List of closed railway stations in Melbourne explained

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

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			1	Dismantled after 1991
Gembrook line			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			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.	^[3]
Inner Circle line		(North Fitzroy to Royal Park) (North Fitzroy to Rushall)	3	Reservation mostly intact and used by the Capital City Trail	^[4]
Kew line			2	Dismantled and reservation sold.	^[5]
Mornington line			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			1	Dismantled and reservation sold
Outer Circle line		(Fairfield to APM Siding) (East Kew to East Camberwell section) (APM Siding to East Kew section)	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			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.	,
Red Hill line			3	Dismantled and some of reservation sold, with the remainder existing as a rail trail.
Rosstown Railway			4	Dismantled, much remains as linear park or parkland adjacent to Elsternwick station	^[6]
St Kilda – Windsor link line			0 (link between two other lines)	Dismantled and reservation sold
St Kilda railway line			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
Spring Vale Cemetery line		or 10 December 1950	1	Dismantled and reservation sold	,^[7] ^[8]
Warburton line			10	Reservation intact, used for rail-trail
Whittlesea line			4	Line remains open to Mernda. Beyond Mernda the line has been dismantled, with the right of way remaining intact.

Stations

Closed

Name	Line	Location	Type	Opened	Closed	Current status	Notes
Albion & Darlington	Sunbury	Between Footscray and Sydenham stations	steam-era suburban			Demolished, the current Albion station occupies the same site	^[9]
Holden	Sunbury	Between Diggers Rest and Sydenham stations	steam-era rural	(late)		Demolished
White City	Sunbury	Between Tottenham and Sunshine	steam & electric-era suburban			Demolished
Cremorne	Windsor (Sandringham)	North bank of the Yarra River	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Botanical Gardens	Hawthorn (Lilydale) and Windsor (Sandringham)	Between the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Royal Botanic Gardens	steam-era suburban		(uncertain)	Demolished
Maidstone	Sunbury	Between Footscray and Albion	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Salt Water River	Williamstown	Between Maribyrnong River and South Kensington	steam-era suburban		(uncertain)	Demolished
Garden Vale	Rosstown Railway	Ridell Parade, near Kooyong Road, Gardenvale	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Hawthorn Road	Rosstown Railway	Hawthorn Road, Caulfield	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Booran Road	Rosstown Railway	Booran Road, Glen Huntly	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Sugar Beet Mill	Rosstown Railway	Koornang Road, Carnegie	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Richmond Park	Glen Waverley	Between Burnley station and Heyington stations	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Fitzroy	Inner Circle	In the Edinburgh Gardens	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Fulham Grange	Outer Circle	Located near the current Grange and Heidelberg Road intersection	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Willsmere	Outer Circle	Adjacent Willsmere Road and Earl Street	steam-era suburban			Demolished
East Kew	Outer Circle, later Alamein	to the west of Normanby Road, close to Harp Road	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Waverley Road	Outer Circle	Adjacent Sycamore Street Malvern East	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Pic Nic	Hawthorn	East of Burnley station	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Deepdene	Outer Circle, later Alamein	Near corner of Burke Road and Gordon Street	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Shenley	Outer Circle, later Alamein	Canterbury Road, Canterbury	steam-era suburban			Demolished
Roystead	Alamein	Mont Albert Road, Canterbury	steam-era suburban			Demolished
North Carlton	Inner Circle	Lang Street	steam & electric-era suburban			Converted to community centre
North Fitzroy	Inner Circle	East of Nicholson Street, on Rae and Park Streets	steam & electric-era suburban		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			Demolished
Spring Vale Cemetery	Branch from Pakenham line	North of Springvale station	steam & electric-era suburban, funeral services			Demolished
Balnarring	Red Hill	On private property, nearly no remains	steam-era rural			Demolished
Merricks	Red Hill	Part of equestrian facility	steam-era rural			Demolished
Red Hill	Red Hill	On private property	steam-era rural			Demolished
Campbellfield	Upfield	Camp Road, Campbellfield	steam & railcar, semi-rural			Demolished
Barker	Kew	Barkers Road, Kew	steam & electric-era suburban			Demolished
Kew	Kew	North of Hawthorn station	steam & electric-era suburban			Demolished, now the site of VicRoads headquarters
North Campbellfield	Upfield	Near current Upfield station	steam & railcar, semi-rural			Upfield station opened nearby on 17 August 1959
South Morang	Whittlesea	Site of current South Morang Railway Station	steam & railcar, rural			Demolished; rebuilt and reopened 22 April 2012
Mernda	Whittlesea	Platform remains visible from highway	steam & railcar, rural			Demolished; rebuilt and reopened 26 August 2018
Yan Yean	Whittlesea	Situated on private property	steam & railcar, rural			Demolished
Whittlesea	Whittlesea	Site remains as parkland	steam & railcar, rural			Demolished
Somerton	Craigieburn	Adjacent to Somerton Road level crossing, Roxburgh Park	steam-era, rural		(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			Demolished
Mount Evelyn	Warburton	Wray Crescent, Mount Evelyn	steam-era rural			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			Demolished, platform partially intact
Seville	Warburton	Station Road, Seville	steam-era rural			Demolished, platform intact
Killara	Warburton	Sunnyside Road, Seville East	steam-era rural			Demolished, platforms intact
Woori Yallock	Warburton	Syme Road, Woori Yallock	steam-era rural			Demolished, platform intact
Launching Place	Warburton	Warburton Highway, Launching Place	steam-era rural			Remnants of platform
Yarra Junction	Warburton	Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction	steam-era rural			Intact and used as a museum
Wesburn	Warburton	Cavanagh Road, Wesburn	steam-era rural			Remnants of platform
Millgrove	Warburton	Warburton Highway, Millgrove	steam-era rural			Remnants of platform
Warburton	Warburton	Highfield Road, Warburton	steam-era rural			Remnants of platform (The siding site is currently an old sawmill, planned redevelopment)
Coldstream	Healesville	Station Street, Coldstream	steam-era rural			Station buildings destroyed by fire, platform intact
Yering	Healesville	MacIntyre Road, Yering, just off Melba Highway	steam-era rural			Abandoned
Narrambi	Mornington	Near Narambi Road	railcar, rural	unknown		Material reused for other stations
Langwarrin	Stony Point	McClelland Road, Langwarrin	steam & railcar suburban			Demolished, platform mound remains
White City	Sunbury	Sunshine Road, Tottenham	steam & electric-era, special events, workers trains			Demolished
Lyndhurst	Cranbourne	Bayliss Road, Lyndhurst, just off Western Port Highway	steam & diesel-era, rural		(passenger service)	Still open to freight services until 2009
Mobiltown	Werribee	Kororoit Creek Road, Altona North	electric-era suburban			Demolished
Paisley	Werribee line express route	Ross Road, Altona	steam, diesel & electric-era suburban			Demolished, although the island platform remains
Galvin	Werribee line express route	Maidstone Road, Altona	steam, diesel & electric-era suburban			Demolished
Williamstown Pier	Williamstown	Morris Street, Williamstown	steam & electric-era suburban			Demolished, now a carpark
South Melbourne	St Kilda	Ferrars Street, South Melbourne	steam & electric-era suburban			Converted to tram stop and commercial use
Albert Park	St Kilda	Ferrars Street, Albert Park	steam & electric-era suburban			Converted to tram stop and commercial use
Middle Park	St Kilda	Canterbury Road, Middle Park	steam & electric-era suburban			Converted to tram stop and abandoned
St Kilda	St Kilda	Fitzroy Street, St Kilda	steam & electric-era suburban			Converted to tram stop and commercial use
Montague	Port Melbourne	Woodgate and Montague Streets, Montague	steam & electric-era suburban			Converted to tram stop and demolished
North Port	Port Melbourne	Raglan Street, Port Melbourne	steam & electric-era suburban			Converted to tram stop and demolished
Graham	Port Melbourne	Graham Street, Port Melbourne	steam & electric-era suburban			Converted to tram stop and demolished
Port Melbourne	Port Melbourne	Beach Street, Port Melbourne	steam & electric-era suburban			Converted to tram stop and commercial use
Stopping Place #16	Mornington	Nepean Highway, Mornington	steam & railcar, semi-rural			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			Track dismantled, alignment remains
Werribee Racecourse	Continuation of Werribee line	Off Bulban Road, Werribee	Steam & diesel-era, special events	unknown		Access to station and part of the platform demolished; station signs remain
Princes Bridge	City Loop	Flinders Street, current site of Federation Square	steam & electric era suburban			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			Intact but no legal access to the station site
Surrey Hills	Belgrave & Lilydale	Bedford Avenue, Surrey Hills	steam & electric-era suburban			Demolished and replaced by Union station	^[10] ^[11]
Mont Albert	Belgrave & Lilydale	Churchill Street, Mont Albert	steam & electric-era suburban			Demolished and replaced by Union station, station building preserved and relocated

