Lyndhurst is a former

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on the

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(now Cranbourne) line. In 1979, it had a single platform on the east side of the track, and a loop

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signal diagram
Dandenong to Hallam & Lyndhurst 1979
/ref> The station was served by passenger trains to

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and

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until their withdrawal in June 1981, and then by

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railmotors until their withdrawal in October 1981. Although passenger trains between Melbourne and Leongatha were restored between 1984 and 1993, Lyndhurst station was not re-opened. The

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has been demolished. In the

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, a new passenger line was proposed linking Frankston and Lyndhurst. Cement traffic from

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near

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, to a siding serving a concrete batching plant operated by

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, ended in 2009, after

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increased the costs charged to Blue Circle Southern. The siding and the silo were removed in 2021 to make way for the duplication of the Cranbourne line.

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