Greensborough railway station

Greensborough
PTV commuter rail station
North-west bound view from Platform 2, May 2023
General information
Location	Para Road, Greensborough, Victoria 3088 City of Banyule Australia
Coordinates	37°42′14″S 145°06′29″E / 37.7040°S 145.1081°E / -37.7040; 145.1081
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Hurstbridge
Distance	22.93 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	212
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	GRN
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	5 June 1902; 122 years ago (1902-06-05)
Rebuilt	3 April 1970 30 April 2023[1]
Electrified	April 1923 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	741,508[2]
2006–2007	765,488[2]  3.23%
2007–2008	841,846[2]  9.97%
2008–2009	894,360[3]  6.23%
2009–2010	913,732[3]  2.16%
2010–2011	967,367[3]  5.86%
2011–2012	946,150[3]  2.19%
2012–2013	Not measured[3]
2013–2014	762,576[3]  19.4%
2014–2015	745,322[2]  2.26%
2015–2016	815,378[3]  9.39%
2016–2017	791,075[3]  2.98%
2017–2018	685,654[3]  13.32%
2018–2019	728,873[3]  6.3%
2019–2020	588,050[3]  19.32%
2020–2021	254,900[3]  56.65%
2021–2022	266,050[4]  4.37%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Watsonia towards Flinders Street Hurstbridge line Montmorency towards Hurstbridge
Track layout Legend to Watsonia 1 2 Plenty River to Montmorency

Greensborough railway station is a commuter railway station on the Hurstbridge line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Greensborough, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Greensborough station is a ground level premium station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 5 June 1902, with the current station provided in 2023.^[5]

Because of the curvature of the line, north-bound (Hurstbridge) services head south-east upon departing the station and, likewise, south-bound (Flinders Street) services head north-west. A number of peak-hour services to and from Flinders Street terminate at Greensborough.

Greensborough station was a single-track, single platform station built in 1902, for service to (at the time) the outer north eastern suburb of Greensborough. At the time of construction, it was serviced by steam engines inbound and outbound from the Melbourne CBD, until the completion of the electrification from Heidelberg to Eltham in 1923.^[6]

The original platform was located on the south-western side of the station, where the current car-parking is located. The original track ran through the current island platform.^[6]

Due to the restrictions of only having one track out to Hurstbridge and only one through track, the trains were timetabled to arrive 3–4 minutes apart. The Hurstbridge service would collect passengers from the platform, then shunt out to a junction at the up end of the station, pull into a side track and wait 1–2 minutes for the Flinders Street service to arrive then depart, then continuing to Hurstbridge. Due to a much higher passenger count going to the city at the time, the Flinders Street service was given priority over the low passenger count toward Hurstbridge.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the station was upgraded to two tracks, and a single offset island platform was built. The station had a platform on the left and right, one for each direction.^[7] In 1969, the rebuilt station was provided^[5][6] and, on 3 April 1970, it officially opened.^[8] In 1977, a goods yard that existed at the station was closed to traffic.^[5][9] In 1979, the railway line between Greensborough and Macleod was duplicated.^[5]

On 21 June 1996, Greensborough was upgraded to a premium station.^[10]

In May 2019, the Victorian State Government announced a plan to duplicate the line between Greensborough and Eltham, which included an upgrading of the station.^[11][12] The upgrade involved the building of an overpass and concourse, rebuilt station platforms and better accessibility in and around the station precinct. On 9 February 2021, final designs of the new station were released, and in mid-2021, early works on the project commenced. In 2022, the old station closed and was demolished to allow for major construction on the project, and the rebuilt station officially opened on 30 April 2023.^[1]

Until 2023, the timetabling for services to and from the station remained practically the same, due to the single-track railway between Greensborough and Hurstbridge, with only crossing loops located at Eltham and Diamond Creek. An Eltham/Hurstbridge service arrived approximately one minute before the Flinders Street service arrived, with both services departing at same time, allowing the outbound service clear passage to Eltham.

Greensborough has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services.^[13]

Platform 1:

•  Hurstbridge line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Hurstbridge line  all stations services to Eltham and Hurstbridge

Dysons operates five bus routes via Greensborough station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  385 : Whittlesea – Greensborough Plaza^[14]
•  514 : Eltham station – Glenroy station^[15]
•  517 : Northland Shopping Centre – St Helena^[16]
•  518 : Greensborough Plaza – St Helena West^[17]
•  566 : Lalor – Northland Shopping Centre^[18]

Kinetic Melbourne operates three routes via Greensborough station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  293 : Box Hill station – Greensborough^[19]
• SmartBus  901 : Frankston station – Melbourne Airport^[20]
• SmartBus  902 : Chelsea station – Westfield Airport West^[21]

Panorama Coaches operates one route to and from Greensborough station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  343 : to Hurstbridge station^[22]

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  Southbound view of Platform 1 and station building, December 2008
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  Station building and entrance, December 2008
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  Enclosed waiting room, November 2013
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  Northbound view from Platform 2,
  November 2013
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  Station concourse and entrance, May 2023
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  Orchid by Robyn Latham

• Media related to Greensborough railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au