Altona railway station

Altona
Eastbound view from the station platform, March 2025
General information
LocationRailway Street South,
Altona, Victoria 3018
City of Hobsons Bay
Australia
Coordinates37°52′02″S 144°49′48″E / 37.8672°S 144.8301°E / -37.8672; 144.8301
SystemPTV commuter rail station
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
LineWerribee
Distance17.15 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks1
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking70
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeALT
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 December 1917 (1917-12-01)
Electrified2 October 1926
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesAltona Beach (1917-1938)
Passengers
2005–2006325,384
2006–2007337,402  3.69%
2007–2008363,468  7.72%
2008–2009409,006  12.52%
2009–2010391,029  4.39%
2010–2011385,586  1.39%
2011–2012281,536  26.98%
2012–2013Not measured
2013–2014308,479  9.57%
2014–2015298,864  3.11%
2015–2016303,484  1.54%
2016–2017311,955  2.79%
2017–2018315,295  1.07%
2018–2019302,850  3.94%
2019–2020261,900  13.52%
2020–2021126,100  51.85%
2021–2022144,800  14.83%
2022–2023226,200  56.22%
2023–2024260,350  15.1%
2024–2025263,300  1.13%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Temporary timetable
Seaholme
One-way operation
Werribee line Westona
towards Werribee
Track layout
Pier Street
1
Location

Altona station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-western suburb of the same name, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Altona station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 1 December 1917.

Initially opened as Altona Beach, the station was given its current name of Altona on 3 October 1938.