Heidelberg railway station
|
Heidelberg
|
|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Heidelberg Station Melbourne.jpg
Platform 2 in August 2005
|
|||||||||||
| Location | Studley Road, Heidelberg | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hurstbridge | ||||||||||
| Distance | 14.04 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||
| Station code | HDB | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1/2 overlap | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 May 1888 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Heidelberg railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg.
North of Heidelberg the double line becomes single to pass through a short tunnel.
History
Heidelberg station opened on 8 May 1888,[1] at the time when it was the terminating station on what is now the Hurstbridge line.
At one time there was a goods yard opposite platform 1, however this made way for an extension of the commuter car park, but the goods shed still exists. Later on there were three tracks running through the station - two serviced the island platform and the third track was the last surviving stabling track. The third track was removed after a period of inactivity.
Between 26 January 1942 and 6 February 1942, 14 trains were modified to become ambulance trains. The trains ferried returning wounded World War II servicemen from Melbourne to Heidelberg Station where ambulances were waiting to collect them. Heidelberg Station's role in the war was recognised on 3 November 1995, 50 years after the end of the war, when Vin Heffernan, member for Ivanhoe, erected a plaque at the station to commemorate it.[2]
In 1992 the station received an enclosed waiting area and ticket facilities as part of the ‘Travel Safe’ program. It was upgraded to a Premium station on 21 June 1996. .[3]
At 5am on 5 March 1994, after the signals were upgraded to a totally 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 station in 1912.[4]
Platforms and services
Heidelberg has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services.[5]
Platform 1:
- Hurstbridge line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Hurstbridge line: all stations services to Eltham & Hurstbridge
Transport links
Dyson's Bus Services operate two routes via Heidelberg station:
- 513: Eltham station - Glenroy station[6]
- 546: to Melbourne University[7]
Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Heidelberg station:
Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Heidelberg station:
- 551: to La Trobe University[9]
References
- ↑ VICSIG Infrastructure - Heidelberg
- ↑ Plaque inside Heidelberg Station
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Sign at Heidelberg Railway Station, Platform 1
- ↑ Hurstbridge Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 513 Eltham - Glenroy timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 546 Heidelberg - Melbourne University timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 903 Altona - Mordialloc timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 551 Heidelberg - La Trobe University timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Melway
