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Sunshine railway station, Melbourne

Sunshine
Sunshine Station platforms 1 & 2.jpg
Westbound view from Platform 2 in May 2014
Location Station Place, Sunshine
Australia
Coordinates 37°47′17″S 144°49′57″E / 37.7881°S 144.8325°E / -37.7881; 144.8325Coordinates: 37°47′17″S 144°49′57″E / 37.7881°S 144.8325°E / -37.7881; 144.8325
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Serviceton
Distance 12.25 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 4 (1 island, 2 side)
Tracks 5
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 250
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Premium Station
Station code SUN
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 7 September 1885
Rebuilt 2012-2014
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Sunbury line
toward Sunbury
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station
Serviceton line
Warrnambool line
toward Waurn Ponds

Sunshine railway station is located on the Sunbury line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, and opened on 7 September 1885 as Braybrook Junction. It was renamed Sunshine on 15 July 1907.

Sunshine is also serviced by V/Line Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong services, with the station serving as the junction for the Serviceton line, to the state's west. The Melbourne – Sydney standard gauge line passes to the north of the station.

In 2013/14, the station was rebuilt, as part of the Regional Rail Link project.

The Melbourne & Murray River Railway (now named the Bendigo line), originating from Spencer Street station, was built in the late 1850s, from Footscray station to Sunbury and Bendigo, however, no station was built at that time on the current site; the closest station was Albion & Darlington, on the site of the current Albion station.

In 1885, the Serviceton line from Melbourne to Ballarat, via Bacchus Marsh, was built, branching off from the Bendigo line, and a station at the junction of the two lines was built. The station opened on 7 September 1885, as Braybrook Junction, named such as it was at the junction of the two lines, and was within the Shire of Braybrook.


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