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List of closed Melbourne railway stations

This is a list of former railway stations in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Many of these stations are now abandoned or have been demolished.

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Closed lines

Ordered by date of closure.

Name	Type	Opened	Closed	Stations	Current Status
St Kilda - Windsor link line	Steam-era suburban	1857	1867	0 (it was a link between two other lines)	Dismantled
Rosstown Railway	Steam-era suburban	One journey only, on November 14 1878	N/A	4	Dismantled
Outer Circle line	Steam-era suburban	May 3 1890	Fairfield to East Kew in 1893; Deepdene passenger service in 1927; East Camberwell to East Kew freight service in mid-1940s; southern section in 1895	7	Rail-trail north of East Camberwell station (still in operation); southern section reopened as Alamein line
Red Hill line	?	December 2 1921	June 29 1953	3	Dismantled
Kew line	Electric suburban	19 December 1887	Passenger service in 1952; freight service on May 13 1957	1	Dismantled
Whittlesea line	diesel greater-metropolitan	December 23 1889	November 28 1959	4	Dismantled
City East End Government line	Short underground line for transferring documents between government buildings and gold to and from the Old Treasury	1862	1960s	?	Dismantled
Warburton line	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	10	Rail-trail
Inner Circle line	Steam-era suburban, later electrified	May 22 1888	Passenger service in 1948; freight service in 1981	3	Rail-trail (Bicycle/walking path)
Spencer Street postal line	Short underground line for transferring mail between Spencer Street Station and the old sorting office	?	?	2	Dismantled

Converted lines

Ordered by date of reopening as converted line.

Name	Original Type	Opened	Conversion Completed	Stations	Converted To
St Kilda line	Electric suburban	May 13 1857	August 1987	4	Light rail, operating tram route 96
Port Melbourne line	Electric suburban	April 13 1854	December 1987	4	Light rail, operating tram route 109
Healesville line	Greater-metropolitan	?	?	5	Tourist railway between Yarra Glen and Healesville stations
Gembrook line	Steam-era greater-metropolitan	December 18 1900	?	11	Puffing Billy Tourist Railway
Mornington line	diesel greater-metropolitan	?	?	5	Tourist railway

