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Sunshine railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. Originally named Braybrook Junction for the convergence of the major railways from central Melbourne to Ballarat and Bendigo, it was renamed when the suburb of Sunshine, which it serves, took its name from the nearby Sunshine Harvester Works. With the expansion of the railway network in Melbourne's west, Sunshine grew in importance, with cross-suburban goods routes constructed to Newport and from the adjacent Albion to Jacana line. From the mid-20th century, it became an interchange for the main interstate routes to South Australia and New South Wales, when the through line from Melbourne to Sydney was completed, although the main line to Adelaide was later diverted. In the early 21st century, the station was demolished and reconstructed to serve the diversion of the main passenger route to Geelong and beyond. It has been identified as a possible route for a future line to Melbourne Airport and as an interchange for the orbital Suburban Rail Loop.

Sunshine
PTV commuter and regional station
North-west bound view from Platform 2 in May 2014
General information
LocationStation Place,
Sunshine, Victoria 3020
City of Brimbank
Australia
Coordinates37°47′17″S 144°49′57″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sunbury
Ballarat
Geelong
Distance12.25 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms4 (1 island, 2 side)
Tracks5
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking250
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeSUN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened7 September 1885; 137 years ago (1885-09-07)
Rebuilt2012-2014
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(October 1921)
Previous namesBraybrook Junction (1885-1907)
Passengers
2014-2015Not measured[1]
2015-20161.96 million[1] 23.6%
2016-20172.31 million[1] 16.69%
2017-20182.08 million[1] 9.96%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Tottenham Sunbury line Albion
West Footscray St Albans
Tottenham
towards Pakenham or Cranbourne
Sunshine–Dandenong corridor
(under construction)
Albion
Footscray
towards Pakenham or Cranbourne
Melbourne Airport
(under construction)
Keilor East
Preceding station V/Line Following station
Footscray Ballarat line Ardeer
towards Wendouree
Ballarat line
(Melton line)
Ardeer
Ararat line Ardeer
towards Ararat
Geelong line Deer Park
towards Geelong or Waurn Ponds
Ardeer
towards Wyndham Vale

Today, Sunshine is served by Metro Trains' services on the Sunbury line, and V/Line services on the Geelong and Ballarat lines. Bendigo services and freight trains to northern Victoria and towards Sydney also pass through the station. A large bus interchange at the station is a hub for surrounding suburbs.


History


Sunshine station opened on 7 September 1885 as Braybrook Junction. It was renamed Sunshine on 15 July 1907.[2]


19th century


The Melbourne & Murray River Railway (now named the Bendigo line), originating from Spencer Street station, was built in the late 1850s, from Footscray station to Sunbury and Bendigo, however, no station was built at that time on the current site; the closest station was Albion and Darlington, on the site of the current Albion station.[3]

In 1885, the Serviceton line from Melbourne to Ballarat, via Bacchus Marsh, was built, branching off from the Bendigo line, and a station at the junction of the two lines was built. The station opened on 7 September 1885 as Braybrook Junction, named such as it was at the junction of the two lines, and was within the Shire of Braybrook.

In 1887, the Sunshine – Newport line, connecting the new station at Braybrook Junction to Newport and Williamstown, Victoria's major cargo port at the time, was opened.


20th century


In 1907, Braybrook Junction station was renamed Sunshine, when Hugh McKay moved his Sunshine Harvester Works adjacent to the station.[2] On 20 April 1908, Sunshine was the scene of the worst train crash in Victorian railway history, the Sunshine train disaster.

The Albion – Jacana line opened in 1929, connecting Sunshine station with the North East line, allowing freight trains to avoid the steeper grades and suburban traffic on the suburban line between North Melbourne, Essendon and Broadmeadows.

The road level crossing at Sunshine was removed when grade separation was carried out in 1961.[4] The works took place as part of the project to construct a standard gauge line from Sydney to Melbourne.[5] Boom barriers were provided at the nearby former Anderson Road level crossing, on the Bendigo line, in the same year.[6]

A fourth platform was opened in January 1963, on the adjacent Melbourne – Sydney standard gauge line, to enable passengers to transfer between the interstate Sydney and Adelaide expresses.[4] In 1965, control of signals at Albion station was transferred to the signal box at Sunshine.[4] Also in 1965, the Grain Elevator Board sidings, that serve the nearby grail silos, opened for traffic.[2] In 1976, a signal panel was provided to replace an existing panel,[2] and in 1977, boom barriers were provided at the nearby former Anderson Road level crossing, on the Ballarat line.[6]

Demolished station White City was located between Sunshine and Tottenham. It closed on 4 October 1981.[7]

On 5 February 1985, Harris trailer carriage 830T was destroyed by fire in a vandalism attack, whist stabled in the former Down end siding.[8]

The sidings leading to Massey Ferguson were booked out of use in 1988. The lead to the sidings, which crossed the standard gauge line, was removed in February of the same year.[9]

