Middle Footscray Railway Station

It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Footscray and opened on 10 December 1906.

Middle Footscray
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view of station platform and building in the distance, with a Siemens train on platform 2, June 2006
General information
Location	Victoria St, Footscray, Victoria 3011 City of Maribyrnong Australia
Coordinates	37°48′09″S 144°53′29″E / 37.8025°S 144.8915°E / -37.8025; 144.8915
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Sunbury
Distance	6.61 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	MFY
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	10 December 1906; 117 years ago (1906-12-10)
Rebuilt	3 July 1927
Electrified	October 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	126,994
2006–2007	140,937  10.97%
2007–2008	158,060  12.14%
2008–2009	184,624  16.8%
2009–2010	207,883  12.59%
2010–2011	203,879  1.92%
2011–2012	179,465  11.97%
2012–2013	Not measured
2013–2014	192,033  7%
2014–2015	223,294  16.27%
2015–2016	241,435  8.12%
2016–2017	251,017  3.96%
2017–2018	281,974  12.33%
2018–2019	279,700  0.8%
2019–2020	191,600  31.49%
2020–2021	81,800  57.3%
2021–2022	103,450  26.46%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Footscray towards Flinders Street Sunbury line West Footscray towards Sunbury or Watergardens
Track layout Legend to Footscray Raleigh Street Drain 1 2 to West Footscray Broad gauge, electrified Broad gauge, non-electrified Dual gauge, non-electrified

In 1927, the station was reconstructed about 160 metres west of its original location, to allow for the building of the South Kensington – West Footscray goods line.

Two dual gauge goods tracks run north of the station, linking the Port of Melbourne and other freight terminals to the rest of the state. Since 1962, those tracks have formed part of the Melbourne – Sydney standard gauge line and, since 1995, have also formed part of the Melbourne – Adelaide standard gauge line. Two Regional Rail Link tracks run south of the station.

Middle Footscray has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Sunbury line trains.

Platform 1:

•  Sunbury line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Sunbury line  all stations services to Watergardens and Sunbury

By late 2025, it is planned that services on the Sunbury line will be through-routed to the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, via the new Metro Tunnel.

CDC Melbourne operates three bus routes via Middle Footscray station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  411 : Laverton station – Footscray
•  412 : Laverton station – Footscray
•  414 : Laverton station – Footscray station

Kinetic Melbourne operates one bus route via Middle Footscray station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  223 : Yarraville – Highpoint Shopping Centre

Transit Systems Victoria operates one bus route via Middle Footscray station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Night Bus  947 : Footscray – Newport station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)

The bus stop is located on Buckley Street, about 100m from the station entrance on Victoria Street.

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  Entrance to the station, September 2020