Closed stations

Name	Line	Location	Type	Opened	Closed	Current Status
Albion and Darlington	Sunbury	Between Footscray and Sydenham stations	Steam-era suburban	January 5 1860	Late 1860	Demolished
Holden	Sunbury	Between Footscray and Sydenham stations	Steam era suburban	January 5 1860	Late 1860	Demolished
Cremorne	Windsor	North bank of the Yarra River	Steam era suburban	December 12 1859	December 22 1860	Demolished
Botanical Gardens	Hawthorn and Windsor	Between the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Royal Botanic Gardens	Steam era suburban	March 2 1859	1862 (uncertain)	Demolished
Maidstone	Sunbury	Between White City and Sunshine	Steam era suburban	March 2 1861	April 1 1865	Demolished
Salt Water River	Williamstown	?	Steam-era suburban	October 1 1859	1867 (uncertain)	Demolished
Garden Vale	Sandringham line and start of Rosstown line	Ridell Parade, Gardenvale	Steam-era suburban	1887	(uncertain)	Demolished, replaced by new Gardenvale station further down the Sandringham line
Hawthorn Road	Rosstown	Hawthorn Road, Caufield	Steam-era suburban	1887	(uncertain)	Demolished
Booran Road	Rosstown	Booran Road, Glen Huntly	Steam-era suburban	1887	(uncertain)	Demolished
Sugar Beet Mill	Branch off from Rosstown line	Koornang Road, Carnegie	Steam-era suburban	1887	(uncertain)	Demolished
Richmond Park	Glen Waverley (uncertain)	?	Steam-era suburban	March 24 1890	May 1890	Demolished
Fitzroy	Inner Circle	?	Steam-era suburban	May 8 1885	?	Demolished
Fulham Grange	Outer Circle	?	Steam-era suburban	March 24 1891	April 24 1893	Demolished
Willsmere	Outer Circle	?	Steam-era suburban	March 24 1891	April 24 1893	Demolished
East Kew	Outer Circle	?	Steam-era suburban	March 24 1891	April 24 1893	Demolished
Waverley Road	Outer Circle	?	Steam-era suburban	March 24 1891	December 9 1895	Demolished
Pic Nic	Hawthorn	East of Burnley station	Steam-era suburban	September 24 1860	July 19 1898	Demolished
Deepdene	Outer Circle, later "Deepdene Dasher"	?	diesel suburban	March 24 1891	October 9 1927	Demolished
Shenley	Outer Circle, "Deepdene Dasher"	?	Diesel suburban	March 24 1891	October 9 1927	Demolished
Roystead	Outer Circle, "Deepdene Dasher"	?	Diesel suburnan	May 14 1900	October 9 1927	Demolished
North Carlton	Inner Circle	?	Electric suburban	May 8 1885	?	Converted to community centre
North Fitzroy	Inner Circle	?	Electric suburban	May 8 1885	?	Demolished, platform mound remains
Williamstown Racecourse	Branch from Williamstown line	?	Electric suburban	April 6 1855	June 4 1951	Demolished
Springvale Cemetery	Branch from Pakenham line	North of Springvale station	Electric suburban	February 7 1904	1952	Demolished
Balnarring	Red Hill	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	December 2 1921	June 29 1953	Demolished
Merricks	Red Hill	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	December 2 1921	June 29 1953	Demolished
Red Hill	Red Hill	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	December 2 1921	June 29 1953	Demolished
Campbellfield	Upfield	Camp Road, Campbellfield	Electric suburban	October 8 1889	May 5 1956	Demolished
Barker	Kew	Barkers Road, Kew	Electric suburban	December 19 1887	May 13 1957	Demolished
Kew	Kew	North of Hawthorn station	Electric suburban	December 19 1887	May 13 1957	Demolished (now, ironically, the site of VicRoads headquarters)
North Campbellfield	Upfield	Near current Upfield station	Electric suburban	October 8 1889	May 5 1956	Upfield station opened nearby on August 17 1959
South Morang	Whittlesea	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	December 23 1889	November 28 1959	Demolished
Mernda	Whittlesea	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	December 23 1889	November 28 1969	Demolished
Yan Yean	Whittlesea	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	December 23 1889	November 28 1959	Demolished
Whittlesea	Whittlesea	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	December 23 1889	November 28 1959	Demolished
Somerton	Upfield	Near Upfield station	Electric suburban	November 13 1882	Passenger service on December 1961	Still open to freight services
Mont Park Asylum	Branch from Hurstbridge	Waiora Road, MacLeod	Electric suburban, but mostly freight only	August 28 1911	1964	Demolished
Mount Evelyn	Warburton	Wray Crescent, Mount Evelyn	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Platforms demolished, building converted to library
Wandin	Warburton	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Demolished, platform partially intact.
Seville	Warburton	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Demolished, platform intact.
Killara	Warburton	Sunnyside Road, Seville East	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Demolished, platforms intact.
Woori Yallock	Warburton	Syme Road, Woori Yallock	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Demolished, platform intact.
Launching Place	Warburton	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Demolished
Yarra Junction	Warburton	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Intact and used as a museum
Wesburn	Warburton	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Demolished
Millgrove	Warburton	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Demolished
Warburton	Warburton	?	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 13 1901	August 1 1965	Demolished
Narrambi	Mornington	Near Narambi Road	Diesel greater-metropolitan	June 1980	?	Material reused for other stations
Langwarrin	Stony Point	McClelland Rad, Langwarrin	Diesel greater-metropolitan	October 1 1888	June 22 1981	Demolished, platform mound remains.
White City	Sydenham	Sunshine Road, Tottenham	Electric suburban	November 11 1927	October 4 1981	Demolished
Lyndhurst	Cranbourne	Bayliss Road, Lyndhurst, just off Western Port Highway	Electric suburban	October 1 1888	Passenger service on October 4 1981	Still open to freight services
Mobiltown	Werribee	Kororoit Creek Road, Altona	Electric suburban	November 9 1953	January 29 1985	Demolished
Paisley	Werribee line express route	Ross Road, Altona	Electric suburban	October 14 1929	April 14 1985	Demolished, although the island platform remains
Galvin	Werribee line express route	Maidstone Road, Altona	Electric suburban	August 22, 1927	April 14 1985	Demolished
Williamstown Pier	Williamstown	Morris Street, Williamstown	Electric suburban	October 3 1857	March 25 1987	Demolished, now a carpark
South Melbourne	St Kilda	Ferrars Street, South Melbourne	Electric suburban	September 16 1858	August 1987	Converted to tram stop and commercial use
Albert Park	St Kilda	Ferrars Street, Albert Park	Electric suburban	November 27 1860	August 1987	Converted to tram stop and commercial use
Middle Park	St Kilda	Canterbury Road, Middle Park	Electric suburban	July 2 1883	August 1987	Converted to tram stop and abandoned
St Kilda	St Kilda	Fitzroy Street , St Kilda	Electric suburban	May 13 1857	August 1987	Converted to tram stop and commercial use
Montague	Port Melbourne	Woodgate and Montague Streets, Montague	Electric suburban	June 2 1883	December 1987	Converted to tram stop and demolished
North Port	Port Melbourne	Raglan Street, Port Melbourne	Electric suburban	May 1859	December 1987	Converted to tram stop and demolished
Graham	Port Melbourne	Graham Street, Port Melbourne	Electric suburban	June 1 1888	December 1987	Converted to tram stop and demolished
Port Melbourne	Port Melbourne	Beach Street, Port Melbourne	Electric suburban	April 13 1854	December 1987	Converted to tram stop and commercial use
Stopping Place 16	Mornington	Nepean Highway, Mornington	Diesel greater-metropolitan	November 30 1959	1988	Demolished, replaced by new Mornington station in 2000
Werribee Racecourse	Continuation of Werribee line	Off Bulban Road, Werribee	Diesel greater-metropolitan	?	1980s	Access to station and part of the platform demolished; sign board remains, however
Princes Bridge	City Loop	Flinders Street, current site of Federation Square	Electric suburban	February 8 1859	1990s	Services amalgamated into Flinders Street Station; platform space now used as screen gallery for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Yering	Healesville	MacIntyre Road, Yering, just off Melba Highway	Diesel greater-metropolitan	May 15 1888	1995	Abandoned
Coldstream	Healesville	Station Street, Coldstream	Diesel greater-metropolitan	May 15 1888	1999	Station buildings destroyed by fire, though platform intact
General Motors	Pakenham	Off Progress Street, Eumemmering (access via dirt track)	Electric suburban	November 18 1956	July 26 2002	Intact but no access to platforms

