Greensborough railway station

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Greensborough
PTV commuter rail station
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North-west bound view from Platform 2 looking at station concourse in the distance, May 2023
General information
LocationPara Road,
Greensborough, Victoria 3088
City of Banyule
Australia
Coordinates 37°42′14″S145°06′29″E / 37.7040°S 145.1081°E / -37.7040; 145.1081
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Hurstbridge
Distance22.93 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking212
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeGRN
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened5 June 1902;121 years ago (1902-06-05)
Rebuilt3 April 1970
30 April 2023 [1]
ElectrifiedApril 1923 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006741,508 [2]
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Greensborough railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Greensborough, and it opened on 5 June 1902. [5]

Contents

Because of the curvature of the line, north-bound (Hurstbridge) services head south-east upon departing the station and, likewise, south-bound (Flinders Street) services head north-west. A number of peak-hour services to and from Flinders Street terminate at Greensborough.

History

Greensborough station was a single-track, single platform station built in 1902, for service to (at the time) the outer north eastern suburb of Greensborough. At the time of construction, it was serviced by steam engines inbound and outbound from the Melbourne CBD, until the completion of the electrification from Heidelberg to Eltham in 1923. [6]

The original platform was located on the south-western side of the station, where the current car-parking is located. The original track ran through the current island platform. [6]

Due to the restrictions of only having one track out to Hurstbridge and only one through track, the trains were timetabled to arrive 3–4 minutes apart. The Hurstbridge service would collect passengers from the platform, then shunt out to a junction at the up end of the station, pull into a side track and wait 1–2 minutes for the Flinders Street service to arrive then depart, then continuing to Hurstbridge. Due to a much higher passenger count going to the city at the time, the Flinders Street service was given priority over the low passenger count toward Hurstbridge.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the station was upgraded to two tracks, and a single offset island platform was built. The station had a platform on the left and right, one for each direction. [7] In 1969, the rebuilt station was provided [5] [6] and, on 3 April 1970, it officially opened. [8] In 1977, a goods yard that existed at the station was closed to traffic. [5] [9] In 1979, the railway line between Greensborough and Macleod was duplicated. [5]

On 21 June 1996, Greensborough was upgraded to a premium station. [10]

In May 2019, the Victorian State Government announced a plan to duplicate the line between Greensborough and Eltham, which included an upgrading of the station. [11] [12] The upgrade involved the building of an overpass and concourse, rebuilt station platforms and better accessibility in and around the station precinct. On 9 February 2021, final designs of the new station were released, and in mid-2021, early works on the project commenced. In 2022, the old station closed and was demolished to allow for major construction on the project, and the rebuilt station officially opened on 30 April 2023. [1]

Until 2023, the timetabling for services to and from the station remained practically the same, due to the single-track railway between Greensborough and Hurstbridge, with only crossing loops located at Eltham and Diamond Creek. An Eltham/Hurstbridge service arrived approximately one minute before the Flinders Street service arrived, with both services departing at same time, allowing the outbound service clear passage to Eltham.

Platforms and services

Greensborough has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services. [13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates five bus routes via Greensborough station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates three routes via Greensborough station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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

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