Hurstbridge railway station
Hurstbridge | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view in November 2015. A derailed train is visible in the distance. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Heidelberg-Kinglake Road, Hurstbridge Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°38′21″S 145°11′32″E / 37.6393°S 145.1921°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hurstbridge | ||||||||||
| Distance | 38.02 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections | None | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 75 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||
| Station code | HBE | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki Zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 25 June 1912 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Hurst's Bridge | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| Year | 5,168 Weekly (2011-2012) (0.251 Million (251,000)) | ||||||||||
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| Services | |||||||||||
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Hurstbridge railway station is the terminus of the Hurstbridge line, in Victoria, Australia, serving the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hurstbridge. It opened on 25 June 1912 as 'Hurst's Bridge being renamed 'Hurstbridge on 9 December 1912.[2]
Platforms & services
Hurstbridge has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services.[3]
Platform 1:
- Hurstbridge line: all stations and limited stops services to & from Flinders Street
Transport Links
Panorama Coaches operates one route to and from Hurstbridge station:
- 343: to Greensborough station[4]
Accidents and incidents
On 16 February 1973, Tait trailer carriage 202T was destroyed by a fire whilst stabled in No. 1 road.[5]
On 9 April 1983, Comeng motor carriage 315M & Tait motor carriage 472M were destroyed by a fire whilst at the station. Both cars were later scrapped.[6]
Shortly before 2 a.m. on 11 November 2015, X'Trapolis train 927M-1664T-928M derailed, following an unauthorised movement from the yard, resulting in several collisions with various infrastructure and another train.[7] 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.[8]
Gallery
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Northbound view in November 2008
References
- ^ http://ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PDFs/Random/Station-by-station-patronage-data.xls
- ^ Hurstbridge Vicsig
- ^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "343 Hurstbridge - Greensborough via Diamond Creek Station". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "Delays, Etc". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1973. p. 76.
- ^ "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.
External links
Media related to Hurstbridge train station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway map
