The Hurstbridge Line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's seventh longest metropolitan railway line at 36.7 kilometres (22.8 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street Station in central Melbourne to Hurstbridge Station in the north-east, serving 28 stations via Clifton Hill, Heidelberg, Macleod, Greensborough, Eltham and Diamond Creek. The line operates for approximately 19 hours a day with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. During peak hour, headways of up to 15 minutes are operated with services every 20–30 minutes during off-peak hours. Trains on the Hurstbridge Line run with a two three-car formations of X'Trapolis 100 trainsets.
An X'Trapolis train on an outer, single-track section of the Hurstbridge line near Diamond Creek station, February 2021.
The rebuilt platforms at Rosanna station in March 2020.
The Eltham rail trestle bridge near Eltham Station is one of the longest in the southern hemisphere.
One of Metro Trains Melbourne's infrastructure evaluation vehicles, the IEV100 used to evaluate the condition of the track.
Flinders Street railway station
Flinders Street railway station is a train station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the busiest train station in Australia, serving the entire metropolitan rail network, 15 tram routes travelling to and from the city, as well as some country and regional V/Line services to eastern Victoria. Opened in 1854, the station is the oldest in Australia, backing onto the Yarra River in the central business district, the complex includes 13 platforms and structures that stretch over more than two city blocks, from east of Swanston Street to nearly at Market Street.
Flinders Street station main entrance building, corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, March 2021
View of the platforms looking west, 1895
Entrance from Swanston Street, c. 1890
1883 design competition winner