Hurstbridge Railway Station
Initially opened as Hurst's Bridge, the station was given its current name of Hurstbridge on 9 December 1912.
History
Hurstbridge station opened on 25 June 1912, when the railway line was extended from Eltham. 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.
In 1957, a goods train service between Eltham and Hurstbridge was withdrawn. In 1962, a siding that operated to a cool store was abolished.
Accidents and incidents
On 16 February 1973, Tait trailer carriage 202T was destroyed by a fire while stabled in No. 1 road.
On 9 April 1983, Comeng motor carriage 315M and Tait motor carriage 472M were destroyed by a fire whilst at the station. Both cars were later scrapped.
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. 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.
Platforms and services
Hurstbridge has one platform. It is served by Hurstbridge line trains.
Platform 1:
- Hurstbridge line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Transport links
Panorama Coaches operates one bus route to and from Hurstbridge station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 343 : to Greensborough station
Gallery
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Northbound view with a Comeng train stationary at the platform, November 2008 -
Southbound view from the platform,
November 2015
References
- ^ Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
- ^ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
- ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
- ^ "Hurstbridge". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Hurstbridge". Victorian Places. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Delays, Etc". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1973. p. 76.
- ^ "Carriages burn". The Age. 11 April 1983. p. 3.
- ^ "Photos of 315M". vicsig.net. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ ""Metro Employee Found Guilty" 1-6-16". youtube.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "343 Hurstbridge - Greensborough via Diamond Creek Station". Public Transport Victoria.
External links
Media related to Hurstbridge train station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway map