Rebuilt stations

These stations previously existed in slightly different locations, and/or at a higher or lower level (for example, originally at ground level then lowered into a cutting), to their modern-day counterparts. They may be considered the closed predecessors of today's stations.

Footscray late 1800s - two separate stations for the Williamstown and Sunbury lines were merged into the current site
Fawkner (13 July 1903) - on the Upfield line; current station opened on 10 December 1906
Lalor (5 August 1952) - on the Epping line
Sandown Park (16 May 1955) - on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines; current station opened on 19 June 1965
Officer (13 May 1956) - on the Pakenham line
Ardeer (August 1956) - on the Melton line (greater metropolitan line)
Epping (29 November 1959) - terminus of the Epping line; current station opened on 30 November 1964
Glen Waverley (24 February 1964) - terminus of the Glen Waverley line
Canterbury (19 June 1966) - on the Belgrave/Lilydale line; current high level station opened on 15 September 1968 and was completed and the Canterbury Rd level crossing closed on 22 December 1968
Tottenham low level (27 July 1982) - on the Sydenham line
Mornington (1987) - on the Mornington line; new station located on the demolished Stopping Place 16 station and opened 2000
Narre Warren (3 June 1995) - on the Pakenham line
Watergardens (Sydenham) (2003) - on the Sydenham line
Box Hill (1882) - on the Belgrave/Lilydale line; track lowered and station incorporated into Box Hill Central shopping centre (1983–1985).

Richmond station (the gateway to the city for all eastern lines) has had several incarnations:

Punt Road low level (8 February 1859 - 12 December 1859)
Swan Street low level (12 December 1859 - 1885)
Richmond high level (1885 - 26 March 1960) - the opening of this station overlapped with the closure of Swan Street

Also, Melbourne's two central stations were, or are being rebuilt:

First Flinders Street Station (built 1854) - originally Melbourne Terminus
Current Flinders Street Station (built 1910)
Spencer Street Station (built 1859) - originally Batman's Hill Station
Spencer Street Station is currently being rebuilt, and will be known as Southern Cross Station when the redesign is completed

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