Hughesdale railway station

Hughesdale railway station is a railway station on the Gippsland line in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern suburbs of Murrumbeena and Hughesdale, and opened on 28 February 1925.[2] Pakenham and Cranbourne commuter rail services stop at this station.

Hughesdale
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view in April 2019
LocationRailway Parade
Murrumbeena, Victoria 3163
Australia
Coordinates37°53′39″S 145°04′35″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Gippsland line
Distance15.48 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Train operatorsMetro Trains
ConnectionsBus route 767
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking70 spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Status'Full Time' Host Station. Staffed first train to last.
Station codeHUG
Fare zone1/2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened28 February 1925 (1925-02-28)
Rebuilt25 August 2018 (Level Crossing Removal Project)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Passengers
2008–2009484,983[1]
2009–2010507,540[1]  4.65%
2010–2011546,381[1]  7.65%
2011–2012517,103[1]  5.36%
2012–2013Not measured[1]
2013–2014545,339[1]  5.46%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Murrumbeena
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line Oakleigh
towards Pakenham
Cranbourne line Oakleigh
towards Cranbourne

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.[3] The former station building was of a timber construction.[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 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.[5]

Platforms & services
Hughesdale Railway Station Entrance - April 2019

Hughesdale has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line trains.[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.

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

  • Concourse Entrance - January 2021

References
  1. "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 Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. 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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