Hughesdale railway station

Hughesdale
Southbound view in December 2012
Location Willesden Road, Hughesdale
Coordinates 37°53′42″S 145°04′39″E / 37.8949°S 145.0776°E / -37.8949; 145.0776Coordinates: 37°53′42″S 145°04′39″E / 37.8949°S 145.0776°E / -37.8949; 145.0776
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Pakenham
Cranbourne
Distance 15.48 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking 70
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code HUG
Fare zone Myki zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 28 February 1925
Closed 14 October 2017
Rebuilt 25 August 2018
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Pakenham line
towards Pakenham
Cranbourne line
towards Cranbourne

Hughesdale railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hughesdale, and opened on 28 February 1925.[1]

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.

A new station building was provided in 1977, after the former station building was destroyed by fire in 1975.[2] The former station building was of a timber construction.[3]

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 Hughesdale 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 railway station and Oakleigh railway station.[4]

Platforms & services

Hughesdale has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line services.[5][6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

References

  1. ↑ Hughesdale Vicsig
  2. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1977. p. 183.
  3. ↑ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1976. p. 18.
  4. ↑ "Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Hughesdale Station opened today, Saturday 25 August". Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  5. ↑ Pakenham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. ↑ Cranbourne Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  7. ↑ Route 767 Southland - Box Hill timetable Public Transport Victoria
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