Hurstbridge railway station


Hurstbridge railway station is the terminus of the Hurstbridge line, in Victoria, Australia, serving the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hurstbridge. It opened on 25 June 1912 as 'Hurst's Bridge being renamed 'Hurstbridge on 9 December 1912.

Platforms & services

Hurstbridge has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services.
Platform 1:
operates one route to and from Hurstbridge station:
On 16 February 1973, Tait trailer carriage 202T was destroyed by a fire whilst stabled in No. 1 road.
On 9 April 1983, Comeng motor carriage 315M & Tait motor carriage 472M were destroyed by a fire whilst at the station. Both cars were later scrapped.
Shortly before 2 a.m. on 11 November 2015, X'Trapolis train 927M-1664T-928M derailed, following an unauthorised movement from the yard, resulting in several collisions with various infrastructure and another train. On 1 June 2016, a former Metro Trains worker pleaded guilty to causing the incident, along with lighting two fires at Newport Workshops in 2015, which damaged or destroyed heritage train carriages, including a historical Swing Door EMU.

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