Sunshine railway station, Melbourne

Sunshine
Westbound view from Platform 2 in May 2014
Location Station Place, Sunshine
Australia
Coordinates 37°47′17″S 144°49′57″E / 37.7881°S 144.8325°E / -37.7881; 144.8325Coordinates: 37°47′17″S 144°49′57″E / 37.7881°S 144.8325°E / -37.7881; 144.8325
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Sunbury
Distance 12.25 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 4 (1 island, 2 side)
Tracks 5
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 250
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code SUN
Fare zone Myki zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 7 September 1885
Rebuilt 2012-2014
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2008-2009) 1.936 million[1]
Passengers (2009-2010) 2.060 million[1] Increase 6.4%
Passengers (2010-2011) 2.109 million[1] Increase 2.38%
Passengers (2011-2012) 1.918 million[1] Decrease 6.07%
Passengers (2012-2013) Not measured[1]
Passengers (2013-2014) 1.598 million[1] Decrease 19.33%
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Sunbury line
towards Sunbury
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station
Serviceton line
Warrnambool line
towards Waurn Ponds

Sunshine railway station is located on the Sunbury line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Sunshine. Sunshine is serviced by V/Line Ballarat and Geelong passenger services, with Bendigo line passenger services running through but no longer stopping since 2014, with the station serving as the junction for the Serviceton line, to the state's west. The Melbourne – Sydney standard gauge line passes to the north of the station.

On July 22, 2018, the Victorian state government announced that the Melbourne Airport rail link will be funded with state and commonwealth money and that it will run from the Melbourne CBD to Melbourne Airport via Sunshine station.[2] As part of this project, a new "super hub" will be built at Sunshine station for passengers transferring between V/Line services and the airport trains. Construction is planned to begin by 2022.[3]

History

Sunshine station opened on 7 September 1885 as Braybrook Junction. It was renamed Sunshine on 15 July 1907.[4]

19th century

The Melbourne & Murray River Railway (now named the Bendigo line), originating from Spencer Street station, was built in the late 1850s, from Footscray station to Sunbury and Bendigo, however, no station was built at that time on the current site; the closest station was Albion & Darlington, on the site of the current Albion station.[5]

In 1885, the Serviceton line from Melbourne to Ballarat, via Bacchus Marsh, was built, branching off from the Bendigo line, and a station at the junction of the two lines was built. The station opened on 7 September 1885, as Braybrook Junction, named such as it was at the junction of the two lines, and was within the Shire of Braybrook.

In 1887, the Sunshine – Newport line, connecting the new station at Braybrook Junction to Newport and Williamstown, Victoria's major cargo port at the time, was opened.

20th century

In 1907, Braybrook Junction station was renamed Sunshine, when Hugh McKay moved his Sunshine Harvester Works adjacent to the station.[4] On 20 April 1908, Sunshine was the scene of the worst train crash in Victorian railway history, the Sunshine train disaster.

The Albion – Jacana line opened in 1929, connecting Sunshine station with the North East line, allowing freight trains to avoid the steeper grades and suburban traffic on the suburban line between North Melbourne, Essendon and Broadmeadows.

The road level crossing at Sunshine was removed when grade separation was carried out in 1961.[6] The works took place as part of the project to construct a standard gauge line from Sydney to Melbourne.[7] Boom barriers were provided at the nearby former Anderson Road level crossing, on the Bendigo line, in the same year.[8]

A fourth platform was opened in January 1963, on the adjacent Melbourne – Sydney standard gauge line, to enable passengers to transfer between the interstate Sydney and Adelaide expresses.[6] In 1965, control of signals at Albion station was transferred to the signal box at Sunshine.[6] Boom barriers were provided at the nearby former Anderson Road level crossing, on the Ballarat line, in 1977.[8]

On 5 February 1985, Harris trailer carriage 830T was destroyed by fire, in a vandalism attack, whist stabled in the former down siding.[9]

The sidings leading to Massey Ferguson were booked out of use in 1988, with the lead to the sidings, which crossed the standard gauge line, was removed in February of the same year.[10]

Sunshine was categorised as a Premium station on 26 July 1996.[11]


As part of the Regional Rail Link project, the station was rebuilt during 2013/14.[12] Works included:

  • a new bus interchange, completed in September 2013;[13]
  • construction of a new footbridge and concourse, completed in January 2014;[14]
  • upgrading Platforms 1 and 2 with new canopies;
  • rebuilding Platform 3 and a new Platform 4, both completed in April 2014;[15][16]

The completed station was opened to the public on 28th April 2014.

Facilities, platforms and services

Sunshine has two side platforms and a centre island platform. Access is provided to the platforms using stairs, lifts and ramps from an overhead footbridge and concourse, which features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sunbury line and V/Line Ballarat and Geelong services.[17][18][19]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Platform 4:

Sunshine bus interchange

The bus interchange at Sunshine station is the second biggest (after Frankston station's 19 bus bays) in the Melbourne metropolitan area with 13 bays. There are 13 bus services that use the bus interchange.

CDC Melbourne operates three routes via Sunshine station:

Sita Buslines operates six routes to and from Sunshine station:

Transdev Melbourne operates four routes via Sunshine station:

Dyson's Bus Services operates one route via Sunshine station:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. )
  2. ↑ "Melbourne airport rail up and away with Andrews government $5b pledge". The Age. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Eddie, Rachel (22 July 2018). "What the Melbourne Airport Sunshine Route rail link means for you". The New Daily. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 Sunshine Vicsig
  5. ↑ Brimbank City Council - Travelling: Roads, Railways and Bridges
  6. 1 2 3 SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 68. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  7. ↑ Going Ahead (PDF). Melbourne: Victorian Railways. 1960. p. 12. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. 1 2 Andrew Waugh. "VR History by Andrew Waugh - Bendigo Line" (PDF). vrhistory.com. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  9. ↑ "Rollingstock". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1985. p. 152.
  10. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1988. p. 123.
  11. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  12. ↑ Sunshine railway station Regional Rail Link
  13. ↑ Sunshine bus interchange Regional Rail Link
  14. ↑ Commuters have new concourse at Sunshine The Courier 3 January 2014
  15. ↑ Ballarat services now stopping at new, dedicated platforms at Sunshine station Premier of Victoria 28 April 2014 Retrieved 03-05-2014
  16. ↑ "Ballarat services now stopping at new, dedicated platforms at Sunshine station" Railway Digest June 2014 page 21
  17. ↑ Sunbury Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  18. ↑ Ballarat - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  19. ↑ Geelong - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  20. 1 2 "Route 400 - Sunshine Station - Laverton Station via Robinsons Road". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  21. ↑ "Route 408 - St Albans Station - Highpoint SC via Sunshine Station". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  22. ↑ "Route 410 - Sunshine Station - Footscray via Ballarat Road". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  23. ↑ "Route 420 - Sunshine Station - Watergardens Station via Deer Park". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  24. ↑ "Route 427 - Sunshine Station - Sunshine West via Forrest St". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  25. ↑ "Route 428 - Sunshine Station - Sunshine West via Wright St". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  26. ↑ "Route 456 - Sunshine Station - Melton via Rockbank". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  27. ↑ "Route 471 - Williamstown - Sunshine Station via Newport & Altona Gate SC". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  28. ↑ "Route 216 - Caroline Springs - Brighton Beach". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  29. ↑ "Route 219 - Sunshine South - Gardenvale". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  30. ↑ "Route 220 - Sunshine - City - Gardenvale". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  31. ↑ "Route 903 - Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  32. ↑ "Route 942 - Night Bus - City - Footscray - Sunshine - Deer Park - St Albans". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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