Lyndhurst railway station

This article is about the station in Victoria. For the station in New South Wales, see Blayney–Demondrille railway line.

Lyndhurst
Closed commuter rail station
General information
Coordinates	38°02′47″S145°14′38″E / 38.04639°S 145.24389°E / -38.04639; 145.24389
Line(s)	Cranbourne
Distance	38.36 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Demolished
Station code	LYN
History
Opened	1888;137 years ago (1888)
Closed	1981;44 years ago (1981)
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Dandenong towards Spencer Street   South Gippsland Line   Cranbourne towards Yarram
Track layout Before Cranbourne line duplication (2022) Legend to Dandenong to Bombardier Siding to Kimberley Clark Siding Greens Road {Removed in 2022} Eumemmerring Creek Lyndhurst (demolished) Western Port Highway to Lynbrook Electrified Non-electrified

Lyndhurst is a former railway station on the South Gippsland (now Cranbourne) line. In 1979, it had a single platform on the east side of the track, and a loop siding. ^[1]

The station was served by passenger trains to Leongatha and Yarram until their withdrawal in June 1981, and then by Dandenong to Lang Lang railmotors until their withdrawal in October 1981. Although passenger trains between Melbourne and Leongatha were restored between 1984 and 1993, Lyndhurst station was not re-opened. The platform has been demolished.

In the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan, a new passenger line was proposed linking Frankston and Lyndhurst.

Cement traffic from Waurn Ponds near Geelong, to a siding serving a concrete batching plant operated by Boral, ended in 2009, after Pacific National increased the costs charged to Blue Circle Southern. ^[2] The siding and the silo were removed in 2021 to make way for the duplication of the Cranbourne line.

References

1. Victorian Railways signal diagram: Dandenong to Hallam & Lyndhurst 1979
2. Breen, Daniel (24 March 2008). "Freight network goes off the rail". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2020.