Hoppers Crossing railway station

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 timber 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.^[6]

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^[7] 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.^[4] Also in that year, boom barriers were provided at the former level crossing.^[4]

On 4 May 2010, as part of the 2010/2011 State Budget, $83.7 million was allocated to upgrade Hoppers Crossing to a premium station, along with nineteen others.^[8][9] However, in March 2011, this was scrapped by the Baillieu Government.^[10]

The crossing was removed as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project,^[11] and was replaced with a road overpass 800m to the east of the crossing, directly connecting Old Geelong Road with the Princes Highway. Construction began in February 2021 and,^[12] on 9 December of that year, the new road bridge opened to traffic.^[13] The level crossing was closed to road traffic on the same day,^[13] and was replaced with a pedestrian overpass, which opened in February 2022.^[14]

Hoppers Crossing has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Werribee line trains.^[15]

Platform 1:

•  Werribee line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street and Frankston

Platform 2:

•  Werribee line  all stations services to Werribee

CDC Melbourne operates seven bus routes via Hoppers Crossing station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  153 : Williams Landing station – Werribee station^[16]
•  160 : to Tarneit station^[17]
•  161 : to Werribee station^[18]
•  166 : to Wyndham Vale station^[19]
•  167 : to Tarneit station^[20]
•  181 : to Werribee station^[21]
•  498 : to Laverton station^[22]

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au