Owned by VicTrack Line(s) Hurstbridge Opened 5 June 1902 Status Premium station Station status Premium station | Operated by Metro Platforms 2 (1 island) Owner VicTrack Connection Bus Tracks 7 | |
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Location Main Road, Eltham
Australia Distance 27.39 kilometres from Southern Cross Address Eltham VIC 3095, Australia Similar Montncy railway station, Diamond Creek railway st, Greensborough railway station, Hurstbridge railway station, Heidelberg railway station | ||
Eltham railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Eltham, and opened on 5 June 1902.
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It is the terminus for a number of peak and off-peak services on the line. Five stabling sidings are located to the west of Platform 2, with the site previously having been a goods yard. The last wooden trestle bridge on the Melbourne suburban network is located south of the station.
Boom barriers were provided at the Diamond Street level crossing, located at the Down end of the station, in 1987.
In the 1990s, Platform 1 was converted from a south facing bay platform to a through platform.
Eltham was one of the last stations in Melbourne to be controlled by mechanical safeworking, including semaphore signals. It was also a break between two different types of safeworking; Greensborough to Eltham was controlled by Miniature Electric Staff, whilst Eltham to Hurstbridge was controlled by Train Staff and Ticket. Both safeworking systems were converted to Automatic Track Control (ATC) in early 2013. A new train driver amenity building was also constructed around this time.
Platforms & services
Eltham has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Trains in either direction can depart from either platform, although Hurstbridge-bound services only normally depart platform 2 once or twice a day.
Transport links
Dyson's Bus Services operates one route via Eltham station:
Panorama Coaches operates four routes to and from Eltham station:
Transdev Melbourne operates one route via Eltham station: