Hughesdale railway station

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Hughesdale
PTV commuter rail station
Hughesdale Railway Station Platform 2 - a - April 2019.jpg
Westbound view in April 2019
LocationRailway Parade
Murrumbeena, Victoria 3163
City of Glen Eira
Australia
Coordinates37°53′39″S 145°04′35″E / 37.8943°S 145.0764°E / -37.8943; 145.0764Coordinates: 37°53′39″S 145°04′35″E / 37.8943°S 145.0764°E / -37.8943; 145.0764
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Pakenham
Cranbourne
Distance15.48 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Train operatorsMetro Trains
ConnectionsBus route 767
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking70 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Host Station
Station codeHUG
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened28 February 1925 (1925-02-28)
Closed14 October 2017
Rebuilt25 August 2018 (Level Crossing Removal Project)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Passengers
2008–2009484,983[1]
2009–2010507,540[1] Increase 4.65%
2010–2011546,381[1] Increase 7.65%
2011–2012517,103[1] Decrease 5.36%
2012–2013Not measured[1]
2013–2014545,339[1] Increase 5.46%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Murrumbeena
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line Oakleigh
towards Pakenham
Cranbourne line Oakleigh
towards Cranbourne
Track layout
Legend
to Murrumbeena
1
2
to Oakleigh

Hughesdale railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburbs of Murrumbeena and Hughesdale, and it opened on 28 February 1925.[2]

The station and suburb were named in honour of James Vincent Hughes, mayor of Oakleigh from 1924 to 1925, who, with the Poath Road Railway Station League, lobbied heavily for a new station for the area. Before the station was built, Hughesdale was the site of the junctions of both the Outer Circle and Rosstown railway lines with the Dandenong/Gippsland line.

Boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Poath Road level crossing, which was located at the Up end of the station, in 1972.[2]

The former ground level station building was built in 1977, after the station building prior to that, which was of a timber construction, was destroyed by fire in 1975.[3][4]

In 2016, the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced a grade separation project to replace the Poath Road level crossing immediately to the west of the station. The railway station was closed on 14 October 2017 and demolished on 28 October 2017. A new railway station opened on 25 August 2018, about 250 metres west of the old station, as part of construction of the new section of elevated rail between Caulfield and Oakleigh.[5]

Platforms and services[]

Hughesdale has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line services.[6][7]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

It is planned to connect the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines to the Sunbury line, via the new Metro Tunnel, in late 2025.

Transport links[]

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Hughesdale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  767 : Westfield Southland – Box Hill station[8]

Gallery[]

  • Station concourse and entrance in April 2019

  • Station concourse and entrance in January 2021

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. ^ a b Hughesdale Vicsig
  3. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1977. p. 183.
  4. ^ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1976. p. 18.
  5. ^ "Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Hughesdale Station opened today, Saturday 25 August". Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. ^ "Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ "767 Southland - Box Hill via Chadstone & Jordanville & Deakin University". Public Transport Victoria.

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