Eltham railway station, Melbourne


Eltham railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Eltham, and opened on 5 June 1902.
It is the terminus for a number of peak and off-peak services on the line. Five stabling sidings are located to the west of Platform 2, with the site previously having been a goods yard. The last wooden trestle bridge on the Melbourne suburban network is located south of the station.
Boom barriers were provided at the Diamond Street level crossing, located at the Down end of the station, in 1987.
In the 1990s, Platform 1 was converted from a south facing bay platform to a through platform.
Eltham was one of the last stations in Melbourne to be controlled by mechanical safeworking, including semaphore signals. It was also a break between two different types of safeworking; Greensborough to Eltham was controlled by Miniature Electric Staff, whilst Eltham to Hurstbridge was controlled by Train Staff and Ticket. Both safeworking systems were converted to Automatic Track Control in early 2013. A new train driver amenity building was also constructed around this time.

Platforms & services

Eltham has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Trains in either direction can depart from either platform, although Hurstbridge-bound services almost always depart from platform 1 and, likewise, City-bound services usually depart from platform 2.

Transport links

operates one route via Eltham station:
Panorama Coaches operates four routes to and from Eltham station:
Transdev Melbourne operates one route via Eltham station: