Line on track
Improving the traffic flow at Calder Park Drive will allow for the closure of the nearby Holden Road level crossing and the removal of every Sunbury Line level crossing.
Planning is also underway to remove level crossings at the Old Calder Highway and Watsons Road, Diggers Rest, which will make the Sunbury Line level crossing free when the Metro Tunnel opens in 2025.
The Metro Tunnel will allow for more trains, more often on the Sunbury Line as commuters gain access to five new underground stations in Melbourne.
In total, 72 level crossings have been removed for good, with 110 to go by 2030, transforming the way people work live and travel.
