Huntingdale station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, which are part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the suburbs of Oakleigh and Huntingdale located in the south east of Melbourne, Victoria in Australia. It did not receive its current name until 1954.

Description

Huntingdale railway station is located on the border of the suburbs of Oakleigh and Huntingdale. On the north-eastern side of the station is Railway Avenue and Haughton Road is to the south-west. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. The station is approximately or around a 30-minute train ride away from Flinders Street.

History

Huntingdale station opened on 25 June 1927, like the suburb itself, gets its name from the Melbourne Hunt Club, which occupied parts of the suburb (then known as Oakleigh East) from 1887 to 1929. The land that was occupied by the Hunt Club was later acquired by the Eastern Golf Club which subsequently became the Huntingdale Golf Club in 1940. In 1971, the island platform was extended at the south-eastern end.

In March 2011, there was a significant amount of garbage dumped at the station car park. Metro Trains Melbourne cleaned of rubbish on 18 March 2011, at a cost of around $7,000. A survey of commuters in August 2011 rated Huntingdale among the worst stations in Melbourne because of rubbish and graffiti at the station, unsafe access and flooding of the subway.

In 2013, there was a lobbying campaign by Monash University, Clayton campus seeking improvements to Huntingdale station and the bus interchange. Connecting bus services were often far away from the station with bus stops having no lighting or shelters available. The condition of the station and bus interchange was a serious concern for Clayton campus, because Huntingdale station is a major gateway to the university through bus route 601. In 2015 the decision to construct a $5 million bus interchange was announced by the Andrews Government which was expected address these concerns. The main project during this upgrade was the construction of a new bus interchange which cost $5 million. The existing car park was also upgraded with additional parking installed. In 2015, the project was said to cost $7.6 million which is about $4 million less than the project's final cost.

Platforms and services

The station is currently served by both the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines which are both operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Services to East Pakenham and Cranbourne travel together south-east towards Dandenong before splitting into two separate lines. Services to the city run express from Caulfield (Malvern during off-peak) to South Yarra before stopping all stations to Flinders Street via the City Loop.

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Huntingdale is served by 5 bus routes all departing from the bus interchange just north of the station on Haughton Road. These routes are the prepaid route 601, 630, 704 and SmartBus route 900.

Bus connections

  • : to Monash University Clayton Campus
  • : Elwood to Monash University Clayton Campus
  • : Westall station to Oakleigh station
  • SmartBus : Rowville to Caulfield station

References

  • Melway map at street-directory.com.au