Lyndhurst
Closed commuter rail station
General information
Coordinates38°02′47″S 145°14′38″E / 38.04639°S 145.24389°E / -38.04639; 145.24389
Line(s)Cranbourne
Distance38.36 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks2
Other information
StatusDemolished
Station codeLYN
History
Opened1888 (1888)
Closed1981 (1981)
Former services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Dandenong Cranbourne line Lynbrook
towards Cranbourne
Dandenong
Terminus
Cranbourne line
Shuttle services
List of closed railway stations in Melbourne
Track layout
Before Cranbourne line duplication (2022)
to Bombardier Siding
to
Kimberley Clark
Siding
Greens Road
{Removed in 2022}
Lyndhurst
(demolished)

Lyndhurst is a former railway station on the South Gippsland (now Cranbourne) line. In 1979, it had a single platform on the east side of the track, and a loop siding.[1]

The station was served by passenger trains to Leongatha and Yarram until their withdrawal in June 1981, and then by Dandenong to Lang Lang 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 platform has been demolished.

In the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan, a new passenger line was proposed linking Frankston and Lyndhurst.

Cement traffic from Waurn Ponds near Geelong, to a siding serving a concrete batching plant operated by Boral, ended in 2009, after Pacific National increased the costs charged to Blue Circle Southern.[2] The siding and the silo were removed in 2021 to make way for the duplication of the Cranbourne line.

References

  1. Victorian Railways signal diagram: Dandenong to Hallam & Lyndhurst 1979
  2. Breen, Daniel (24 March 2008). "Freight network goes off the rail". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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