Tuesday, 3 March 2026

 Tim RICHARDSON (Mordialloc) (14:49): Mark it in your calendars: the Mordialloc train station opens on 21 May. This is a massive, massive milestone for our community as we remove the level crossings in Mordialloc and build a brand new train station.

It was this Labor government who committed to making the Frankston train line level crossing free by 2029. I remember standing with the Premier and announcing how we would get rid of Aspendale’s Station Street level crossing near Mordialloc College, another great school in our area, and also the level crossings at Bear Street and McDonald Street. This is all about making sure we can get our communities home safer and sooner. We have transformed the Frankston train line with the city loop returning just recently with the opening of the Metro rail tunnel. Level crossings from Chelsea, Edithvale, Parkdale, Mentone and Cheltenham have been removed by this Labor government and brand new train stations built. The excitement across Mordialloc as we transform our community for the better has been palpable. We had Mordi Fest on the weekend, with people connecting to services, supporting our traders and getting out and about in what we love in our community. But these level crossings have divided us. They have taken time away. They have stopped you from getting home safer and sooner to your community. Well, that will change: on 21 May those level crossings will be gone and we will have a brand new train station. We will have some works over that time, three weeks of construction works, but we are pumped. We are up and about. Mordialloc has never been better, and it only gets better for the future.