List of closed railway stations in Melbourne

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Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Sidebar 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 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 stations to close are Surrey Hills and Mont Albert stations, which closed on 17 February 2023, due to the level crossing removal project which will see the two stations merge and become Union station, while the most recent railway line to close to traffic is the Port Melbourne railway line, which was closed on 11 October 1987,<ref name="vrhistoryclosure">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="westfootscray">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 1 Dismantled after 1991
Gembrook line Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 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 Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 5 Until 2020, the line remained in place between Lilydale and Yarra Glen, however, the line has since been dismantled as far as Yering, and will be dismantled to Yarra Glen throughout 2022. Beyond Yarra Glen the Yarra Valley Railway is undertaking works to restore the line towards Healesville. <ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref>
Inner Circle line Template:Date table sorting 3 Reservation mostly intact and used by the Capital City Trail citation CitationClass=web

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Kew line Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 2 Dismantled and reservation sold. citation CitationClass=web

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Mornington line Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 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 Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 1 Dismantled and reservation sold
Outer Circle line Template:Date table sorting 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 Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 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. ,<ref name=":0">Template:Victorian Rail-Newsrail</ref><ref>Template:Victorian Rail-Newsrail</ref>
Red Hill line Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 3 Dismantled and some of reservation sold, with the remainder existing as a rail trail.
Rosstown Railway Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 4 Dismantled, much remains as linear park or parkland adjacent to Elsternwick station citation CitationClass=web

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St Kilda – Windsor link line Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 0 (link between two other lines) Dismantled and reservation sold
St Kilda railway line Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 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 <ref name=":1">Template:Victorian Rail-Newsrail</ref>
Spring Vale Cemetery line Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting or 10 December 1950 1 Dismantled and reservation sold ,<ref>Victorian Railway to '62, by Leo J. Harrigan (1962)</ref><ref>Suburban Tickets of The Victorian Railways, by H.K. Atkinson (1991)</ref>
Warburton line Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 10 Reservation intact, used for rail-trail
Whittlesea line Template:Date table sorting Template:Date table sorting 4 Line remains open to Mernda. Beyond Mernda the line has been dismantled, with the right of way remaining intact.
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Diagram showing Melbourne's rail network including former and planned lines

Stations

Closed

Name Line Location Type Opened Closed Current status Notes
Greenwich Werribee In the Greenwich Reserve steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished citation CitationClass=web

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Cremorne Windsor (Sandringham) North bank of the Yarra River steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Albion & Darlington Sunbury Between Footscray and Sydenham stations steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, the current Albion station occupies the same site citation CitationClass=web

