Greensborough railway station

Greensborough station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Hurstbridge line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Greensborough, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Greensborough station is a ground level premium station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 5 June 1902, with the current station provided in April 2023. Because of the curvature of the line, north-bound (Hurstbridge) services head south-east upon departing the station and, likewise, south-bound (Flinders Street) services head north-west. A number of peak-hour services to and from Flinders Street terminate at Greensborough. History Greensborough station was a single-track, single platform station built in 1902, for service to (at the time) the outer north eastern suburb of Greensborough. At the time of construction, it was serviced by steam engines inbound and outbound from the Melbourne CBD, until the completion of the electrification from Heidelberg to Eltham in 1923. The original platform was located on the south-western side of the station, where the current car-parking is located. The original track ran through the current island platform. Due to the restrictions of only having one track out to Hurstbridge and only one through track, the trains were timetabled to arrive 3–4 minutes apart. The Hurstbridge service would collect passengers from the platform, then shunt out to a junction at the up end of the station, pull into a side track and wait 1–2 minutes for the Flinders Street service to arrive then depart, then continuing to Hurstbridge. Due to a much higher passenger count going to the city at the time, the Flinders Street service was given priority over the low passenger count toward Hurstbridge. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the station was upgraded to two tracks, and a single offset island platform was built. The station had a platform on the left and right, one for each direction. In 1969, the rebuilt station was provided and, on 3 April 1970, it officially opened. In 1977, a goods yard that existed at the station was closed to traffic. In 1979, the railway line between Greensborough and Macleod was duplicated. On 21 June 1996, Greensborough was upgraded to a premium station. On 15 May 2019, the Victorian State Government announced a plan to duplicate the line between Greensborough and Eltham, which included an upgrading of the station. The upgrade involved the building of an overpass and concourse, rebuilt station platforms and better accessibility in and around the station precinct. On 9 February 2021, final designs of the new station were released, and in mid-2021, early works on the project commenced. In 2022, the old station closed and was demolished to allow for major construction on the project, and the rebuilt station officially opened on 30 April 2023. Until 2023, the timetabling for services to and from the station remained practically the same, due to the single-track railway between Greensborough and Hurstbridge, with only crossing loops located at Eltham and Diamond Creek. An Eltham/Hurstbridge service arrived approximately one minute before the Flinders Street service arrived, with both services departing at same time, allowing the outbound service clear passage to Eltham. Platforms and services Greensborough has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services. During peak hours, many trains terminate at Greensborough, and the track layout allows trains from either direction to run through either platform if required, meaning other services can still run through if a terminating train is occupying one of the platforms. However, the normal practice is that trains heading towards Flinders Street use platform 1, and trains heading towards Hurstbridge use platform 2. Transport links Dysons operates five bus routes via Greensborough station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: 385 : Whittlesea – Greensborough Plaza 514 : Eltham station – Glenroy station 517 : Northland Shopping Centre – St Helena 518 : Greensborough Plaza – St Helena West 566 : Lalor – Northland Shopping Centre Kinetic Melbourne operates three routes via Greensborough station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: 293 : Box Hill station – Greensborough SmartBus 901 : Frankston station – Melbourne Airport SmartBus 902 : Chelsea station – Westfield Airport West Panorama Coaches operates one route to and from Greensborough station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: 343 : to Hurstbridge station Gallery References External links Media related to Greensborough railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons Melway map at street-directory.com.au