Carpark expansion for Caroline Springs rail commuters

Caroline Springs Station will open an additional 400 new and upgraded car parking spaces from mid 2023.

The State government has announced over 1,200 new and upgraded car parking spaces for some of the west’s busiest train stations, with Tarneit and Wyndham Vale stations also set to benefit.

Works will begin next month at Caroline Springs Station, and will be managed to ensure impacts to commuters are minimal, and station and commuter car parking will remain accessible throughout the project.

New bicycle parking facilities, improved lighting and CCTV will also be delivered as part of the project along with additional landscaping.

Minister for Public Transport Ben Carroll said the new and upgraded car parks will free up local streets and make it safer and easier to catch the train.

“Not only are we upgrading car parks across the state, but we are also making it easier to catch the bus or ride your bike to the station – giving Victorians more options than ever before as to how they get around.”

Construction has already commenced at Tarneit Station to increase car parking by around 50 per cent, with the addition of 500 new and upgraded spaces, brining the total number of car spaces to more than 1500 spots – one of the largest station car parks on the state’s rail network. A new bus interchange will also be built to allow more bus services to run more often.

Works will begin next month to add 380 new and upgraded spaces at Wyndham Vale.

The City of Wyndham is one of Australia’s fastest growing communities and Tarneit Station is the state’s busiest V/Line station outside of Southern Cross, with over 1.24 million commuters using the station in 2019 (pre-Covid), while over 760,000 commuters used Wyndham Vale Station.

The new Tarneit Station car park will be open to commuters in late 2022, followed by the bus interchange in late 2023. The car park at Wyndham Vale will open in late 2022 and the Caroline Springs parking spaces will open in mid-2023.