Hurstbridge railway station

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Hurstbridge
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Northbound view in November 2015.JPG
Northbound view in November 2015. A derailed X'Trapolis train is visible in the distance.
General information
LocationHeidelberg-Kinglake Road,
Hurstbridge, Victoria 3099
Shire of Nillumbik
Australia
Coordinates 37°38′21″S145°11′32″E / 37.6393°S 145.1921°E / -37.6393; 145.1921
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Hurstbridge
Distance38.02 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks1
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking195
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeHBE
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened25 June 1912;111 years ago (1912-06-25)
ElectrifiedAugust 1926
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesHurst's Bridge (1912)
Passengers
2005–2006197,942 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Wattle Glen
towards Flinders Street
Hurstbridge line Terminus
Track layout
Legend
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Occupation Crossing (Unprotected)
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Occupation Crossing
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Occupation Crossing (Unprotected)
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Occupation Crossing (Unprotected)
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Hurstbridge railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hurstbridge, and opened on 25 June 1912 as Hurst's Bridge. It was renamed Hurstbridge on 9 December of that year. [4]

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History

Hurstbridge station opened on 25 June 1912, when the railway line was extended from Eltham. [4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after a local settler, Henry Hurst, who built a log bridge across the Diamond Creek to access a property named Allwood. [5] [6]

In 1957, a goods train service between Eltham and Hurstbridge was withdrawn. [4] In 1962, a siding that operated to a cool store was abolished. [4]

Accidents and incidents

On 16 February 1973, Tait trailer carriage 202T was destroyed by a fire while stabled in No. 1 road. [7]

On 9 April 1983, Comeng motor carriage 315M and Tait motor carriage 472M were destroyed by a fire whilst at the station. [8] Both cars were later scrapped. [9]

Shortly before 2:00 a.m. on 11 November 2015, X'Trapolis train set 927M-1664T-928M derailed, following an unauthorised movement from the yard, resulting in collisions with various items of infrastructure and another train. [10] On 1 June 2016, a former Metro Trains' worker pleaded guilty to causing the incident, along with lighting two fires at Newport Workshops in 2015, which damaged or destroyed heritage train carriages, including a historical Swing Door EMU. [11]

Platforms and services

Hurstbridge has one platform. It is served by Hurstbridge line trains. [12]

Platform 1:

Panorama Coaches operates one bus route to and from Hurstbridge station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Hurstbridge". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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  6. ↑ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Delays, Etc". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1973. p. 76.
  8. ↑ "Carriages burn". The Age . 11 April 1983. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "Photos of 315M". vicsig.net. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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