Contact usPLANNING YOUR JOURNEY

We’re here to help you travel during major construction and get you to and from your destination as quickly and easily as possible. We’ll continue to keep you updated on works and advise you of the best way to travel.

To plan your journey visit ptv.vic.gov.au or call 1800 800 007.

You can also download the PTV app for journey planning or metroNotify for live updates pushed to your device directly from Metro’s control room.

Do you know of a neighbour or nearby resident who has special needs when taking public transport?

They may be vision or hearing impaired and need this information in another format, or have a mobility aid and require additional assistance. Please contact PTV and we will be able to assist you.

FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT

Please contact the Level Crossing Removal Authority on: Email: contact@levelcrossings.vic.gov.au Call: 1800 105 105Web: levelcrossings.vic.gov.au

Authorised and published by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne

HURSTBRIDGE LINE

Changes to the way you travel

Planned disruptions to train services Bikes, pets and surfboardsUnfortunately, bicycles, dogs and surfboards aren’t allowed on replacement buses.

In accordance with the Victorian Fares & Ticketing Manual 2018, bicycles (except folding bicycles), surfboards, dogs and other pets are not permitted to travel on buses. An exception exists for guide dogs, hearing guide dogs, guide dogs in training, animals identified by an Assistance Animal Pass and small animals if they are suitably contained.

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TicketsRemember to touch on and off at the beginning and end of your journey. When catching a replacement bus, you can touch on and off at your connecting train station. From 8.15pm Friday 16 March

to Sunday 29 April 2018

CHANGES TO YOUR SUNBURY LINE SERVICE

Translation service – For information in other languages, please call 9280 0780.

Please contact us via these details to register for SMS or email updates.

Disruptions to local bus routesLocal bus routes will be diverted during road closures at Grange Road in Alphington, and Lower Plenty Road and Turnham Avenue in Rosanna. For more details, visit ptv.vic.gov.au or call 1800 800 007.

Night NetworkDuring rail closures you can still travel all night on Friday and Saturday nights. Buses will replace trains between the stations that are closed.

The Victorian Government is removing two dangerous and congested level crossings along the Hurstbridge Line, building a brand new Rosanna Station, and duplicating the single section of track between Heidelberg and Rosanna. This will make communities safer and get commuters in Melbourne’s north east home sooner.

Changes to your Hurstbridge Line service

From 8.15pm Friday 16 March to last service Sunday 29 April

Buses will replace trains on sections of the Hurstbridge Line

What is the most direct way for me to travel during the rail closure?

A range of different bus services will be operating, including express, limited express and stopping all stations services to help make your journey as direct as possible.

Information will be displayed at your station, at train replacement bus stops and will be available online.

To plan your journey visit ptv.vic.gov.au or call 1800 800 007.

Train replacement bus service

Travel on the Hurstbridge Line

Stopping all stations Stopping all stations from Clifton Hill to Macleod and Greensborough.

Limited express

Limited express from Clifton Hill to Ivanhoe, then stopping all stations from Heidelberg to Macleod and Greensborough. Please note, limited express services will only stop at Ivanhoe on regular weekdays.

Express

Express between Victoria Park and Macleod. Please note, express services will only operate on regular weekdays before 9pm.

TRAIN TRAIN

Clifton Hill WestgarthCITY Watsonia HURSTBRIDGEVictoria Park Dennis Fairfield Alphington Darebin Ivanhoe Eaglemont Heidelberg Rosanna Macleod

Over 44 days, large scale construction will be carried out to renovate the Hurstbridge Line and finish the job ahead of schedule.

In Rosanna, we’ll be working 24-hours a day building the new station and rail bridge over Lower Plenty Road.

In Heidelberg, we’ve installed the second bridge over Burgundy Street and will be finishing up the Darebin Street underpass and duplicating the track between Heidelberg and Rosanna stations.

In Alphington, we’re going to excavate 30,000 cubic metres of soil and rock to allow the rail line to be lowered and trains to run beneath Grange Road.

By Monday 30 April 2018, the level crossings at Lower Plenty Road and Grange Road will be gone, there will be a new Rosanna Station, and trains will be running on duplicated tracks between Heidelberg and Rosanna stations.

When buses replace trains between Clifton Hill and Macleod

Thursday 1 March –mid-2018 Turnham Avenue becomes one-way (southbound only)

Friday 16 March – Monday 19 March Lower Plenty Road, Rosanna (at level crossing)

Friday 16 March – Friday 6 April Grange Road, Alphington (at level crossing)

Friday 30 March – Monday 16 April Lower Plenty Road, Rosanna (at level crossing)

ROAD CLOSURES

Please note, local bus routes will be diverted at times due to road closures. See overleaf for more information.

Trains on the Hurstbridge Line will run to a revised timetable during the planned disruptions.

Normal train services will resume on Monday 30 April.

Please note, works may also be carried out on the Hurstbridge Line by other projects or as part of regular maintenance and renewal programs which may impact train services.

Date: Buses replace trains between:

From 8.15pm Friday 16 March to 6am Saturday 17 March

From 6am Saturday 17 March to 7.45pm Thursday 29 March

Clifton Hill to Greensborough

Clifton Hill to Macleod

From 7.45pm Thursday 29 March to last service Monday 2 April Clifton Hill to Greensborough

From Tuesday 3 April to last service Sunday 29 April Clifton Hill to Macleod

Allow an extra 55 mins