The 17th February 2023 marked a historic occasion on Melbourne's rail network with the final trains passing through Surrey Hills and Mont Albert stations on the Belgrave and Lilydale Lines in Melbourne's east. Both stations were closed permanently to facilitate a grade separation project to remove the level crossings at Union Road and Mont Albert Road.

The final trains rolled through the station shortly after 8:30pm. At this time a three month occupation of the line began between Camberwell and Box Hill to demolish the old stations, lower the rail corridor into a trench, and build a brand new Union station inbetween the sites of the old stations along the straight section of the rail corridor. The decision to consolidate the two stations was made due to the two stations' close proximity and the impossibility of building the stations on their old sites (ie Surrey Hills station was situated on a curve which isn't allowed under current standards). The rail line and the new Union station will open in May 2023.

In this video we visit Surrey Hills and Mont Albert for the final time to see the last trains. We start the video at Surrey Hills station where we see some trains during the middle of the afternoon peak (of note only citybound trains were stopping here as platform 3 had closed in lateJanuary), before visiting the adjacent Union Road level crossing. We then see some trains at the Mont Albert Road level crossing, before heading to Mont Albert station where we see the tailend of the afternoon peak, before seeing the final trains to pass through the stations as darkness falls.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
3:06 Surrey Hills Station
14:47 Union Road Level Crossing
20:17 Mont Albert Road Level Crossing
24:15 Mont Albert Station
41:08 The Final Trains

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