Heidelberg railway station

When Heidelberg station opened, it was the terminus of what is now the Hurstbridge line. On 1 September 1913, the current island station officially opened.{{Cite web|url=http://www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/heidelberg/HHS/7741.html|title=ca. 1913. Heidelberg Railway Station (new)|date=2005-05-11|website=Item held by Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service - Heidelberg Historical Society|language=en|access-date=2020-03-14}}

At one time, there was a goods yard opposite Platform 1. It made way for an extension of the passenger car park, although the goods shed still exists. At one time, there were three tracks running through the station. Two served the island platform, and the third track was the last surviving stabling track. The third track was removed after a period of disuse.

Between 26 January 1942 and 6 February 1942, fourteen trains were modified to become ambulance trains, which carried returning wounded World War II servicemen from Melbourne to Heidelberg, where ambulances were waiting to take them to the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. On 3 November 1995, 50 years after the end of that conflict, Vin Heffernan, the member for Ivanhoe, unveiled a plaque at the station to commemorate the role of the station in the war effort.Plaque inside Heidelberg Station

During 1988, the former No. 4 and No. 5 tracks were abolished, along with a number of disc signal posts.{{cite magazine|date=November 1988|title=Works|magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division]] |page=346}}

In 1992, the station received an enclosed waiting area and ticket facilities, as part of the "Travel Safe" program of the early 1990s.{{cite magazine |date=October 1997 |title=Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station |magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |pages=303–315}} On 5 March 1994, after the signals had been upgraded to an electronic system, one of the decommissioned mechanical semaphore signals ("Signal No. 4") was relocated from the Melbourne side of the station to the car-park opposite Platform 1, for display purposes. Signal No. 4 had first been erected at Heidelberg in 1912.Sign at Heidelberg Railway Station, Platform 1 On 21 June 1996, Heidelberg was upgraded to a premium station.

At the 2016-17 Victorian State Budget, $140.2 million was allocated to duplicate the single-track between Heidelberg and Rosanna, which included a second rail tunnel alongside the existing one.{{cite web|url=http://ptv.vic.gov.au/projects/rail-projects/hurstbridge-rail-line-upgrade/|title=Hurstbridge Rail Line upgrade|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=15 May 2023}} That project was completed on 30 April 2018.{{cite web |url=https://levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/media/news/new-rosanna-station-opens,-with-two-level-crossings-gone-for-good |title=New Rosanna Station opens, with two level crossings gone for good {{!}} Level Crossing Removal Project|date=29 May 2024 }}

Heidelberg has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Hurstbridge line trains.{{cite PTV route|Hurstbridge|mode=train}}

Platform 1:

• {{RouteBox|Hurstbridge line|Hurstbridge line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Hurstbridge}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

• {{RouteBox|Hurstbridge line|Hurstbridge line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Hurstbridge}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Macleod, Greensborough, Eltham and Hurstbridge

Dysons operates three bus routes via Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• {{color box|9c9726|513|white}}: Eltham station – Glenroy station (via Lower Plenty){{cite PTV route|513}}
• {{color box|00a54f|514|white}}: Eltham station – Glenroy station (via Greensborough){{cite PTV route|514}}
• {{color box|f68b1f|546|white}}: to Melbourne University (off-peak extension to Queen Victoria Market){{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15220/546-heidelberg-station-melb-uni-queen-victoria-market-via-clifton-hill-and-carlton|title=546 Heidelberg Station - Melb Uni - Queen Victoria Market via Clifton Hill and Carlton|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=15 May 2023}}

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• SmartBus {{color box|d7171f|903|white}}: Altona station – Mordialloc{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/13690/903-altona-mordialloc/|title=903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=15 May 2023}}

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Heidelberg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• {{color box|a62772|551|white}}: to La Trobe University Bundoora campus{{cite PTV route|551}}

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