Hurstbridge railway line
| Hurstbridge | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Type | Melbourne suburban service |
| System | Metro Trains Melbourne |
| Connecting lines | South Morang line |
| Former connections | Inner Circle and Mont Park lines |
| Stations | 23 |
| Services | Most services runs clockwise through the City Loop and stops all stations, with every second service starting/ending at Eltham. Multiple express patterns during peak. Weekend early morning services don't run through the loop. |
| Operation | |
| Commenced | 1888 |
| Completed | 1912 |
| Depot(s) | Victoria Park Macleod Eltham Hurstbridge |
| Rolling stock | X'Trapolis, Comeng (rarely) |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 38 km (23.6 mi) |
| Number of tracks | Double track to Heidelberg, single track to Rosanna, double track to Greensborough, single track with passing loops beyond. |
The Hurstbridge railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. It shares tracks with the South Morang railway line until Clifton Hill, then heads in a north-east direction through the cities of Yarra, Darebin and Banyule, and the Shire of Nillumbik. Suburbs served by the line include East Melbourne, Collingwood, Fairfield, Heidelberg, Greensborough, Eltham, and Hurstbridge. It has 23 stations in Public Transport Victoria ticketing Zones 1 and 2.
The Hurstbridge line traverses the rolling landscape of Melbourne's north-eastern suburbs, at times cutting across hills and valleys, resulting in a somewhat winding and undulating track. It includes the only three tunnels on the suburban electrified system, other than the Melbourne City Loop, although none of them are particularly long or deep.
The section from Flinders Street station to Victoria Park was built later than the rest of the line, which was originally connected to the suburban system via the now-closed Inner Circle railway line. There is evidence that the line was originally intended to be connected via this route, but geography and existing suburban development made it a problematic situation. The section to Victoria Park runs through two tunnels under a low ridge just east of the city, but most of the rest runs on an embankment that carries the line above numerous main roads and suburban side streets.
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