Heavy vehicles
Learn how the West Gate Tunnel helps keep heavy vehicles like buses and trucks moving.
For information about light vehicles like motorcycles, cars and light commercial vehicles, visit our light vehicle page.
Travel on the West Gate Tunnel
- Dedicated access to the Port of Melbourne
Benefit from direct, safer access to the Port, bypassing up to 17 sets of traffic lights - More lane capacity
New express lanes and 50% more lane capacity on the West Gate Freeway between the M80 Ring Road and Williamstown Road - A more sustainable choice
Our connections are designed to help trucks make fewer stops and turns, reducing fuel consumption
- More value for fleets
Daily multi-trip discounts and multi-road toll caps with peak and off-peak pricing, designed with freight in mind - Smoother transit
Fewer traffic lights and turns and more dedicated lanes to get freight moving more safely
Toll pricing
There is an electronic toll point on the upgraded West Gate Freeway between Millers and Williamstown roads for heavy and long vehicles using West Gate Tunnel, the Hyde Street ramps or continuing on over West Gate Bridge.
All heavy vehicles will pay a single toll at this toll point - no matter if you use the tunnel, the West Gate Bridge or the Hyde Street ramps.
Long heavy commercial vehicle (Long HCV) is a new vehicle class for heavy vehicles that are 26m in length or more. This class applies for the West Gate Tunnel and for CityLink.
Look out for the on-road vehicle class signs which show the vehicle class that is tolled. Learn more about vehicle classes.
West Gate Tunnel toll points
| Heavy commercial vehicles (HCV) | Long heavy commercial vehicles (Long HCV) |
|---|---|
| Rigid trucks with three or more axles, or over 4.5T gross vehicle mass; buses; and articulated trucks. | Heavy vehicles 26m in length or more. This is a new class that will apply to trips on the West Gate Tunnel and CityLink. |
Single trip
24-hour pass
| Single trip
24-hour pass
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Multi-road toll cap
| Multi-road toll cap
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Daily multi-trip discounts
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Prices shown are what customers would pay if they're travelling on the toll road as at quarter ending 31 March 2024.
Daily multi-trip discounts
HCV and Long HCV vehicles which make multiple trips on the West Gate Freeway during the same day (12am-12am) will have discounted tolls after the fourth trip, and no further charge after the eighth trip.
Multi-road toll cap
Heavy vehicles travelling on CityLink and the West Gate Tunnel will have tolls for a single continuous trip capped.
The multi-road trip cap can provide a discount for vehicles travelling on the West Gate Freeway and onto Monash Freeway.
What will I pay?
If you travel on the West Gate Tunnel and CityLink and you are eligible for daily multi-trip discounts or multi-road trip caps, you will be charged for whichever discount gives the lower toll cost. This means you will be charged the lowest amount for your travel.
Placarded vehicles
Placarded HCVs and Long HCVs cannot travel in the West Gate Tunnel. Instead, these vehicles can use the new Hyde Street ramps as an alternative route to and from the west.
If you're driving a heavy vehicle with a dangerous goods placard and your trip begins in the port precinct and travels only on Bolte Bridge, you will not pay a toll for this trip. If your travel continues to other parts of CityLink or the upgraded West Gate Freeway, the tolls for these later sections only will be charged.
Choose your lane early
When travelling on the West Gate Tunnel, it’s important to choose your lane early.
Plan your journey by:
- taking a virtual drive using our virtual tour tool, or
- downloading our freight user guide (PDF)
Common journeys
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Heading towards the city
- If you’re travelling on either the M80 or Princes Freeway toward the city, you’ll need to decide early if you want to take the bridge or the tunnel, and get into the correct lanes just before the M80 interchange. Take the left lanes for West Gate Tunnel and freeway exits. Keep right for express lanes to West Gate Bridge.
- If you get on the freeway at Grieve Parade or Millers Road, you won't be able to get onto the express lanes to West Gate Bridge. Choose your lane after Millers Road. Take the right lanes for West Gate Tunnel or stick to the left lanes for the West Gate Bridge and freeway exits.
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Heading away from the city
High clearances
The West Gate Tunnel has a 4.6m clearance.
Note that the Burnley, Domain, Mullum Mullum and Melba tunnels have height limits of 4.65m.
No-truck zones
The Victorian Government will be enforcing 24-hour no-truck zones in key locations in the Melbourne western suburbs.
These no-truck zones include:
- Francis Street in Yarraville
- Somerville Road in Yarraville
- Buckley Street in Footscray
- Moore Street in Footscray
- Hudsons Road in Spotswood
- Blackshaws Road in Altona North
A night-time and weekend no-truck zone will be in place on
- Williamstown Road (weekdays 8pm - 6am, and weekends from Friday 8pm - Monday 6am)
Some exemptions apply to trucks with local origins and destinations in the no-truck zones.
Learn more about the no-truck zones in Melbourne’s inner west
Explore the West Gate Tunnel connection and plan your trip before you travel
Don't pay more than you have to
If you travel without a pass or account, we'll send the vehicle's owner a toll invoice. A toll invoice includes the unpaid toll and an administration fee.
The easiest way to avoid toll invoices is to open an account.