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Hughesdale railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburbs of Murrumbeena and Hughesdale, and it opened on 28 February 1925.[2]

Hughesdale
PTV commuter rail station
North-west bound view from Platform 2 in April 2019
General information
Location	Railway Parade, Murrumbeena, Victoria 3163 City of Glen Eira Australia
Coordinates	37°53′39″S 145°04′35″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Pakenham Cranbourne
Distance	15.48 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Train operators	Metro Trains
Connections	Bus route 767
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	70 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Host Station
Station code	HUG
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 Overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	28 February 1925; 97 years ago (1925-02-28)
Closed	14 October 2017
Rebuilt	25 August 2018 (Level Crossing Removal Project)
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (March 1922)
Passengers
2008–2009	484,983[1]
2009–2010	507,540[1]  4.65%
2010–2011	546,381[1]  7.65%
2011–2012	517,103[1]  5.36%
2012–2013	Not measured[1]
2013–2014	545,339[1]  5.46%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Murrumbeena towards Flinders Street Pakenham line Oakleigh towards Pakenham Cranbourne line Oakleigh towards Cranbourne
Track layout Legend to Murrumbeena 1 2 to Oakleigh

The station and suburb were named in honour of James Vincent Hughes, mayor of Oakleigh from 1924 to 1925, who, with the Poath Road Railway Station League, lobbied heavily for a new station for the area. Before the station was built, Hughesdale was the site of the junctions of both the Outer Circle and Rosstown railway lines with the Dandenong/Gippsland line.

Boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Poath Road level crossing, which was located at the Up end of the station, in 1972.[2]

The former ground level station building was built in 1977, after the original station building, which was of a timber construction, was destroyed by fire in 1975.[3][4]

In 2016, the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced a grade separation project to replace the Poath Road level crossing immediately to the west of the station. The railway station was closed on 14 October 2017 and demolished on 28 October 2017. A new railway station opened on 25 August 2018, about 250 metres west of the old station, as part of construction of the new section of elevated rail between Caulfield and Oakleigh.[5]

Platforms and services

Hughesdale has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line services.[6][7]

Platform 1:

•  Pakenham line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Cranbourne line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Pakenham line  all stations and limited express services to Pakenham
•  Cranbourne line  all stations services to Cranbourne

It is planned to connect the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines to the Sunbury line, via the new Metro Tunnel, in late 2025.

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Hughesdale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  767 : Westfield Southland – Box Hill station[8]

Gallery

• 
  Station concourse and entrance in April 2019
• 
  Station concourse and entrance in January 2021

References

External links

• Media related to Hughesdale railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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