Hughesdale railway station

Track layout
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Hughesdale
Hughesdale
PTV commuter rail station
	North-west bound view from Platform 2, April 2019
General information
Location	Railway Parade,; Murrumbeena, Victoria 3163; City of Glen Eira ; Australia
Coordinates	37°53′39″S145°04′35″E / 37.8943°S 145.0764°E
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 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, host station
Station code	HUG
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	28 February 1925;99 years ago
Closed	14 October 2017
Rebuilt	25 August 2018 (LXRP)
Electrified	March 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	364,345

Last updated December 06, 2024

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Murrumbeena towards Flinders Street		Pakenham line		Oakleigh towards Cranbourne or East Pakenham
Murrumbeena towards Flinders Street		Cranbourne line		Oakleigh towards Cranbourne or East Pakenham

Hughesdale railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Murrumbeena, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Hughesdale station is an elevated host station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 28 February 1925, with the current station provided in 2018.^[4]

History

Hughesdale station opened on 28 February 1925^[4] and, like the adjoining suburb, was named in honour of James Vincent Hughes, mayor of Oakleigh from 1924 to 1925. He, with the Poath Road Railway Station League, had lobbied strongly for a new station for the area.^[5] Before the station was built, Hughesdale had been the site of the junctions of both the Outer Circle and Rosstown lines with the Dandenong/Gippsland line.

In 1972, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Poath Road level crossing, which was located at the up end of the former ground-level station.^[6]

In 1977, the former ground-level station building was rebuilt, after the original station building, which was of a timber construction, was destroyed by fire in 1975.^[7]^[8]

In 2016, the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced a grade separation project to eliminate the Poath Road level crossing immediately to the west of the station. On 14 October 2017, the station was closed, and was demolished on 28 October of that year. On 25 August 2018, the rebuilt station opened about 250 metres (820 ft 3 in) west of the former station, as part of construction of the new section of elevated rail line between Caulfield and Oakleigh. As such, it is now located in the suburb of Murrumbeena rather than Hughesdale. ^[9]

Platforms and services

Hughesdale has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Pakenham and Cranbourne line trains.^[10]^[11]

Platform 1:

Pakenham line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Cranbourne line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

Pakenham line all stations and limited express services to East Pakenham
Cranbourne line all stations services to Cranbourne

Future services:
In addition to the current services, the Network Development Plan – Metropolitan Rail proposes linking the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines to both the Sunbury line and under-construction Melbourne Airport rail link via the Metro Tunnel.^[12]

Sunbury line express services to West Footscray and Sunbury (2025 onwards)
Airport line express services to Melbourne Airport (2029 onwards)

Transport links

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

767 : Westfield Southland – Box Hill station ^[13]

Gallery

Southbound view of the former ground level Platform 2 and station building, December 2012
Station concourse and entrance, April 2019
Station concourse and entrance, January 2021

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