Sunbury railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified

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. It serves the north-western

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suburb of Sunbury, and opened on 10 February 1859.Sunbury
Vicsig The station is also serviced by

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services to

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and

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. Disused Rupertswood station is located between Sunbury and Clarkefield stations.

History

Sunbury station opened on 10 February 1859 as a terminus, with the line not extended further for two years. The three-track

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dates from that time, and was unique in Victoria. There was a large

goods shed A goods shed is a railway building designed for storing goods before or after carriage in a train. A typical goods shed will have a track running through it to allow goods wagons to be unloaded under cover, although sometimes they were built ...

on its southern side, a large

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on its northern side, as well as sheep and cattle ramp and yards. There was also housing for railway staff, including two houses in Horne Street, and the stationmaster's house in Brook Street, which were all demolished in the 1980s. Proper

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of the

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and point work did not exist until 1981, and the station was not fully interlocked until 1998, when

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was provided. That was decommissioned on 16 April 2005, as part of the

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.Sunbury Signal Box (SBY)
Vicsig In late 1993, the station was refurbished, with upgrades included an enclosed booking lobby, an air-conditioned waiting room, repainted station buildings and landscaping of the garden area around the station. In 2005, as part of the Regional Fast Rail project, the layout of the station was again altered. On 18 November 2012, the station was added to the metropolitan network, when the line from Watergardens was

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. The station was also upgraded as part of those works. Electrification of the line to Sunbury was first proposed in the 1970s, along with a new station along the Sunbury bank north of the

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bridge, to serve the Goonawarra housing estate. However, after a drop in population estimates, that idea was abandoned. In 1940, flashing-light warning signals were provided at the former Gap Road

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, which was located at the up end of the station, with

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s provided in 1983. The level crossing was modified as part of the Regional Fast Rail project in 2005,M0380: Gap Road (Station Street)
Vicsig and modified again in 2012, as part of the electrification of the line to Sunbury. On 30 November 2018, the

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announced that the level crossing would be

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, with the road passing underneath the railway line. The project was brought forward from 2025, and was completed in September 2022.Gap Road level crossing removal past halfway mark
- Victoria's Big Build

Platforms and services

Sunbury has two

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s. It is served by

trains, as well as

and

line services. Platform 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; terminating services *

services to

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and

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* V/Line services to Southern Cross and

Platform 2: * terminating services; all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street * V/Line services to Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Epsom and Southern Cross * V/Line services to Echuca and Southern Cross By late 2025, it is planned that trains on the Sunbury line will be

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with those on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, via the new

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Transport links

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operates one route to and from Sunbury station, under contract to

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: * : to

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operates one route to and from Sunbury station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * to

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operates seven routes to and from Sunbury station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * : to Mount Lion * : to

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* : to Wilsons Lane * : to Rolling Meadows * : to Killara Heights * : to Jacksons Hill * : to Canterbury Hills

Gallery

File:SunburyStation.jpg, Northbound view from Platform 1 in February 2007 File:Sunbury_Train_Station.JPG, Station front and entrance to Platform 1 in September 2012

References

External links

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Rail Geelong gallery

Melway map
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