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| Code | HBE |
| Distance from Flinders Street |
36.7 km |
| Operator | Metro Trains Melbourne |
| Lines | Hurstbridge |
| # Platforms | 1 |
| # Tracks | 1 |
| Status | Manned part-time |
| Metlink profile | Link |
| Melway map | Link |
| Google map | Link |
| Metlink ticket zone | 2 |
Hurstbridge is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Hurstbridge, and forms the terminus of the Hurstbridge railway line. Hurstbridge is staffed on a part-time basis and is in Metlink Zone 2. In 2009 it was the 9th least used metropolitan railway station in Melbourne, with an average of 480 passenger boardings per day.[1]
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Hurstbridge is located between Heidelberg-Kinglake Road and Greysharps Road, with station access from Heidelberg-Kinglake Road.
The station consists of a side platform, with a large brick building at end of the station. The building houses a waiting area and a ticket office. A large Metcard ticket vending machine is located outside the waiting area, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A Myki ticket system machine is located inside the waiting area. A stabling yard is located directly opposite the station, and at the down end. A public telephone is located outside the waiting area, on the car park side of the station.
The station is staffed on a part-time basis until 8:00pm most evenings, except on Sundays when it closes at 1:45pm. Train services to Melbourne operate every 20–40 minutes during peak hours, every 40 minutes during the day, and hourly at night.
Platform 1:
Hurstbridge station opened on 25 June 1912 as Hurst's Bridge, and was renamed Hurstbridge in the same year.[2]
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