Hughesdale railway station

Hughesdale railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Murrumbeena, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened on 28 February 1925, with the current station being provided in August 2018.<ref name="vicsighughesdale">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Like the adjoining suburb, Hughesdale station was named in honour of James Vincent Hughes, mayor of Oakleigh from 1924 to 1925. He, with the Poath Road Railway Station League, had lobbied strongly for a new station for the area.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Before the station was built, Hughesdale was the site of the junctions of both the Outer Circle and Rosstown lines with the Dandenong/Gippsland line.

In 1972, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Poath Road level crossing, which was at the up end of the former ground-level station.<ref name="somersaultjan90">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 1977, the former ground-level station building was rebuilt, after the original station building, which was of a timber construction, was destroyed by fire in 1975.<ref name="newsrailaug77">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="newsrailjan76">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 2016, the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced a grade separation project to eliminate the Poath Road level crossing immediately to the west of the station. On 14 October 2017, the station was closed, and was demolished on 28 October of that year. On 25 August 2018, the rebuilt station opened about Template:Convert west of the former station, as part of construction of the new section of elevated rail line between Caulfield and Oakleigh. Consequently, the station is now located in the suburb of Murrumbeena rather than Hughesdale.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Platforms and services

A High Capacity Metro Train on a Cranbourne-bound service arrives at Platform 2, July 2022

Hughesdale has one island platform with two faces and is served by Pakenham and Cranbourne line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref><ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
2	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

From 30 November 2025 to 1 February 2026

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type	Notes
1	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	Limited express
	Template:RouteBox	Sunbury (weekends only), West Footscray	Town Hall		Between 10:00am and 3:00pm on weekdays, and between 10:00am and 7:00pm on weekends
2	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	East Pakenham, Cranbourne, Westall		All stations

From 1 February 2026

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray	Town Hall	Limited express
2	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	East Pakenham, Cranbourne		All stations

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Hughesdale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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Gallery

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  Southbound view of the former ground level Platform 2 and station building, December 2012
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  Station concourse and entrance, April 2019
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  Station concourse and entrance, January 2021

External links

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• Melway map at street-directory.com.au