Hughesdale station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Murrumbeena, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened on 28 February 1925, with the current station being provided in August 2018.

History

Like the adjoining suburb, Hughesdale station was named in honour of James Vincent Hughes, mayor of Oakleigh from 1924 to 1925. He, with the Poath Road Railway Station League, had lobbied strongly 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 lines with the Dandenong/Gippsland line.

In 1972, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Poath Road level crossing, which was at the up end of the former ground-level station.

In 1977, the former ground-level station building was rebuilt, after the original station building, which was of a timber construction, was destroyed by fire in 1975.

In 2016, the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced a grade separation project to eliminate the Poath Road level crossing immediately to the west of the station. On 14 October 2017, the station was closed, and was demolished on 28 October of that year. On 25 August 2018, the rebuilt station opened about west of the former station, as part of construction of the new section of elevated rail line between Caulfield and Oakleigh. Consequently, the station is now located in the suburb of Murrumbeena rather than Hughesdale.

Platforms and services

260px|right|thumb|A [[High Capacity Metro Train on a Cranbourne-bound service arrives at Platform 2, July 2022]]

Hughesdale has one island platform with two faces and is served by Pakenham and Cranbourne line trains.

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!Destination

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|1

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|Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray

|Town Hall

|Limited express

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|East Pakenham, Cranbourne, Westall

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|All stations

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

  • : Westfield Southland – Box Hill station

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File:Hughesdale railway station 003.JPG|Southbound view of the former ground level Platform 2 and station building, December 2012

File:Hughesdale Railway Station Entrance 2 - April 2019.jpg|Station concourse and entrance, April 2019

File:Hughesdale railway station - Concourse Entrance.jpg|Station concourse and entrance, January 2021

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References

  • Melway map at street-directory.com.au