Highett railway station

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Highett
PTV commuter rail station
Stationhighett2021.jpg
Highett station 2021
LocationRailway Parade, Highett, Victoria 3190
City of Bayside
City of Kingston
Australia
Coordinates37°56′55″S 145°02′30″E / 37.9485°S 145.0418°E / -37.9485; 145.0418Coordinates: 37°56′55″S 145°02′30″E / 37.9485°S 145.0418°E / -37.9485; 145.0418
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Frankston
Distance20.06 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking116
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeHIG
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1881
Rebuilt1986
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Previous namesHighett Road
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Moorabbin
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Southland
towards Frankston
Track layout
Legend
to Moorabbin
Wickham Road
1
2
Highett Road
to Southland

Highett railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Highett, and it opened on 19 December 1881 as Highett Road. It was renamed Highett on 14 December 1885.[1]

History[]

Northbound view Platform 2

The station was built under the endorsement of Thomas Bent, who ordered the railway line be redirected through Highett, but also demanded a higher standard of departmental residences than elsewhere.[2] The current station building was erected in 1883 and 1884, and was refurbished in 1966.[2] It was refurbished again in 1986, after it was damaged by fire during the previous year.[3]

In 1925, a parcel train hit a car at the nearby Wickham Road railway crossing, killing nine people inside the car. The gatekeeper was found not guilty to the charge of manslaughter, the jury finding the incident was due to the fault of the system, and not through human negligence.[4]

In 1932, there was a shootout between a policeman and a burglar, who was killed.[5]

A former wood yard and a lamp room were demolished in 1973.[6]

Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Highett Road level crossing, located at the Down end of the station, in 1985. A signal box was also abolished during this time.[1]

In 2014, the Victorian State Government launched a public safety initiative which involved Protective Services Officers (PSOs) patrolling railway stations at certain times of the day. Highett station was added to the list of patrolled stations on 1 June 2014.[7] A PSO 'pod' to provide an office and holding cell for the PSOs was also added to the station.

In October 2017, two Protective Service Officers patrolling Highett station were shot at by a disgruntled 22 year using a battery-powered mechanical handgun, filled with gel pellets. One officer was struck in the temple, but was not seriously injured. The shooter, who fired from the balcony of an apartment overlooking the station, was arrested by police and charged with a variety of offences.[8]

Platforms and services[]

Highett has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[9]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[]

Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via Highett station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  708 : Hampton station – Carrum station[10]
  •  828 : Hampton station – Berwick station[11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Highett Vicsig
  2. ^ a b "Highett Railway Station, Highett, Vic Profile". www.aussieheritage.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1986. p. 347.
  4. ^ "The Highett Railway Disaster". www.brightoncemetery.com. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Events in the Past: Shooting at Highett: Man Dies". localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Way and Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1973. p. 195.
  7. ^ "Public Safety on Victoria's Train System" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Man admits to 'firing at PSOs with water gun' because he was angry, court told". www.abc.net.au. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ "708 Carrum - Hampton via Southland". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "828 Hampton - Berwick Station via Southland SC & Dandenong". Public Transport Victoria.

External links[]

Media related to Highett railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons

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