List of closed railway stations in Melbourne

A number of railway lines and stations which formed part of the greater Melbourne railway network have been closed over time, either in part or in full. The decision to close a railway station has historically been made by the department responsible for rail transport within the State Government of Victoria.

Over the history of the Melbourne railway network, a total of eleven complete railway lines, as well as 71 railway stations, have been closed. The most recent railway station to close is General Motors, which closed on 28 July 2002, due to a lack of pedestrian access;[1] while the most recent railway line to close to traffic is the Port Melbourne railway line, which was closed on 11 October 1987,[2] and was subsequently converted to light rail. A number of stations have also been closed and rebuilt at another location, such as West Footscray, which was rebuilt 160 metres away as part of the Regional Rail Link project.[3]

Most closed railway lines have been converted to other uses, such as rail trails or linear parkland. In addition, a number of closed railway stations have been converted for other uses, such as retail stores.

Closed railway lines

Name	Opened	Closed	Stations	Current status	Notes
Broadstore branch line	12 October 1942	1982	1	Dismantled after 1991
Gembrook line	18 December 1900	April 1954	15	Reopened in 1962 as the Belgrave line between Upper Ferntree Gully and Belgrave. Beyond Belgrave the Puffing Billy Railway reopened in 1962 as a heritage service along the former line.
Healesville line	1 March 1889	9 December 1980	5	Line remains in place between Lilydale and Yarra Glen. Beyond Yarra Glen the Yarra Valley Railway is undertaking works to restore the line towards Healesville.	[4]
Inner Circle line	22 May 1888	North Fitzroy to Rushall - 21 June 1965 North Fitzroy to Royal Park - 31 July 1981	3	Reservation mostly intact and used by the Capital City Trail	[5]
Kew line	19 December 1887	13 May 1957	2	Dismantled and reservation sold.	[6]
Mornington line	10 December 1889		5	Disused line remains in place between Baxter and Moorooduc. The Mornington Railway Preservation Society operate tourist services between Moorooduc and a rebuilt Mornington station.
Mont Park line	28 August 1911	30 June 1964	1	Dismantled and reservation sold
Outer Circle line	3 May 1890	APM Siding to East Kew section - 1893 East Kew to East Camberwell section - 1945 Fairfield to APM Siding - 1997	7	Section between East Camberwell and Alamein remains open as the Alamein Line, with the reservation remaining intact and used as a linear park and is part of the Anniversary Outer Circle Trail north of East Camberwell station.
Port Melbourne railway line	13 April 1854	16 October 1987	4	Was converted to light rail between Port Junction and Port Melbourne, with tram services commencing to use the line from 18 December 1987. The line is today served by tram route 109 services.	,[7][8]
Red Hill line	2 December 1921	29 June 1953	3	Dismantled and some of reservation sold, with the remainder existing as a rail trail.
Rosstown Railway	14 November 1888	1916	4	Dismantled, much remains as linear park or parkland adjacent to Elsternwick station	[9]
St Kilda – Windsor link line	1857	1867	0 (link between two other lines)	Dismantled and reservation sold
St Kilda railway line	13 May 1857	31 July 1987	4	Was converted to light rail between Port Junction and St Kilda, with tram route 96 commencing to use the line from 20 November 1987	[10]
Spring Vale Cemetery line	7 February 1904	19 December 1951 or 10 December 1950	1	Dismantled and reservation sold	,[11][12]
Warburton line	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	10	Reservation intact, used for rail-trail
Whittlesea line	23 December 1889	28 November 1959	4	Line remains open to Mernda. Beyond Mernda the line has been dismantled, with the right of way remaining intact.

