Laverton railway station, Melbourne

In 1968, the former side platform was converted to an island platform, as part of the duplication of the line to Werribee.[3] The station building on the island platform (Platforms 2 and 3) was provided in 1969.[2]

At about 7:55pm on 12 July 1976, a derailment occurred at the up end of the station, involving a Port Fairy – Melbourne passenger service.[4][5][6][7] After crossing from the east line to the west line, the train derailed and sideswiped the Princes Highway overpass, destroying a number of wood-bodied carriages.[4][5][6][7] One person was fatally injured in the derailment, along with a number of injures to other passengers. It was later revealed that the train diverged through a crossover at excessive speed.[4][5][6][7]

The control of all signals and points was transferred to the Newport signal box in 1986,[8] although the signal control panel remained within the station building until 2009.[2]

On 1 October 1987, two Hitachi suburban trains collided at the Up end of the station, near Laverton Junction, after an Up train over ran the Altona loop and collided with a Down train.[9][10]

Laverton was upgraded to a Premium Station in 1998.[11]

In May 2008, the Victorian State Government announced, as part of the 2008/2009 State Budget, that Laverton station would receive a $92.6 million upgrade, which would include the building of a third platform. The work included the tripling of one kilometre of existing double track, between the Altona loop line and the station.[12] The first section of the footbridge was installed in October 2009,[13] and the completed bridge was opened to the public on 9 February 2010.[14] The remainder of these works were completed in mid-2010.[2]

Until June 2015, Geelong and Warrnambool line services passed through the station, but those services now use the Regional Rail Link route via Sunshine, Tarneit and Wyndham Vale.

On the express route, between Laverton and Newport stations, the former Galvin station has been closed and demolished, and the former Paisley station has been closed, and has had its platform access and station building removed.

Laverton station will be upgraded as part of stage 1 of Western Rail Plan's Geelong Fast Rail project.[15][16] Construction will begin in 2023.

Laverton has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is served by Werribee line trains.[17]

Platform 1:

•  Werribee line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street and Frankston

Platform 2:

•  Werribee line  all stations and limited express services to Werribee (weekdays only)

Platform 3:

•  Werribee line  Altona services to Flinders Street (weekdays only) and all stations services to Werribee (early mornings, evenings and weekends only)

CDC Melbourne operates eight routes to and from Laverton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  400 : to Sunshine station (shared with Transit Systems Victoria)[18]
•  411 : to Footscray[19]
•  412 : to Footscray[20]
•  414 : to Footscray station[21]
•  415 : to Williamstown[22]
•  417 : to Laverton station (loop service via Laverton North)[23]
•  496 : to Sanctuary Lakes[24]
•  498 : to Hoppers Crossing station[25]

Transit Systems Victoria operates one route to and from Laverton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  400 : to Sunshine station (shared with CDC Melbourne)[18]

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  Westbound view of the station footbridge in February 2010

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