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Botanical Gardens Hawthorn (Lilydale) and Windsor (Sandringham) Between the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Royal Botanic Gardens steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting (uncertain) Demolished
Maidstone Sunbury Between Footscray and Albion steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Salt Water River Williamstown Between Maribyrnong River and South Kensington steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting (uncertain) Demolished
Richmond Park Glen Waverley Between Burnley station and Heyington stations steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Fitzroy Inner Circle In the Edinburgh Gardens steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Fulham Grange Outer Circle Located near the current Grange and Heidelberg Road intersection steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Willsmere Outer Circle Adjacent Willsmere Road and Earl Street steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
East Kew Outer Circle, later Alamein to the west of Normanby Road, close to Harp Road steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Waverley Road Outer Circle Adjacent Sycamore Street Malvern East steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Pic Nic Hawthorn East of Burnley station steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Garden Vale Rosstown Railway Ridell Parade, near Kooyong Road, Gardenvale steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Hawthorn Road Rosstown Railway Hawthorn Road, Caulfield steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Booran Road Rosstown Railway Booran Road, Glen Huntly steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Sugar Beet Mill Rosstown Railway Koornang Road, Carnegie steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Deepdene Outer Circle, later Alamein Near corner of Burke Road and Gordon Street steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Shenley Outer Circle, later Alamein Canterbury Road, Canterbury steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Roystead Alamein Mont Albert Road, Canterbury steam-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Holden Sunbury Between Diggers Rest and Sydenham stations steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting (late) Template:Data table sorting Demolished
North Carlton Inner Circle Lang Street steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Converted to community centre
North Fitzroy Inner Circle East of Nicholson Street, on Rae and Park Streets steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting to goods trains, 1948 to passengers 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 Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Spring Vale Cemetery Branch from Pakenham line North of Springvale station steam & electric-era suburban, funeral services Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Balnarring Red Hill On private property, nearly no remains steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Merricks Red Hill Part of equestrian facility steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Red Hill Red Hill On private property steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
North Campbellfield Upfield Near current Upfield station steam & railcar, semi-rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Upfield station opened nearby on 17 August 1959
Campbellfield Upfield Camp Road, Campbellfield steam & railcar, semi-rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Barker Kew Barkers Road, Kew steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Kew Kew North of Hawthorn station steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, now the site of VicRoads headquarters
South Morang Whittlesea Site of current Middle Gorge station steam & railcar, rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished; rebuilt and reopened 26 August 2018 as Middle Gorge.
Mernda Whittlesea Site of current Mernda station steam & railcar, rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished; rebuilt and reopened 26 August 2018
Yan Yean Whittlesea Situated on private property steam & railcar, rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, platform partially intact
Whittlesea Whittlesea Site remains as parkland steam & railcar, rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Somerton Craigieburn Adjacent to Somerton Road level crossing, Roxburgh Park steam-era, rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting (passenger service) 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 Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Mount Evelyn Warburton Wray Crescent, Mount Evelyn steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting 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 Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, platform partially intact
Seville Warburton Station Road, Seville steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, platform intact
Killara Warburton Sunnyside Road, Seville East steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, platforms intact
Woori Yallock Warburton Syme Road, Woori Yallock steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, platform intact
Launching Place Warburton Warburton Highway, Launching Place steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Remnants of platform
Yarra Junction Warburton Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Intact and used as a museum
Wesburn Warburton Cavanagh Road, Wesburn steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Remnants of platform
Millgrove Warburton Warburton Highway, Millgrove steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Remnants of platform
Warburton Warburton Highfield Road, Warburton steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Remnants of platform (The siding site is currently an old sawmill, planned redevelopment)
Narrambi Mornington Near Narambi Road railcar, rural unknown Template:Data table sorting Material reused for other stations
Coldstream Healesville Station Street, Coldstream steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Station buildings destroyed by fire, platform intact <ref name=":2" />
Yering Healesville MacIntyre Road, Yering, just off Melba Highway steam-era rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Abandoned <ref name=":2" />
Langwarrin Stony Point McClelland Road, Langwarrin steam & railcar suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, platform mound remains
Lyndhurst Cranbourne Bayliss Road, Lyndhurst, just off Western Port Highway steam & diesel-era, rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting (passenger service) Still open to freight services until 2009
White City Sunbury Between Tottenham and Sunshine steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished
Mobiltown Werribee Kororoit Creek Road, Altona North electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished <ref name="newsrailsep2002" />
Paisley Werribee line express route Ross Road, Altona steam, diesel & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, although the island platform remains <ref name="newsrailsep2002">Template:Victorian Rail-Newsrail</ref>
Galvin Werribee line express route Maidstone Street, Altona steam, diesel & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished,alignment still remains <ref name="newsrailsep2002" />
Williamstown Pier Williamstown Morris Street, Williamstown steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished, now a carpark <ref name="newsrailsep2002" />
South Melbourne St Kilda Ferrars Street, South Melbourne steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Converted to tram stop and commercial use <ref name=":1" />
Albert Park St Kilda Ferrars Street, Albert Park steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Converted to tram stop and commercial use <ref name=":1" />
Middle Park St Kilda Canterbury Road, Middle Park steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Converted to tram stop and abandoned <ref name=":1" />
St Kilda St Kilda Fitzroy Street, St Kilda steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Converted to tram stop and commercial use <ref name=":1" />
Montague Port Melbourne Woodgate and Montague Streets, Montague steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Converted to tram stop and demolished <ref name=":0" />
North Port Port Melbourne Raglan Street, Port Melbourne steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Converted to tram stop and demolished <ref name=":0" />
Graham Port Melbourne Graham Street, Port Melbourne steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Converted to tram stop and demolished <ref name=":0" />
Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Beach Street, Port Melbourne steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Converted to tram stop and commercial use <ref name=":0" />
Stopping Place #16 Mornington Nepean Highway, Mornington steam & railcar, semi-rural Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting 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 Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Track dismantled, alignment remains
Werribee Racecourse Continuation of Werribee line Off Bulban Road, Werribee Steam & diesel-era, special events 1884 Template:Data table sorting Access to station and part of the platform demolished; station signs remain <ref name="newsrailsep2002" />
Princes Bridge City Loop Flinders Street, current site of Federation Square steam & electric era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting 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 Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Intact but no legal access to the station site <ref name="newsrailsep2002" />
Surrey Hills Belgrave & Lilydale Bedford Avenue, Surrey Hills steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished and replaced by Union station <ref name="boroondara">Surrey Hills level crossing removal City of Boroondara</ref><ref name="lxrp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Mont Albert Belgrave & Lilydale Churchill Street, Mont Albert steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished and replaced by Union station, station building preserved and relocated <ref name="boroondara" /><ref name="lxrp" />

Future closed railway stations

Name Line Location Type Opened Closed Current status Notes
Anstey Upfield Adjacant to Albion St level crossing steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished and replaced by a Northern station.
Brunswick Upfield Inbetween Victoria St and Albert St Level crossings steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished and replaced by a Northern station. Station Building restored and relocated.
Jewell Upfield Adjacant to Union St Level Crossing steam & electric-era suburban Template:Data table sorting Template:Data table sorting Demolished and replaced by a Southern station. Station Building restored and relocated.

Rebuilt

Template:Update section 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 Road, McKinnon Road and Centre Road.
  • 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 Road 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.
  • Ginifer railway station (1 November 2016) – lowered into cutting as part of the removal of a Sunbury line rail crossing at Furlong Road.
  • Glen Waverley (24 February 1964) – terminus of the Glen Waverley line
  • Heatherdale (2015 - 6 February 2017) track lowered into cutting and station rebuilt as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project.
  • 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 Road, McKinnon Road and Centre Road.
  • 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 Road, McKinnon Road and Centre Road.
  • 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.

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