Hoppers Crossing railway station
Hoppers Crossing railway station is located on the Werribee line in Victoria, Australia. It opened on 16 November 1970 to serve the western Melbourne suburb of Hoppers Crossing. History. The station's name matches that of the locality on which the suburb was built. Elizabeth Hopper was a gatekeeper, closing and re-opening a set of large wooden level crossing gates whenever a train passed through; she and her husband, Stephen Hopper (1832-1908), a railway ganger, lived nearby with their eleven children. The original station was located on the down (Werribee) side of the former  Old Geelong Road level crossing. Problems with stationary trains blocking the level crossing led to the station being relocated to the up (Flinders Street) side of the crossing in July 1983, in conjunction with the electrification of the line to Werribee. Boom barriers were provided at the former level crossing in 1983. The crossing was removed as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project, being replaced with a road overpass to the east of the current crossing, directly connecting Old Geelong Road with the Princes Highway. Construction began in February 2021, and the new road bridge opened on 9 December  2021. The level crossing was closed to road traffic on the same day, and will be replaced with a pedestrian overpass in 2022. The Western standard gauge line, which runs between Melbourne and Adelaide, passes to the north of Platform 1. Platforms and services. Hoppers Crossing has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Werribee line trains. Platform 1: Platform 2: Transport links. CDC Melbourne operates seven routes via Hoppers Crossing station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: