Level Crossing Removal Project

The Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) is a project to remove and grade-separate 110 level crossings and to rebuild 51 stations on the metropolitan and regional rail network of the Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The project aims to improve network efficiency, rail safety, and reduce traffic congestion. After pledging the removal of 50 level crossings at the 2014 Victorian state election, the Andrews government committed A$2.4 billion in the 2015–2016 budget to remove the first 20 crossings by 2018. The next 30 crossings were notionally funded through the hypothecation of the sale proceeds from the privatisation of the Port of Melbourne. Prior to the 2018 state election, the government committed to remove a further 25 level crossings, using a new prioritisation framework. In 2021, the government announced a further ten level crossing removals and four level crossing closures would occur by 2025, bringing the total planned level crossing removals to 85 by 2025. In 2022, the Andrews government announced the removal of an additional 25 level crossings by 2033, bringing the total to 110. At the conclusion of the project, the Cranbourne, Pakenham, Lilydale, Frankston, Sunbury, and Werribee lines (with the exception of the Altona Loop) will have no road-rail level crossings for their entire length. Previously its own administrative agency, in 2019 the LXRP became a project within the Major Transport Infrastructure Authority, an office of the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning. As of September 2026, 95 crossings have been removed and 50 train stations have been built or rebuilt as part of the project.