A woman is expected to be charged with drink driving after driving her car up and over a pedestrian n overpass at the Kananook Railway Station on Sunday morning.

The driver, a 21-year-old Malvern East woman, drove her car up the ramp, remained stationary at the top of the overpass for a short time before driving down three flights of stairs to return to ground level.

At ground level her car, a Mitsubishi ASX station wagon, became wedged between the steel handrails requiring SES assistance to cut the vehicle out.

Police attended the incident, which occurred just before 2am and breath-tested the woman, resulting in a reading of 0.158.

The woman is also expected to be charged with careless driving.