Red Hill railway station

Not to be confused with Hookagate and Redhill railway station.

Red Hill
General information
Line(s)Red Hill line
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened2 December 1921
Closed1 July 1953[1]
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Merricks   Red Hill line   Terminus
  List of closed railway stations in Melbourne  

Red Hill railway station was the terminus of the Red Hill railway line.[2] The line was opened in 1921 and was one of the more short-lived branch lines on the Victorian Railways, closing in 1953, along with a few other smaller branch lines on the railways system. For a few years after the closure of the line, railmotors continued to run as far as Balnarring, to cater for the Balnarring picnic races and the Lord Somers Camp, as well as an Australian Railway Historical Society tour in 1956.

Part of the railway alignment between the former Red Hill and Merricks stations has been converted into the Red Hill Rail Trail, but the majority of the right-of-way has been sold to adjacent private landholders.

  1. ^ Harrigan, Leo J. (1962). Victorian Railways to '62. Melbourne: Victorian Railways Public Relations and Betterment Board. p. 287.
  2. ^ "Bittern to Red Hill, construction drawing No 5". Victorian Railways. Retrieved 29 March 2011.