Huntingdale railway station

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The station is served by five bus routes including the 601 university shuttle and SmartBus route 900.[1] The station is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". or around a 30-minute train ride away from Flinders Street.[4]

Description

Huntingdale railway station is located on the border of the suburbs of Oakleigh and Huntingdale. On the north-eastern side of the station is Railway Avenue and Haughton Road is to the south-west. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne.[1] The station is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". or around a 30-minute train ride away from Flinders Street.[4]

Huntingdale station consists of a single island platform connected to both Railway Avenue and Haughton Road via a pedestrian subway. The length of the platform is approximately Script error: No such module "convert"., long enough for a Metro Trains 7-car HCMT. There is a single station building which primarily serves as a waiting room.[1]

The main car park at the station is located on Railway Avenue just north-east of the station.[1] Although there are ramps they do not fully comply with the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 as the gradient of the ramps is steeper than the maximum of 1:14 allowed under the Act.[5][6]

History

Huntingdale station opened on 25 June 1927, like the suburb itself, gets its name from the Melbourne Hunt Club, which occupied parts of the suburb (then known as Oakleigh East) from 1887 to 1929.[2][3][7] The land that was occupied by the Hunt Club was later acquired by the Eastern Golf Club which subsequently became the Huntingdale Golf Club in 1940.[3] The station received its current name in 1954 when "Huntingdale" became the accepted named for the former suburb of East Oakleigh.[3]

In 1970, the signal box and interlocked gates at the station were removed, as part of the grade separation of the North Road level crossing. During this time a temporary level crossing was provided with boom barriers whilst construction was undertaken and, in that year, the current station building and underpass were provided.[8][9][10][11] In 1971, the island platform was extended at the south-eastern end.[12]

In March 2011, there was a significant amount of garbage dumped at the station car park. Metro Trains Melbourne cleaned Script error: No such module "convert". of rubbish on 18 March 2011, at a cost of around $7,000.[13] A survey of commuters in August 2011 rated Huntingdale among the worst stations in Melbourne because of rubbish and graffiti at the station, unsafe access and flooding of the subway.[14]

In 2013, there was a lobbying campaign by Monash University, Clayton campus seeking improvements to Huntingdale station and the bus interchange. Connecting bus services were often far away from the station with bus stops having no lighting or shelters available. The condition of the station and bus interchange was a serious concern for Clayton campus, because Huntingdale station is a major gateway to the university through bus route 601.[15] In 2015 the decision to construct a $5 million bus interchange was announced by the Andrews Government which was expected address these concerns.[16]

In 2018, the station received a $11.6 million upgrade which turned the station into a transport hub.[17] The main project during this upgrade was the construction of a new bus interchange which cost $5 million. The existing car park was also upgraded with additional parking installed. In 2015, the project was said to cost $7.6 million which is about $4 million less than the project's final cost.[16]

Platforms and services

The station is currently served by both the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines which are both operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Services to East Pakenham and Cranbourne travel together south-east towards Dandenong before splitting into two separate lines. Services to the city run express from Caulfield (Malvern during off-peak) to South Yarra before stopping all stations to Flinders Street via the City Loop.[18]

Current (until 1 February 2026)

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Platform Line Destination Via Service Type Notes
1 Template:RouteBox
Template:RouteBox 		Flinders Street City Loop Limited express
Template:RouteBox Sunbury (weekends only), West Footscray Town Hall Between 10:00am and 3:00pm on weekdays, and between 10:00am and 7:00pm on weekends
2 Template:RouteBox
Template:RouteBox 		East Pakenham, Cranbourne, Westall All stations

From 1 February 2026

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |Huntingdale platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type
1 Template:RouteBox
Template:RouteBox 		Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray Town Hall Limited express
2 Template:RouteBox
Template:RouteBox 		East Pakenham, Cranbourne All stations

Transport links

Huntingdale is served by 5 bus routes all departing from the bus interchange just north of the station on Haughton Road. These routes are the prepaid route 601, 630, 704 and SmartBus route 900.[19]

Bus connections

References

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