By road
Exit M1/Princes Freeway at Millers Road, Grieve Parade or Kororoit Creek Road to go to Altona. Altona connects to Williamstown and Laverton via Korororoit Creek Road, to Altona North via Millers Road and to Altona Meadows via Queen Street.
By bus
Altona is serviced by the bus routes 411, 412, 415 and the smartbus 903.
By train
Catch the train on the Werribee line. Make sure you board the Werribee train that goes through Altona and that does not run express from Newport to Laverton or vice-versa. Altona is served by 3 Metlink Zone 1 train stations - Seaholme, Altona and Westona. Westona is a Zone 1+2 station. The train service from Altona to Melbourne CBD takes about 22-30 minutes and runs every 20 min.
The Altona Train Station is right at the heart of Altona in the middle of Pier Street, with a 5 minutes walking distance to the sea, beach, pier, Hobsons Bay Civic Centre, Altona City Theatre, murals, Altona Homestead Museum, Logan Reserve, Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre and Altona Library. Westona Train Station is next to a local shopping centre, Harrington Square and Mount St Joseph Girls' Secondary College.