Huntingdale railway station

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Huntingdale
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North-west bound view of station building and Platform 1, January 2021
General information
LocationHaughton Road,
Oakleigh, Victoria
City of Monash
Australia
Coordinates 37°54′40″S145°06′09″E / 37.9110°S 145.1024°E / -37.9110; 145.1024
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s)
Distance18.28 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking850 spaces
Bicycle facilities50 racks
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeHUN
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened25 June 1927;97 years ago (1927-06-25)
Rebuilt1970
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesEast Oakleigh (1927–1954)
Passengers
2005–20061,117,215 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Oakleigh
towards Flinders Street
Pakenham line Clayton
towards Cranbourne or East Pakenham
Cranbourne line
Track layout
Legend
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BSicon STR.svg
to Oakleigh
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BSicon STRf.svg
1
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to Clayton

Huntingdale railway station is a commuter railway station located adjacent to the suburbs of Oakleigh and Huntingdale located in the south east of Melbourne, Victoria in Australia. [4] The station originally opened in 1927 as "East Oakleigh". [5] It did not receive its current name until 1954. [6] Huntingdale is a ground-level host station, consisting of a single island platform connected to both Railway Avenue and Haughton Road via a pedestrian subway.

Contents

Huntingdale station is currently served by the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines which are both part of the Melbourne railway network. [7] Additionally the station is served by five bus routes including the 601 university shuttle and SmartBus route 900. [4] The station is approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) or around a 30-minute train ride away from Flinders Street. [8]

Description

Huntingdale railway station is located on the border of the suburbs of Oakleigh and Huntingdale. On the north-eastern side of the station is Railway Avenue and Haughton Road is to the south-west. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. [4] The station is approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) or around a 30-minute train ride away from Flinders Street. [8]

Huntingdale station consists of a single island platform connected to both Railway Avenue and Haughton Road via a pedestrian subway. The length of the platform is approximately 160 metres (520 ft), long enough for a Metro Trains 7-car HCMT. There is a single station building which primarily serves as a waiting room. [4]

The main car park at the station is located on Railway Avenue just north-east of the station. [4] Although there are ramps they do not fully comply with the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 as the gradient of the ramps is steeper than the maximum of 1:14 allowed under the Act. [9] [10]

History

Huntingdale station opened on 25 June 1927, like the suburb itself, gets its name from the Melbourne Hunt Club, which occupied parts of the suburb (then known as Oakleigh East) from 1887 to 1929. [5] [6] [11] The land that was occupied by the Hunt Club was later acquired by the Eastern Golf Club which subsequently became the Huntingdale Golf Club in 1940. [6] The station received its current name in 1954 when "Huntingdale" became the accepted named for the former suburb of East Oakleigh. [6]

In 1970, the signal box and interlocked gates at the station were removed, as part of the grade separation of the North Road level crossing. During this time a temporary level crossing was provided with boom barriers whilst construction was undertaken and, in that year, the current station building and underpass were provided. [12] [13] [14] [15] In 1971, the island platform was extended at the south-eastern end. [16]

In March 2011, there was a significant amount of garbage dumped at the station car park. Metro Trains Melbourne cleaned 60 cubic metres (2,100 cu ft) of rubbish on 18 March 2011, at a cost of around $7,000. [17] A survey of commuters in August 2011 rated Huntingdale among the worst stations in Melbourne because of rubbish and graffiti at the station, unsafe access and flooding of the subway. [18]

In 2013, there was a lobbying campaign by Monash University, Clayton campus seeking improvements to Huntingdale station and the bus interchange. Connecting bus services were often far away from the station with bus stops having no lighting or shelters available. The condition of the station and bus interchange was a serious concern for Clayton campus, because Huntingdale station is a major gateway to the university through bus route 601. [19] In 2015 the decision to construct a $5 million bus interchange was announced by the Andrews Government which was expected address these concerns. [20]

In 2018, the station received a $11.6 million upgrade which turned the station into a transport hub. [21] The main project during this upgrade was the construction of a new bus interchange which cost $5 million. The existing car park was also upgraded with additional parking installed. In 2015, the project was said to cost $7.6 million which is about $4 million less than the project's final cost. [20]

Platforms and services

The station is currently served by both the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines which are both operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Services to East Pakenham and Cranbourne travel together south-east towards Dandenong before splitting into two separate lines. Services to the city run express from Caulfield (Malvern during off-peak) to South Yarra before stopping all stations to Flinders Street via the City Loop. [22]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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. [23]

Huntingdale is served by 5 bus routes all departing from the bus interchange just north of the station on Haughton Road. These routes are the prepaid route 601, 631, 704 and SmartBus route 900. [24]

Bus connections

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