Footscray Station

Footscray is a ground-level station where the Sunbury and Werribee lines meet. Williamstown line trains stop here too, and so do V/Line trains on the Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong lines. The station is in Footscray, on the corner of Hopkins Street and Irving Street.

Platform 6 at Footscray, looking west, on 3 July 2026. PEPSI697, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Station facts

Reviewed 2026-11-01.

Status: Operating

Zone. 1

Recorded 2026-11-01. Metro Trains Melbourne

What is changing

Airport Rail’s first stage rebuilds the corridor from West Footscray to Albion. It passes this station and does not rebuild it. The lines that meet here are already operating.

Location and access

Suburb: Footscray

Footscray station, marked, between Hopkins Street and Irving Street. Paisley Street and Nicholson Street are to the west. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The address is the corner of Hopkins Street and Irving Street, Footscray 3011.

Services and interchanges

Lines in this directory: Sunbury Line, Werribee Line

Metropolitan trains on the Sunbury, Werribee and Williamstown lines stop here. V/Line trains on the Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong lines stop as well.

Under the station, dual-gauge tracks run in a cutting and continue into the Bunbury Street tunnel. They are the freight link toward the port, and the path used by the NSW TrainLink XPT, The Overland, and V/Line Albury services. They are not a passenger platform at Footscray.

Facilities and accessibility

Feature	Availability
Lift	Yes
Escalators	Yes
Independent boarding	In part, platforms 1 and 2
Shelter in the accessible boarding area	In part, platforms 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Low platform	No
Platform edge tactiles or screen doors	Yes
Hearing loop	Yes
Paths at least 1200 mm wide	Yes
Accessible toilets	Some have specific opening hours, or are not available when the station is unstaffed
Customer service staff	Yes

Recorded 2026-11-01. Metro Trains Melbourne

Parking
Accessible parking
Bicycle facilities
Pick-up / drop-off
Defibrillator

Recorded 2026-11-01. Metro Trains Melbourne

The current station has six platforms, two islands and two sides. A disused signal box stands at the up end of platform 5.

Projects affecting the station

No project in this directory rebuilds Footscray. Airport Rail’s contracted stage is the corridor further west, from West Footscray to Albion, including the rebuild of Sunshine. The preferred bidder named for the Sunshine station package on 21 October 2026 is not a contract for this station.

Station precinct

The station complex, the reserve beside it, and the octagonal band rotunda were added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 17 June 1999. That listing records what is already there. It is not a planning permit for new buildings, and it is not a station rebuild.

History

The first station opened on 17 January 1859, on the line from Spencer Street to Williamstown via North Melbourne. The station moved to its current site in 1900, and the present building and platforms date from the 2014 rebuild. Those dates are from Wikipedia’s account of the station.

Recent verified changes

21 October 2026. Big Build named CPB Contractors and SMEC, as the Network Integration Program Alliance, as preferred bidder for the Sunshine station package. That package rebuilds Sunshine. It does not include Footscray.

Official information and sources

Footscray station, Metro Trains Melbourne, checked 1 November 2026. Address, zone, facilities, and the accessibility notes.
Footscray railway station, Melbourne, Wikipedia. Opening dates, the 2014 station, the Williamstown and V/Line services, the tracks under the station, and the heritage listing.
Preferred bidder named for Melbourne Airport Rail, Victoria’s Big Build, 21 October 2026. The package is the Sunshine station works, not Footscray.
Photograph: PEPSI697, File:Footscray railway station Platform 6 (western view)(3 July 2026).jpg, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.