Hughesdale railway station

Hughesdale
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 / -37.8943; 145.0764
System	PTV commuter rail station
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Lines	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;100 years ago (1925-02-28)
Closed	14 October 2017
Rebuilt	25 August 2018 (LXRP)
Electrified	March 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	364,345 [1]

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

Future Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Murrumbeena towards West Footscray, Watergardens or Sunbury via  Town Hall Pakenham line Oakleigh towards East Pakenham or Cranbourne Cranbourne line

Track layout
Legend to Murrumbeena 1 2 to Oakleigh

Location

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. It opened on 28 February 1925, with the current station being provided in August 2018. ^[4]

History

Like the adjoining suburb, Hughesdale station 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 was 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 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) west of the former station, as part of construction of the new section of elevated rail line between Caulfield and Oakleigh. Consequently, the station is now located in the suburb of Murrumbeena rather than Hughesdale. ^[9]

Platforms and services

A High Capacity Metro Train on a Cranbourne-bound service arrives at Platform 2, July 2022

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

Current

Hughesdale platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
2	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

From early December 2025 to 1 February 2026

Hughesdale platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type	Notes
1	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	Flinders Street	City Loop	Limited express
	Pakenham line	Sunbury (weekends only), West Footscray	Town Hall		Between 10:00am and 3:00pm on weekdays, and between 10:00am and 7:00pm on weekends
2	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	East Pakenham, Cranbourne, Westall		All stations

After 1 February 2026

Hughesdale platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray	Town Hall	Limited express
2	Pakenham line     Cranbourne line	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

Transport links

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

•  767 : Westfield Southland – Box Hill station ^[12]

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

References

1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
4. "Hughesdale". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
5. "Station at Poath Road". The Argus. 5 January 1924. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023– via Trove.
6. Sinnatt, John (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
7. "Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). August 1977. p. 183.
8. "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). January 1976. p. 18.
9. "Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Hughesdale Station opened today, Saturday 25 August". Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
10. "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
11. "Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria.
12. "767 Southland – Box Hill via Chadstone & Jordanville & Deakin University". Public Transport Victoria . Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

External links

• Media related to Hughesdale railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au