Diagram showing Melbourne's rail network except for the Altona Loop, including former and planned lines

Stations

Closed

Name	Line	Location	Type	Opened	Closed	Current status	Notes
Albion & Darlington	Sunbury	Between Footscray and Sydenham stations	steam-era suburban	5 January 1860	1 January 1861	Demolished, the current Albion station occupies the same site	[13]
Holden	Sunbury	Between Diggers Rest and Sydenham stations	steam-era rural	Late 1860	11 November 1927	Demolished
White City	Sunbury	Between Tottenham and Sunshine	steam & electric-era suburban	5 January 1860	4 October 1981	Demolished
Cremorne	Windsor (Sandringham)	North bank of the Yarra River	steam-era suburban	12 December 1859	22 December 1860	Demolished
Botanical Gardens	Hawthorn (Lilydale) and Windsor (Sandringham)	Between the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Royal Botanic Gardens	steam-era suburban	2 March 1859	1863 (uncertain)	Demolished
Maidstone	Sunbury	Between Footscray and Albion	steam-era suburban	2 March 1861	1 April 1865	Demolished
Salt Water River	Williamstown	Between Maribyrnong River and South Kensington	steam-era suburban	1 October 1859	1867 (uncertain)	Demolished
Garden Vale	Rosstown Railway	Ridell Parade, near Kooyong Road, Gardenvale	steam-era suburban	1887	1916	Demolished
Hawthorn Road	Rosstown Railway	Hawthorn Road, Caulfield	steam-era suburban	1887	1916	Demolished
Booran Road	Rosstown Railway	Booran Road, Glen Huntly	steam-era suburban	1887	1916	Demolished
Sugar Beet Mill	Rosstown Railway	Koornang Road, Carnegie	steam-era suburban	1887	1916	Demolished
Richmond Park	Glen Waverley	Between Burnley station and Heyington stations	steam-era suburban	24 March 1890	May 1890	Demolished
Fitzroy	Inner Circle	In the Edinburgh Gardens	steam-era suburban	8 May 1885	1892	Demolished
Fulham Grange	Outer Circle	Located near the current Grange and Heidelberg Road intersection	steam-era suburban	24 March 1891	24 April 1893	Demolished
Willsmere	Outer Circle	Adjacent Willsmere Road and Earl Street	steam-era suburban	24 March 1891	24 April 1893	Demolished
East Kew	Outer Circle	to the west of Normanby Road, close to Harp Road	steam-era suburban	24 March 1891	24 April 1893	Demolished
Waverley Road	Outer Circle	Adjacent Sycamore Street Malvern East	steam-era suburban	24 March 1891	9 December 1895	Demolished
Pic Nic	Hawthorn	East of Burnley station	steam-era suburban	24 September 1860	19 July 1898	Demolished
Deepdene	Outer Circle, later East Kew	Near corner of Burke Road and Gordon Street Deepdene	steam-era suburban	24 March 1891	9 October 1927	Demolished
Shenley	Outer Circle, later East Kew	Canterbury Road, Canterbury	steam-era suburban	24 March 1891	9 October 1927	Demolished
Roystead	Outer Circle, later East Kew	Mont Albert Road, Canterbury	steam-era suburban	14 May 1900	9 October 1927	Demolished
North Carlton	Inner Circle	Lang Street	steam & electric-era suburban	8 May 1885	1948	Converted to community centre
North Fitzroy	Inner Circle	East of Nicholson Street, on Rae and Park Streets	steam & electric-era suburban	8 May 1885	1948 to passengers, 1981 to goods trains	Demolished, platform mound remains
Williamstown Racecourse	Branch from the Geelong line	South of Kororoit Creek Road level crossing Williamstown	steam & electric-era suburban, special events	6 April 1855	4 June 1951	Demolished
Spring Vale Cemetery	Branch from Pakenham line	North of Springvale station	steam & electric-era suburban, funeral services	7 February 1904	1952	Demolished
