West Footscray Station
Railway station in West Footscray, on the Sunbury line. Melbourne Airport Rail stage 1 starts at this end of the corridor and realigns the Sunbury line between here and Sunshine. The named new stations in that stage are Tottenham and Albion, not a replacement for this one. The photograph is platform 1 on 19 June 2026, looking east.
Station facts
Reviewed 2026-11-01.
Status: Operating
Zone. 1
Recorded 2026-11-01. Metro Trains Melbourne
What is changing
The work at this end of the corridor is the realignment of the Sunbury line between here and Sunshine, as part of stage 1. It is not a new station, and it is not a train to the airport.
The height controls around the station are a separate change. Amendment GC270, in operation from 31 March 2026, applies to the land around the station. It does not rebuild the station. The suburb page has the schedule.
Location and access
Suburb: West Footscray
The address is Geelong Road and Sunshine Road, West Footscray 3012.
Services and interchanges
Lines in this directory: Sunbury Line
The metropolitan service is the Sunbury line. The station is ground level and unstaffed. North of the platforms, two dual-gauge tracks are the South Kensington–West Footscray freight line, linking the port and other freight terminals with the rest of the state. Those tracks are not a passenger platform.
Facilities and accessibility
| Feature | Availability |
|---|---|
| Lift | Yes |
| Escalators | No |
| Independent boarding | In part, platforms 2 and 3 |
| Shelter in the accessible boarding area | Yes |
| Low platform | No |
| Platform edge tactiles or screen doors | Yes |
| Hearing loop | Yes |
| Paths at least 1200 mm wide | Not all paths |
| Accessible toilets | No |
| Customer service staff | No |
Recorded 2026-11-01. Metro Trains Melbourne
- Parking
- Accessible parking
- Bicycle facilities
- Pick-up / drop-off
- Passenger information display screens
Recorded 2026-11-01. Metro Trains Melbourne
The station has three platforms: an island platform with two faces, and one side platform, reached by a footbridge. The current island platform was provided in 2013, and the current side platform in 2020.
Projects affecting the station
Stage 1 of Melbourne Airport Rail is the corridor from here to Albion. The new stations in that stage are at Tottenham and Albion. This station is on the corridor being realigned. It is not one of the stations being added.
Projects: Melbourne Airport Rail
Station precinct
The precinct and the station are different things. Schedule 2 to the Built Form Overlay, applied by Amendment GC270, sets discretionary maximum heights of 21, 27 and 34 metres on the activity-centre core around the station. The metres are a control on development of the surrounding land. They are not a design for the platforms, and they are not a permit already granted. The longer account is what the new planning rules allow. The 2026 explainer ranks this station as a stage 1 centre. The account of the 60 centres is the list of centres it names.
History
The station opened on 1 October 1888 as Footscray West, and was renamed West Footscray on 1 September 1912. Those dates, and the 2013 and 2020 platform works, are from the Wikipedia article on the station.
Recent verified changes
Amendment GC270 came into operation on 31 March 2026. It is the planning control on the land around the station. It is not a record of work to the station itself.
Official information and sources
- West Footscray station, Metro Trains Melbourne. Address, zone, and the access and facility list. Checked 1 November 2026.
- Schedule 2 to Clause 43.06, Built Form Overlay, Maribyrnong Planning Scheme. Discretionary maximums of 21, 27 and 34 metres. In operation from 31 March 2026.
- West Footscray railway station, Wikipedia. Opened 1 October 1888 as Footscray West, renamed 1 September 1912, three platforms, the 2013 island platform, the 2020 side platform, and the freight tracks to the north.
- Photograph: West Footscray station, platform 1, 19 June 2026, PEPSI697, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, retrieved 1 November 2026.