4 September 2024

We're upgrading Doncaster Park and Ride and connecting it to Melbourne's first dedicated busway to reduce travel times and improve public transport in Melbourne’s east.

To create safe entry and exit points, and to stop cars driving through the bus platform area like they do today, we're making some changes to how cars and buses will use Doncaster Park and Ride.

These changes will also help ease congestion at the High Street and Doncaster Road lights and keep park and ride traffic off local streets.

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What's proposed

A car park exit and Drop and Go zone on Hender Street, away from the bus platform area. New traffic lights on Doncaster Road and one-way access at the corner of Finlayson Street will keep park and ride traffic off local streets nearby.

Cars exiting the car park or using the Drop and Go zone will use the new lights at Doncaster Road.

Cars won't be able to use Finlayson Street to enter the Drop and Go zone or exit the car park.

Local trips

The new one-way access at the corner of Finlayson Street will require some residents to change how they get to Doncaster Road.

Trip and travel time changes

For residents who will need to change how they get to Doncaster Road, the extra travel distance is expected to add up to 80 seconds to an average car trip.

An improved car park design

A reference design for the upgraded park and ride was first exhibited in 2019 with an Environment Effects Statement.

Since then we've made improvements by:

  • moving the car park building further away from residents on Hender Street - part of the car park will now be built over the bus lanes
  • changing the direction of the building so that the longer side is on Doncaster Road
  • reducing the visual size of the car park by moving the ticket office, toilets and other services for passengers into a separate, smaller building
  • including a new noise wall for the bus platform area to provide noise protection and visual screening for residents.

Have your say

Doncaster Park and Ride

These new road arrangements are part of an Urban Design and Landscape Plan for the upgraded Doncaster Park and Ride.

You can provide feedback while the plan is on exhibition from Wednesday 4 September until 5pm Tuesday 24 September 2024.

To find out more, or to make a submission, head to Engage Victoria.

Download

Doncaster Park and Ride Proposed changes to local roads Factsheet (PDF 821.5 KB)