The former station underpass, which connected the platforms to nearby City Place, was completed in 1994,[10] replacing an earlier underpass.[11] It was removed during the station upgrades between 2012 and 2014. Also in 1994, the track leading to the former goods shed was removed,[11] and a number of semaphore signals were replaced with automatic colour signals.[12]

Sunshine was upgraded to a Premium Station on 26 July 1996.[13]


21st century


In mid 2004, the platform on the standard gauge line was removed.[14] The waiting room on the platform was demolished five years earlier, in 1999.[15]

From 2012 to 2014, the station was rebuilt as part of the Regional Rail Link project.[16] Works included:

The completed station was opened to the public on 28 April 2014.[citation needed]

The standalone signal box to the north of the station, commissioned in 1914, was closed in 2016, and its control of the Sunshine and Albion areas transferred to Metrol.[21] The former signal box is one of the largest surviving examples of a tappet and lever frame box on the Victorian network, having once housed 80 levers. Although mechanical signalling was replaced with electronic interlocking before the box was finally taken out of service, it remains relatively intact as an example of Victorian Railways signal box architecture.[22]

On 22 July 2018, the Victorian state government announced that the Melbourne Airport rail link will be funded with state and commonwealth money, and that it will run from the Melbourne CBD to Melbourne Airport via Sunshine station.[23]

Construction commenced in early 2020 on a new signal control centre south of the station, which will share control of the Sunshine–Dandenong corridor with an existing facility at Dandenong, after completion of the Metro Tunnel.[24] As part of this project, a new "super hub" will be built at Sunshine for passengers transferring between V/Line services and the airport trains. Construction is planned to begin by 2022.[25]


Facilities, platforms and services


Sunshine has two side platforms and a centre island platform with two faces. Access is provided to the platforms using stairs, lifts and ramps from an overhead footbridge and concourse, which features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sunbury line and V/Line Ballarat and Geelong services.[26][27][28]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

Platform 3:

Platform 4:



There are 14 bus services that use the bus interchange at Sunshine station.

CDC Melbourne operates three routes via Sunshine station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates four routes via Sunshine station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Transit Systems Victoria operates eight routes to and from Sunshine station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:




References


  1. "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. Sunshine Vicsig
  3. Brimbank City Council - Travelling: Roads, Railways and Bridges
  4. SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 68. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  5. Going Ahead (PDF). Melbourne: Victorian Railways. 1960. p. 12. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. Andrew Waugh. "VR History by Andrew Waugh - Bendigo Line" (PDF). vrhistory.com. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  7. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1981. p. 274.
  8. "Rollingstock". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1985. p. 152.
  9. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1988. p. 123.
  10. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1994. p. 121.
  11. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1994. p. 153.
  12. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1994. p. 219.
  13. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  14. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 2004. p. 290.
  15. Banger, Chris (May 2014). "The Standard Way to Albury - Part 7". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 134–137.
  16. Sunshine railway station Regional Rail Link
  17. Sunshine bus interchange Regional Rail Link
  18. Commuters have new concourse at Sunshine The Courier 3 January 2014
  19. Ballarat services now stopping at new, dedicated platforms at Sunshine station Premier of Victoria 28 April 2014 Retrieved 03-05-2014
  20. "Ballarat services now stopping at new, dedicated platforms at Sunshine station" Railway Digest June 2014 page 21
  21. "Sunshine Signal Box". Vicsig. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  22. Brimbank City Council (8 September 1998). "Sunshine Railway Signal Box". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Council Victoria. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  23. "Melbourne airport rail up and away with Andrews government $5b pledge". The Age. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  24. Papworth, Tate (30 March 2020). "Metro construction creates local jobs". Brimbank & North West Weekly. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  25. Eddie, Rachel (22 July 2018). "What the Melbourne Airport Sunshine Route rail link means for you". The New Daily. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  26. "Sunbury Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  27. Ballarat - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  28. Geelong - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  29. "400 Sunshine Station - Laverton Station via Robinsons Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  30. "408 St Albans Station - Highpoint SC via Sunshine Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  31. "410 Sunshine Station - Footscray via Ballarat Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  32. "216 Sunshine Station – City via Dynon Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  33. "220 Sunshine Station - City via Footscray Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  34. "429 Sunshine Station - Sunshine South Loop". Public Transport Victoria.
  35. "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  36. "420 Sunshine Station - Watergardens Station via Deer Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  37. "422 Sunshine Station - Brimbank Central SC via Deer Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  38. "427 Sunshine Station - Sunshine West via Forrest St". Public Transport Victoria.
  39. "428 Sunshine Station - Sunshine West via Wright St". Public Transport Victoria.
  40. "456 Sunshine Station - Melton". Public Transport Victoria.
  41. "471 Williamstown - Sunshine Station via Newport & Altona Gate SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  42. 941 Sunshine Station - Watergardens Station via Keilor Downs Public Transport Victoria





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