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| Station information | |
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| Code | SUN |
| Distance from Flinders St |
13.5 km |
| Operator | Connex Melbourne |
| Lines | Ararat, Echuca, Melton, Swan Hill, Sydenham |
| # Platforms | 4 (1 disused) |
| # Tracks | 3 |
| Status | Premium station |
| Metlink profile | Link |
| Melway map | Link |
| Google map | Link |
| Metcard Zone | 1 & 2 overlap |
Sunshine is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Sunshine, on the Sydenham railway line. It is the junction for the line west to Ballarat. The Melbourne - Sydney standard gauge line is also adjacent to the station.
Classed as a Premium Station, Sunshine is in the Metcard Zones 1+2 overlap.
Facilities
Sunshine is located between Monash Street and Durham Road, with station access from both.
The station consists of three platforms, one side platform and two in an island format: Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a large weatherboard building with an enclosed waiting room, a ticket office and toilets, while platform 2 & 3 (island platform, Sydenham and Ballarat bound) has a small brick building. A large Metcard machine is located inside the waiting room, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small coin-only Metcard machine is located at the entrance to the island platform. A signal box is situated at the Sydenham end of the station, whist a disused SG platform is adjacent to platform 1. An underpass is also situated at the Sydenham end of the station.
History
- See also: Sunshine train disaster
Sunshine station opened on September 7, 1885 as Braybrook Junction. It was renamed to Sunshine in 1907.1 The station was upgraded to Premium Station status on July 26, 1996.2
On the night of April 20, 1908, 44 people were killed and over 400 injured when a Melbourne-bound train from Bendigo collided with the rear of a train from Ballarat, which was just leaving the station. Around 1,100 people were aboard the two trains. Almost all of the casualties were from the Ballarat train, as the Bendigo train was cushioned by its two AA class locomotives. A temporary mortuary was set up at Spencer Street Station (Melbourne's regional terminus), and flags at the station flew at half-mast. The disaster was the worst train crash in Victorian railway history.
The road level crossing at Sunshine was removed when grade separation was carried out in 1961.3 A fourth platform was opened at the station in January 1963 on the adjacent North East standard gauge line, to enable passengers to transfer between the interstate Sydney and Adelaide expresses.3 In 1965 control of signals at Albion station was transferred to the signal box at Sunshine.3
References
- ^ VICSIG Infrastructure - Sunshine
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Heritage Society (Victorian Division)): page 310. October 1997.
- ^ a b c S.E. Doorman and R.G. Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society, page 68. ISBN 0 909459 06 1.
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White City Station, now demolished, was located between Sunshine and Tottenham stations.