Balnarring	Red Hill	?	steam-era rural	2 December 1921	29 June 1953	Demolished
Merricks	Red Hill	?	steam-era rural	2 December 1921	29 June 1953	Demolished
Red Hill	Red Hill	?	steam-ear rural	2 December 1921	29 June 1953	Demolished
Campbellfield	Upfield	Camp Road, Campbellfield	steam & railcar, semi-rural	8 October 1889	5 May 1956	Demolished
Barker	Kew	Barkers Road, Kew	steam & electric-era suburban	19 December 1887	13 May 1957	Demolished
Kew	Kew	North of Hawthorn station	steam & electric-era suburban	19 December 1887	13 May 1957	Demolished (now, ironically, the site of VicRoads headquarters)
North Campbellfield	Upfield	Near current Upfield station	steam & railcar, semi-rural	8 October 1889	5 May 1956	Upfield station opened nearby on 17 August 1959
South Morang	Whittlesea	?	steam & railcar, rural	23 December 1889	28 November 1959	Demolished; rebuilt and reopened 22 April 2012
Mernda	Whittlesea	Platform remains visible from highway	steam & railcar, rural	23 December 1889	28 November 1959	Demolished; rebuilt and reopened 26 August 2018
Yan Yean	Whittlesea	?	steam & railcar, rural	23 December 1889	28 November 1959	Demolished
Whittlesea	Whittlesea	?	steam & railcar, rural	23 December 1889	28 November 1959	Demolished
Somerton	Craigieburn	Adjacent to Somerton Road level crossing, Roxburgh Park	steam-era, rural	13 November 1882	Passenger service on December 1961	Still open to freight services, new Roxburgh Park station opened near original site in 2007
Mont Park Asylum	Branch from Hurstbridge	Waiora Road, MacLeod	steam & electric-era, freight only	28 August 1911	1964	Demolished
Mount Evelyn	Warburton	Wray Crescent, Mount Evelyn	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	Platforms demolished, building converted to library, cafe and community centre. A replica platform exists next to the original building.
Wandin	Warburton	Railway Parade, Wandin	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	Demolished, platform partially intact
Seville	Warburton	Station Road, Seville	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	11 August 1965	Demolished, platform intact
Killara	Warburton	Sunnyside Road, Seville East	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	Demolished, platforms intact
Woori Yallock	Warburton	Syme Road, Woori Yallock	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	Demolished, platform intact
Launching Place	Warburton	Warburton Highway, Launching Place	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	Remnants of platform
Yarra Junction	Warburton	Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	Intact and used as a museum
Wesburn	Warburton	Cavanagh Rd, Wesburn	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	Remnants of platform
Millgrove	Warburton	Warburton Highway, Millgrove	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	Remnants of platform
Warburton	Warburton	Highfield Road, Warburton	steam-era rural	13 November 1901	1 August 1965	Remnants of platform (The siding site is currently an old sawmill, planned redevelopment)
Coldstream	Healesville	Station Street, Coldstream	steam-era rural	15 May 1888	9 December 1980	Station buildings destroyed by fire, platform intact	[4]
Yering	Healesville	MacIntyre Road, Yering, just off Melba Highway	steam-era rural	15 May 1888	9 December 1980	Abandoned	[4]
