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Spotswood station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee and Williamstown lines, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the western suburb of Spotswood, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Spotswood station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. The station opened on 1 December 1878.[4][5]

Coordinates37°49′50″S 144°53′09″E
SystemPTV commuter rail station
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Spotswood
Northbound view from platform 2, February 2026
General information
LocationHope Street,
Spotswood, Victoria 3015
City of Hobsons Bay
Australia
Coordinates37°49′50″S 144°53′09″E
SystemPTV commuter rail station
OwnerVicTrack
OperatorMetro Trains
Lines
Distance9.22 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type
Ground
Parking15
Cycle facilities
Yes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeSPT
Fare zoneMyki zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 December 1878; 147 years ago (1878-12-01)
ElectrifiedAugust 1920 (1500 V DC overhead)
Former namesEdom (1878-1881)
Bayswater (1881)
Spottiswoode (1881-1905)
Passengers
2005–2006183,269[1]
2006–2007200,275[1] Increase 9.27%
2007–2008220,175[1] Increase 9.93%
2008–2009255,816[2] Increase 16.18%
2009–2010267,640[2] Increase 4.62%
2010–2011257,659[2] Decrease 3.72%
2011–2012254,230[2] Decrease 1.33%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014280,837[2] Increase 10.46%
2014–2015293,792[1] Increase 4.61%
2015–2016322,964[2] Increase 9.87%
2016–2017318,215[2] Decrease 1.41%
2017–2018329,126[2] Increase 3.42%
2018–2019344,850[2] Increase 4.77%
2019–2020273,300[2] Decrease 20.74%
2020–2021122,500[2] Decrease 55.17%
2021–2022170,900[3] Increase 39.51%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Yarraville Werribee line Newport
Williamstown line
Track layout
Hudsons Road
(scheduled to be removed by 2030)
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2
Location
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Initially opened as Edom, the station has been renamed three times: to Bayswater on 1 September 1881, Spottiswoode on 1 October of that year, and Spotswood on 1 August 1905.[5]

History

As with the suburb it serves, the station was named after John Stewart Spottiswoode, who purchased land in the area in 1841.[6]

Over the years, a number of sidings were provided for businesses in the area. In 1914, a branch line was opened at the down end of the station to the Newport Power Station, in addition to a number of other sidings serving oil terminals in the area. A siding at the up end of the station served the Australian Glass Manufacturers factory, and was used to receive sand trains from Koala Siding (near Nyora on the South Gippsland line). The last sand train operated on 15 January 1998,.[7]

In 1972, both platforms were extended.[8] In 1988, a number of points and dwarf signals at the station were abolished.[4] In 1989, manually operated boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Hudson Road level crossing, located at the up end of the station. The new boom barriers were controlled from the signal box.[5]

In 1994, a number of alterations occurred at the station, including the removal of a crossover at the down end, as well as the overhead wire for siding "K", the connections for siding "K" and the oil sidings, and a number of points and signals.[4]

Werribee bound Siemens train arriving at Platform 2, April 2013

There is a disused signal box at the up end of Platform 1, which was decommissioned on 12 August 2001,[9] along with the removal of the crossover at the up end, a number of dwarf signals, and a siding. The Hudson Road boom barriers were also converted to automatic operation at this time.[5] In 2007, the remains of some sidings that ran along public roads in the area were removed by Hobsons Bay Council.[5]

On 26 October 2022, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the level crossing would be grade separated by 2030, with the railway line to be rebuilt over Hudsons Road with a new station being built in an elevated island platform arrangement.[10][11] The original buildings on Platform 1 are also planned to be retained and incorporated into the new station complex.[12]

Platforms and services

Spotswood has two side platforms and is served by Werribee and Williamstown line trains.[13][14]

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Spotswood platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type Note Source
1  Williamstown line 
 Werribee line 
Flinders Street orSandringham Flinders Street All stations [15]
2  Werribee line  Laverton, Werribee All stations Laverton services operate on weekdays. [15]
 Williamstown line  Williamstown
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