Heidelberg_railway_station

Heidelberg railway station

Heidelberg railway station

Railway station in Victoria, Australia

This article is about the station in Victoria, Australia. For the station in Heidelberg, Germany, see Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof.

Heidelberg railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, and opened on 8 May 1888.[4]

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History

Heidelberg station opened on 8 May 1888, at a time when it was the terminus station on what is now the Hurstbridge line.[4] On 1 September 1913, the current island station design officially opened.[5]

At one time, there was a goods yard opposite Platform 1. It made way for an extension of the commuter car-park, although the goods shed still exists. At one time, there were three tracks running through the station; two served the island platform, and the third track was the last surviving stabling track. The third track was removed after a period of disuse.

Between 26 January 1942 and 6 February 1942, fourteen trains were modified to become ambulance trains. They ferried returning wounded World War II servicemen from Melbourne to Heidelberg, where ambulances were waiting to collect them. On 3 November 1995, 50 years after the end of the conflict, Vin Heffernan, the member for Ivanhoe, unveiled a plaque at the station to commemorate the role of the station in the war effort.[6]

During 1988, the former No. 4 and No. 5 tracks were abolished, along with a number of disc signal posts.[7]

In 1992, the station received an enclosed waiting area and ticket facilities, as part of the "Travel Safe" program of the early 1990s.[8] At 5am on 5 March 1994, after the signals were upgraded to an electronic system, one of the decommissioned mechanical semaphore signals ("Signal No. 4") was relocated from the Melbourne side of the station, to the car-park opposite Platform 1, for display purposes. Signal No. 4 was first erected for operation at Heidelberg in 1912.[9] On 21 June 1996, Heidelberg was upgraded to a premium station.[8]

At the 2016/17 Victorian State Budget, $140.2 million was allocated to duplicate the single-track between Heidelberg and Rosanna, and included a second rail tunnel alongside the existing tunnel.[10] On 30 April 2018, the project was completed.[11]

Platforms and services

Heidelberg has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Hurstbridge line trains.[12]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates three bus routes via Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References

  1. [1]
    Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. [2]
    Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. [3]
    Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. [4]
    "Heidelberg". vicsig.net. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. [5]
    "ca. 1913. Heidelberg Railway Station (new)". Item held by Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service - Heidelberg Historical Society. 11 May 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. [6]
    Plaque inside Heidelberg Station
  7. [7]
    "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1988. p. 346.
  8. [8]
    "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
  9. [9]
    Sign at Heidelberg Railway Station, Platform 1
  10. [10]
    "Hurstbridge Rail Line upgrade". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  11. [11]
    "New Rosanna Station opens, with two level crossings gone for good | Level Crossing Removal Project".
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    "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
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    "513 Eltham - Glenroy via Lower Plenty". Public Transport Victoria.
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    "514 Eltham - Glenroy via Greensborough". Public Transport Victoria.
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    "546 Heidelberg Station - Melb Uni - Queen Victoria Market via Clifton Hill and Carlton". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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    "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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    "551 Heidelberg - La Trobe University Interchange". Public Transport Victoria.
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