Narrambi	Mornington	Near Narambi Road	railcar, rural	June 1980	?	Material reused for other stations
Langwarrin	Stony Point	McClelland Road, Langwarrin	steam & railcar suburban	1 October 1888	22 June 1981	Demolished, platform mound remains
White City	Sunbury	Sunshine Road, Tottenham	steam & electric-era, special events, workers trains	11 November 1927	4 October 1981	Demolished
Lyndhurst	Cranbourne	Bayliss Road, Lyndhurst, just off Western Port Highway	steam & diesel-era, rural	1 October 1888	Passenger service on 4 October 1981	Still open to freight services until 2009
Mobiltown	Werribee	Kororoit Creek Road, Altona North	electric-era suburban	9 November 1953	21 January 1985	Demolished	[14]
Paisley	Werribee line express route	Ross Road, Altona	steam, diesel & electric-era suburban	14 October 1929	14 April 1985	Demolished, although the island platform remains	[14]
Galvin	Werribee line express route	Maidstone Road, Altona	steam, diesel & electric-era suburban	22 August 1927	14 April 1985	Demolished	[14]
Williamstown Pier	Williamstown	Morris Street, Williamstown	steam & electric-era suburban	3 October 1857	25 March 1987	Demolished, now a carpark	[14]
South Melbourne	St Kilda	Ferrars Street, South Melbourne	steam & electric-era suburban	16 September 1858	August 1987	Converted to tram stop and commercial use	[10]
Albert Park	St Kilda	Ferrars Street, Albert Park	steam & electric-era suburban	27 November 1860	August 1987	Converted to tram stop and commercial use	[10]
Middle Park	St Kilda	Canterbury Road, Middle Park	steam & electric-era suburban	2 July 1883	August 1987	Converted to tram stop and abandoned	[10]
St Kilda	St Kilda	Fitzroy Street, St Kilda	steam & electric-era suburban	13 May 1857	August 1987	Converted to tram stop and commercial use	[10]
Montague	Port Melbourne	Woodgate and Montague Streets, Montague	steam & electric-era suburban	2 June 1883	December 1987	Converted to tram stop and demolished	[7]
North Port	Port Melbourne	Raglan Street, Port Melbourne	steam & electric-era suburban	May 1859	December 1987	Converted to tram stop and demolished	[7]
Graham	Port Melbourne	Graham Street, Port Melbourne	steam & electric-era suburban	1 June 1888	December 1987	Converted to tram stop and demolished	[7]
Port Melbourne	Port Melbourne	Beach Street, Port Melbourne	steam & electric-era suburban	13 April 1854	December 1987	Converted to tram stop and commercial use	[7]
Stopping Place #16	Mornington	Nepean Highway, Mornington	steam & railcar, semi-rural	30 November 1959	1988	Demolished, replaced by Mornington Tourist railway station in 2000
APM Siding	Branch from the Hurstbridge line at Fairfield	Grange and Heidelberg Roads, Alphington	Goods siding	29 July 1919	1994	Track dismantled, alignment remains
Werribee Racecourse	Continuation of Werribee line	Off Bulban Road, Werribee	Steam & diesel-era, special events	?	October 1993	Access to station and part of the platform demolished; station signs remain	[14]
Princes Bridge	City Loop	Flinders Street, current site of Federation Square	steam & electric era suburban	8 February 1859	1997	Services amalgamated into Flinders Street. Platform space is now used as screen gallery for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
General Motors	Pakenham	Off Progress Street, Dandenong South (access via dirt track)	Electric-era suburban, workers trains	18 November 1956	28 July 2002	Intact but no legal access to the station site	[14]

