Diggers Rest railway station

Diggers Rest railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-western Melbourne suburb of Diggers Rest, and it opened on 2 October 1859.[1]

Diggers Rest
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2 in November 2012
General information
LocationOld Calder Highway,
Diggers Rest, Victoria 3427
City of Melton
Australia
Coordinates37°37′37″S 144°43′12″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sunbury
Distance32.69 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking550
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeDIT
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened2 October 1859 (1859-10-02)
Rebuilt2012
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (August 2012)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Watergardens
towards Flinders Street
 Sunbury line Sunbury
Terminus

History

Diggers Rest opened with the line on 2 October 1859, and was the terminus until the line was extended to Woodend in 1861. A small goods shed and siding were provided at that time. Interlocked gates were installed at the Calder Highway level crossing in 1928, and were replaced with boom barriers in 1982.[2] The goods siding was removed in 1989,[1] and the remaining crossover was removed in 1992.[1] The waiting room and booking lobby inside the building on Platform 1 were provided later in 1992[3] and, along with the former signal box, were restored in 2002, after being damaged by fire during the previous year.[4]

On 18 November 2012, the station was added to the metropolitan network, when the line between Watergardens and Sunbury was electrified.[5][6] As part of those works, the station was refurbished, with both platforms extended at the Up (Flinders Street) end. The car park was also enlarged.[7]

Platforms and services

Diggers Rest has two side platforms. It is served by Sunbury line trains.[8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

It is planned that, by late 2025, trains on the Sunbury line will be through-routed with those on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, via the new Metro Tunnel.

Sunbury Bus Service operates one route via Diggers Rest station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  483 : Sunbury station – Moonee Ponds Junction[9]
  • Northbound view from Platform 2 in January 2010, prior to the electrification of the line

References
  1. Diggers Rest Vicsig
  2. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1982. p. 215.
  3. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1992. p. 331.
  4. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 2002. p. 186.
  5. "Sunbury Electrification Overview". Victorian State Government Department of Transport. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  6. "Sunbury Electrification Station Improvements". Victorian State Government Department of Transport. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  7. Sunbury Electrification Project diggersrest.com 3 July 2009
  8. "Sunbury Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. "483 Sunbury - Moonee Ponds via Diggers Rest". Public Transport Victoria.
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