Lyndhurst
Closed commuter rail station
General information
Coordinates	38°02′47″S 145°14′38″E / 38.04639°S 145.24389°E / -38.04639; 145.24389
Line(s)	Cranbourne
Distance	38.36 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Demolished
Station code	LYN
History
Opened	1888 (1888)
Closed	1981 (1981)
Former services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Dandenong towards Flinders Street Cranbourne line Lynbrook towards Cranbourne Dandenong Terminus Cranbourne line Shuttle services List of closed railway stations in Melbourne
Track layout Before Cranbourne line duplication (2022) to Dandenong to Bombardier Siding to Kimberley Clark Siding Greens Road {Removed in 2022} Eumemmerring Creek Lyndhurst (demolished) Western Port Highway to Lynbrook Electrified Non-electrified

Lyndhurst is a former railway station on the South Gippsland (now Cranbourne) line. In 1979, it had a single platform on the east side of the track, and a loop siding.^[1]

The station was served by passenger trains to Leongatha and Yarram until their withdrawal in June 1981, and then by Dandenong to Lang Lang railmotors until their withdrawal in October 1981. Although passenger trains between Melbourne and Leongatha were restored between 1984 and 1993, Lyndhurst station was not re-opened. The platform has been demolished.

In the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan, a new passenger line was proposed linking Frankston and Lyndhurst.

Cement traffic from Waurn Ponds near Geelong, to a siding serving a concrete batching plant operated by Boral, ended in 2009, after Pacific National increased the costs charged to Blue Circle Southern.^[2] The siding and the silo were removed in 2021 to make way for the duplication of the Cranbourne line.

References