List of closed railway stations in Melbourne

This is a list of former railway stations and lines in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Many of these stations have been demolished or converted to other uses, while the railway lines have been reborn as linear parks or rail trails.

Lines

Closed

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.
*Box Hill (1982) - on the Belgrave/Lilydale line; track lowered and station incorporated into Box Hill Central shopping centre (1983–1985).
*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 1800s upgraded in mid 1990's - Change over for the Pakenham and Cranbourne Lines
*Epping (29 November 1959) - terminus of the Epping line; current station opened on 30 November 1964
*Fawkner (13 July 1903) - on the Upfield line; current station opened on 10 December 1906
*Footscray late 1800s - two separate stations for the Williamstown and Sunbury lines were merged into the current site
* Flinders Street Station
** Originally Melbourne Terminus (built 1854)
** Current Flinders Street Station (built 1910)
*Glen Waverley (24 February 1964) - terminus of the Glen Waverley line
*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 Epping line
*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
*Officer (13 May 1956) - on the Pakenham line
*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.
** Batman's Hill (built 1859) later renamed Spencer Street.
** 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 Sydenham line
*Watergardens (Sydenham) (2003) - on the Sydenham line

References

External links

* [http://www.railpage.com.au Railpage Australia]