Two of northern Melbourne's most hated level crossings are to be removed by the Andrews government, even though neither had been considered urgently needed under a 2014 VicRoads assessment.

Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan on Monday announced that level crossings at High Street, Reservoir, and Bell Street, Preston, would go as part of the government's promise to remove 50 over two terms of government.

Reservoir and Bell railway stations will also be rebuilt. Both projects will commence in 2018.

Both level crossings regularly experience collisions and near misses, and a fatality occurred near the Reservoir crossing in 2006.