Keilor Plains | |
Type: | PTV commuter rail station |
Style: | Melbourne |
Address: | East Esplanade, St Albans, Victoria 3021 |
Borough: | City of Brimbank |
Country: | Australia |
Coordinates: | -37.7294°N 144.7938°W |
Distance: | 19.50 kilometres from Southern Cross |
Other: | Bus |
Structure: | Ground |
Platform: | 2 side |
Tracks: | 2 |
Parking: | 450 |
Bicycle: | Yes |
Electrified: | January 2002 (1500 V DC overhead) |
Accessible: | Yes—step free access |
Code: | KPL |
Owned: | VicTrack |
Operator: | Metro Trains |
Zone: | Myki Zone 2 |
Status: | Operational, unstaffed |
Website: | Public Transport Victoria |
Map State: | expanded |
Keilor Plains railway station is a commuter railway station on the Sunbury line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the western suburb of St Albans, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Keilor Plains station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 27 January 2002.[1]
Keilor Plains station opened on 27 January 2002, as part of the extension of the electrified network from St Albans to Sydenham.[1]
In 1986, boom barriers were installed at the former Taylors Road level crossing, which was located at the down end of the station.[2] In 1994, a rail-road roundabout was provided at the level crossing.[3] In April 2007, construction commenced on a grade separation project, which involved lowering the road underneath the railway line.[4] By September 2008, the level crossing was replaced and the project completed.[5] [6]
Keilor Plains has two side platforms. It is served by Sunbury line trains.[7]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
By June 2025, it is planned that trains on the Sunbury line will be through-routed with those on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, via the new Metro Tunnel.
CDC Melbourne operates two routes via Keilor Plains station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: