Heidelberg railway station

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This article is about the station in Victoria, Australia. For the station in Heidelberg, Germany, see Heidelberg_Hauptbahnhof.
Heidelberg
Commuter rail station
Heidelberg railway station.jpg
LocationStudley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084
Australia
Coordinates37°45′26″S 145°03′39″E / 37.7571°S 145.0607°E / -37.7571; 145.0607Coordinates: 37°45′26″S 145°03′39″E / 37.7571°S 145.0607°E / -37.7571; 145.0607
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Hurstbridge
Distance14.04 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking300
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeHDB
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 May 1888
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2008-20090.953 million[1]
2009-20101.121 million[1] Increase 17.75%
2010-20111.237 million[1] Increase 10.35%
2011-20121.229 million[1] Decrease 0.65%
2012-2013Not measured[1]
2013-20140.896 million[1] Decrease 27.1%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Eaglemont
towards Flinders Street
 Hurstbridge line Rosanna
towards Hurstbridge

Heidelberg railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, and it opened on 8 May 1888.[2]

History[]

Heidelberg station opened on 8 May 1888, at a time when it was the terminating station on what is now the Hurstbridge line.

The current island station design was officially opened on 1 September 1913.[3]

At one time, there was a goods yard opposite Platform 1, however this made way for an extension of the commuter car park, but the goods shed still exists. Later on, there were three tracks running through the station - two serviced the island platform, and the third track was the last surviving stabling track. The third track was removed after a period of inactivity.

Between 26 January 1942 and 6 February 1942, 14 trains were modified to become ambulance trains. The trains ferried returning wounded World War II servicemen from Melbourne to Heidelberg, where ambulances were waiting to collect them. Heidelberg's role in the war was recognised on 3 November 1995, 50 years after the end of the war, when Vin Heffernan, member for Ivanhoe, erected a plaque at the station to commemorate the event.[4]

During 1988, the former No. 4 and No. 5 tracks were abolished, along with a number of disc signal posts.[5]

In 1992, the station received an enclosed waiting area and ticket facilities, as part of the ‘Travel Safe’ program of the early 1990s. It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 21 June 1996.[6]

At 5am on 5 March 1994, after the signals were upgraded to an electronic system, one of the decommissioned mechanical semaphore signals ("Signal No. 4") was relocated from the Melbourne side of the station, to the car park opposite Platform 1, for display purposes. Signal No. 4 was first erected for operation at Heidelberg station in 1912.[7]

At the 2016-17 Victorian State Budget, $140.2 million was allocated to duplicate the single track between Heidelberg and Rosanna, and included a second rail tunnel, alongside the existing tunnel.[8] The project was completed in May 2018.[9]

Platforms and services[]

Heidelberg has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services.[10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[]

Dysons operates two routes via Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  513 : Eltham station – Glenroy station[11]
  •  546 : to Melbourne University (off peak extension to Queen Victoria Market)[12]

Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from [1] Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ VICSIG Infrastructure - Heidelberg
  3. ^ "ca. 1913. Heidelberg Railway Station (new)". Item held by Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service - Heidelberg Historical Society. 11 May 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ^ Plaque inside Heidelberg Station
  5. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1988. p. 346.
  6. ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heistorical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  7. ^ Sign at Heidelberg Railway Station, Platform 1
  8. ^ Hurstbridge Rail Line upgrade Public Transport Victoria
  9. ^ https://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/media/news/new-rosanna-station-opens,-with-two-level-crossings-gone-for-good
  10. ^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "513 Eltham - Glenroy via Greensborough or Lower Plenty". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "546 Heidelberg Station - Melb Uni - Queen Victoria Market via Clifton Hill and Carlton". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ^ "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ "551 Heidelberg - La Trobe University Interchange". Public Transport Victoria.

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