High Street level crossing removed and Reservoir Station open

Image from the Level Crossing Removal Project

Reservoir Station and the intersection at High Street is now open near Preston, marking the 31st Melbourne level crossing removal.

From mid-December trains began traveling on the brand new rail bridge. Traffic was able to flow beneath providing the 36,000 vehicles travelling through daily, a safer and more reliable journey.

The opening comes after the end of a two-week high construction period, where 250 people worked around the clock to complete the one kilometre long bridge, install signalling equipment and finish the station canopy.

Removing the level crossing and creating a new civic plaza in the station precinct will aim to improve pedestrian connectivity between Edwardes Street and Broadway. Pedestrians will no longer be cut off from shops or destinations on the opposite side of the railway.

Finishing works on the project will continue into 2020, including installing permanent stairs and lifts at the station, and landscaping with more than 300 trees and 60,000 shrubs and grasses around the station precinct.

Workers will also install new street furniture, signage and reinstate the bus interchange and shared user path.