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 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.
• 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.
• 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

External links

• Railpage Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: VR timeline . 2016-07-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080530050949/http://www.victorianrailways.net/vr%20history/history.html . 30 May 2008 .
2. Web site: Brand new train station at West Footscray officially opened. Bryne. Bridie. Maribinong Leader. Herald Sun. 2016-07-03.
3. News: Rail line reprieve plan. Carman. Gerry. 10 December 1983. The Age.
4. Web site: Inner Circle Line. 2007-07-23. VICSIG. 2016-07-04.
5. Web site: Kew Line. 2007-07-23. VICSIG. 2016-07-04.
6. Web site: Rosstown Rail Trail. City of Glen Eira. City of Glen Eira. 2016-07-03.
7. Victorian Railway to '62, by Leo J. Harrigan (1962)
8. Suburban Tickets of The Victorian Railways, by H.K. Atkinson (1991)
9. Web site: VICSIG. vicsig.net. 2016-07-05.
10. https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/planning-building/planning-and-heritage/planning/planning-scheme-and-amendments/victorian-government-planning-initiatives/surrey-hills-level-crossing-removal Surrey Hills level crossing removal
11. Web site: Surrey Hills and Mont Albert crossings removal fast-tracked. 2020-12-02. Level Crossing Removal Authority. en.