Editing Belgrave line (section)

== Future ==

=== Level Crossing Removals ===
[[File:New Bayswater Railway Station under construction, Melbourne.jpg|alt=A train station in the distance|thumb|The rebuilt [[Bayswater railway station, Melbourne|Bayswater station]] viewed from the removed level crossing.]]
The [[Level Crossing Removal Project]] has announced the removal of seven level crossings between the city and [[Ferntree Gully railway station|Ferntree Gully station]], to be completed in stages from 2016 to 2025. In 2016, two level crossings were removed at [[Mountain Highway]] and Scoresby Road, [[Bayswater, Victoria|Bayswater]], through lowering the rail line under the road.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Victoria’s Big Build |date=13 June 2022 |title=Goodbye Scoresby Road level crossing |url=https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/news/level-crossing-removal-project/goodbye-scoresby-road-level-crossing |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=Victoria’s Big Build |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224100153/https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/news/level-crossing-removal-project/goodbye-scoresby-road-level-crossing |url-status=live }}</ref> These two removals also included a rebuilt Bayswater station and upgraded stabling facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victoria’s Big Build |date=21 June 2022 |title=Mountain Highway, Bayswater |url=https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/level-crossing-removal-project/projects/mountain-highway-bayswater |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=Victoria’s Big Build |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224100144/https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/level-crossing-removal-project/projects/mountain-highway-bayswater |url-status=live }}</ref> A further two crossings were removed at Blackburn Road, [[Blackburn, Victoria|Blackburn]], and Heatherdale Road, [[Ringwood, Victoria|Ringwood]] in January 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The level crossings at Blackburn Road and Heatherdale Road are now gone. {{!}} Premier of Victoria |url=http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/site-4/level-crossings-blackburn-road-and-heatherdale-road-are-now-gone |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=www.premier.vic.gov.au |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224094833/https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/site-4/level-crossings-blackburn-road-and-heatherdale-road-are-now-gone |url-status=live }}</ref> Both of these removals also involved lowering the rail line under the road, with a rebuilt [[Heatherdale railway station|Heatherdale station]] built as part of the project.<ref name=":0" /> Union and Mont Albert Roads were also been removed by lowering the rail line in May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victoria’s Big Build |date=2 February 2023 |title=Union Road, Surrey Hills |url=https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/level-crossing-removal-project/projects/union-road-surrey-hills |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=Victoria’s Big Build |language=en |archive-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218044632/https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/level-crossing-removal-project/projects/union-road-surrey-hills |url-status=live }}</ref> The removals also included closing [[Mont Albert railway station|Mont Albert]] and [[Surrey Hills railway station|Surrey Hills]] stations, with a new station built in-between called "[[Union railway station, Melbourne|Union]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victoria’s Big Build |date=22 June 2022 |title=Final designs for the new Union Station and precinct |url=https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/news/level-crossing-removal-project/final-designs-for-the-new-union-station-and-precinct |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=Victoria’s Big Build |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224100143/https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/news/level-crossing-removal-project/final-designs-for-the-new-union-station-and-precinct |url-status=live }}</ref> The final crossing to be removed on the corridor was at Bedford Road in Ringwood by also lowering the rail line, completed in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victoria’s Big Build |first= |date=2024-03-25 |title=Bedford Road level crossing chalks up big milestone |url=https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/news/level-crossing-removal-project/bedford-road-level-crossing-chalks-up-big-milestone |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326224110/https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/news/level-crossing-removal-project/bedford-road-level-crossing-chalks-up-big-milestone |archive-date=2024-03-26 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Victoria’s Big Build |language=en}}</ref> At the conclusion of these removals, only two crossings remain: Alpine St and Railway Ave, both between Ferntree Gully and Upper Ferntree Gully.