Rebuilt

These stations previously existed in slightly different locations, and/or at a higher or lower level (for example, originally at ground level then lowered into a cutting), to their modern-day counterparts. They may be considered the closed predecessors of today's stations.

• Ardeer (August 1956) – on the Melton line (greater metropolitan line)
• Boronia (1998) – on the Belgrave line; track lowered station rebuilt (with a significantly larger capacity than before the rebuild) lowered as part of grade separation under the intersection of Dorset/Boronia Roads. Surface areas and carpark now integrated with Boronia Junction Shopping Centre.
• Bentleigh (11 June – 29 August 2016) – on the Frankston Line; rebuilt as part of the level crossing removal works at North Rd, McKinnon Rd and Centre Rd.
• Box Hill (1983–1985) – on the Belgrave/Lilydale line; track lowered and station incorporated into Box Hill Central shopping centre.
• Canterbury (19 June 1966) – on the Belgrave/Lilydale line; current high level station opened on 15 September 1968 and was completed and the Canterbury Rd level crossing closed on 22 December 1968
• Dandenong – Built 8 October 1887, upgraded in 1994–1995 – Change over for the Pakenham and Cranbourne Lines
• Elsternwick (October 1960) – on the Sandringham line; grade separated to remove the level crossing and tram square at Glen Huntly Road.
• Epping (29 November 1959) – terminus of the Epping line until 2012; current station opened on 30 November 1964
• Fawkner (13 July 1903) – on the Upfield line; current station opened on 10 December 1906
• Footscray 1900 – two separate stations for the Williamstown and Sunbury lines were merged into the current site
• Flinders Street
  • Originally Melbourne Terminus (built 1854)
  • Current Flinders Street station (built 1910)
• Gardiner (18 January 2016) – lowered into cutting as part of the removal of a Glen Waverley line rail crossing at Burke Road.
• Glen Waverley (24 February 1964) – terminus of the Glen Waverley line
• Mitcham
• Hoppers Crossing (1983) – Originally located on the Western Side of Old Geelong Road (1970–1983) for country trains, rebuilt with longer platforms to cater for Electric Trains on the Eastern Side of Old Geelong Road.
• Laburnum (January 2007) – on the Belgrave/Lilydale line; track lowered to create a rail underpass replacing the level crossing at Middleborough Road.
• Lalor (5 August 1952) – on the Mernda line
• McKinnon (25 March – 1 August 2016) – on the Frankston Line; rebuilt as part of the level crossing removal works at North Rd, McKinnon Rd and Centre Rd.
• Mitcham (25 December 1882 – 2 January 2014) – on the Belgrave/Lilydale line; track lowered to create a rail underpass replacing two level crossings at Mitcham Road and Rooks Road. New station opened 25 January 2014.
• Moorabbin 1959 – on the Frankston line; new station lowered below road level and provision made for the third track (which did not occur for some 20 years), road underpasses established for South Road and the Nepean Highway
• Mornington (1987) – on the Mornington line; new station located on the demolished Stopping Place 16 station and opened 2000
• Narre Warren (3 June 1995) – on the Pakenham line
• Nunawading (January 2010) – on the Belgrave/Lilydale line; track lowered and station rebuilt with a provision made for a third track as part of the Springvale Road grade separation project.
• Officer (13 May 1956) – on the Pakenham line
• Ormond (11 June – 29 August 2016) - on the Frankston Line; rebuilt as part of the level crossing removal works at North Rd, McKinnon Rd and Centre Rd.
• Richmond (the gateway to the city for all eastern lines) has had several incarnations:
  • Punt Road low level (8 February 1859 – 12 December 1859)
  • Swan Street low level (12 December 1859 – 1885)
  • Richmond high level (1885 – 26 March 1960) – the opening of this station overlapped with the closure of Swan Street
• Sandown Park (16 May 1955) – on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines; current station opened on 19 June 1965
• Southern Cross, the main terminus of regional and interstate services in Victoria.
  • Progressively expanded until 1960.
  • Rebuilt station building and platform layout beginning in 1960 as part of the works providing a standard gauge railway link to Sydney.
  • Beginning 2002, Spencer Street has been substantially rebuilt and renamed Southern Cross. While maintaining the previous platform layout, the station bears no resemblance to the former station.
• Tottenham low level (27 July 1982) – on the Sunbury line
• Watergardens (Sydenham) (2002) – on the Sydenham line
• Watsonia was lowered into a cutting when the line between Macleod and Greensborough was duplicated. (Hurstbridge line)
• West Footscray (14 October 2013) – on the Sunbury Line; rebuilt as part of the Regional Rail Link project.

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Victoria

References

1. "Monty Python Bureaucracy Closes Railway Station". PTUA. 25 July 2002. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
2. "VR timeline". Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
3. Bryne, Bridie. "Brand new train station at West Footscray officially opened". Herald Sun. Maribinong Leader. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
4. Carman, Gerry (10 December 1983). "Rail line reprieve plan". The Age.
5. "Inner Circle Line". VICSIG. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
6. "Kew Line". VICSIG. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
7. "Last train to Port Melbourne". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. 16 (1): 22. January 1988.
8. "Port Melbourne Light Rail opens". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. 16 (2). February 1988.
9. "Rosstown Rail Trail" (PDF). City of Glen Eira. City of Glen Eira. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
10. "Light rail project". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. 15 (12): 376. December 1987.
11. Victorian Railway to '62, by Leo J. Harrigan (1962)
12. Suburban Tickets of The Victorian Railways, by H.K. Atkinson (1991)
13. "VICSIG". www.vicsig.net. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
14. "M>Train Ceases to Stop at General Motors". Newsrail. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). 30 (9): 271–272. September 2002.

External links

• Railpage Australia