Noble Park’s three level crossings will be gone within weeks, ahead of schedule.
Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Wednesday 24 January that the Heatherton, Corrigan and Chandler roads boom gates would go down for the final time on Monday 29 January.
Work will then start on installing overhead wiring, laying communications cable and connecting the new elevated train tracks to the existing ones.
Buses will replace trains from Tuesday 30 January to Wednesday 14 February between Westall and Dandenong to allow the final works to be carried out safely.
Sixty near-misses or collisions were reported across the three level crossings between 2011 and this year, including an incident last year where a train clipped a car at Chandler Road.
Heatherton Road is Noble Park’s busiest crossing and recorded three vehicle collisions in the past six years and 15 reported near-misses in 2016-‘17.
Acting Public Transport Minister Luke Donnellan thanked commuters for their patience.
“We’re ahead of schedule and the end result will be worth it,” he said.
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