Glenhuntly railway station is located on the

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, Australia. It serves the south-eastern

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suburb of

Glen Huntly Glen Huntly is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, The station is located next to a tram square, one of only three remaining

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s in Melbourne at which tram and train tracks intersect, along with their electrified

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. A small signal box is located at the Flinders Street end of the tram square, which controls the tramway crossing.

History

Glenhuntly station opened on 19 December 1881, when the line from Caulfield was extended to

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. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the ship ''Glen Huntly'', which docked at

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(then known as Little Red Bluff) on 7 April 1840 with

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onboard. A track leading to the Point and subsequent

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was later named

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. In March/April 1975, the former

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depot at Glenhuntly was demolished. In 1977, the station was closed to goods traffic. In 1986, a

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that was located at the Down end of the station was abolished. In the mid 1980s, as part of works to add a third track on the Frankston line, the western platform was converted to an

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. During this time, the original station building, built in the 1880s, was demolished and replaced with the present brick structure, which was opened on 1 July 1987 by the then Minister for Transport Tom Roper, and former Member for Glenhuntly Dr. Gerard Vaughan. It was also during this time that

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s were provided at the Glen Huntly Road and the nearby Neerim Road level crossings, in 1986 and 1987 respectively. On 28 June 1987, the Up face of the island platform was brought into use. In November 2016, three women and one girl were attacked by a man with a knife at the station. A 45-year-old man from Carnegie was later arrested. On 30 November 2018, the

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announced that the Glenhuntly Road and Nerrim Road level crossings will be

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, with the project expected to be completed by 2024. On 21 June 2021, designs for the rebuilt station were revealed, showing that the level crossings will be removed by lowering the railway line into an approximate 1km

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Platforms and services

Glenhuntly has one

with two faces, and one

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. During the morning peak period, Frankston bound trains use Platform 3 and Flinders Street services use Platform 1. Platform 2, during the morning peak, is used for express services which mostly don't stop at Glenhuntly. In the evening peak period, Frankston bound trains use Platform 2 whilst express services pass the station through Platform 3. It is serviced by

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services. Platform 1: * all stations services to Flinders Street,

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and Williamstown Platform 2: * morning peak-hour all stations services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown; all stations services to Frankston Platform 3: * morning peak-hour all stations services to Frankston

Transport links

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operates one route via Glenhuntly station: * :

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– Carnegie

Gallery

File:GHYBuilding.jpg, Station building on Platforms 1 and 2 in January 2006 File:Glenhuntly Platform 3 Building.JPG, Station building on Platform 3 in December 2021

References

External links

Melway map
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