Diggers Rest railway station

Diggers Rest

Southbound view from Platform 2 in November 2012
Location Old Calder Highway, Diggers Rest
Australia
Coordinates 37°37′37″S 144°43′12″E / 37.627°S 144.720°E / -37.627; 144.720Coordinates: 37°37′37″S 144°43′12″E / 37.627°S 144.720°E / -37.627; 144.720
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Sunbury
Distance 32.69 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 550
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Unstaffed station
Station code DIT
Fare zone Myki zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 2 October 1859
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Sunbury line
Terminus

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

History

Diggers Rest station opened on 2 October 1859 with the line, and was also the terminus, until the line was extended to Woodend in 1861. A small goods shed and siding were provided at this time. Interlocked gates were provided at the Calder Highway level crossing in 1928, and were replaced with boom barriers in 1982. The goods siding was removed in 1989, and the remaining crossover was removed in 1992. The station building and former signal box were restored in 2002, after it was damaged by fire the previous year.[2]

On 18 November 2012, the station was added to the metropolitan network, when the line between Watergardens and Sunbury was electrified.[3][4] As part of these works, the station was refurbished, with both platforms extended at the Up end. The car park was also enlarged.[5]

Platforms & services

Diggers Rest has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sunbury line services.[6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Sunbury Bus Service operates one route via Diggers Rest station:

References

  1. ↑ Diggers Rest Vicsig
  2. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 2002. p. 186.
  3. ↑ "Sunbury Electrification Overview". Victorian State Government Department of Transport. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sunbury Electrification Station Improvements". Victorian State Government Department of Transport. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Sunbury Electrification Project diggersrest.com 3 July 2009
  6. ↑ Sunbury Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  7. ↑ Route 483 Sunbury - Moonee Ponds timetable Public Transport Victoria
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