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Sunshine railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Sunshine opening on 7 September 1885 as Braybrook Junction being renamed Sunshine on 15 July 1907.〔(Sunshine ) Vicsig〕 It is also served by V/Line Ballarat services. It is the junction for the Serviceton line to the state's west. The Melbourne - Sydney standard gauge line passes to the north of the station. In 2013/14, the station was rebuilt as part of the Regional Rail Link project. == History == The Melbourne & Murray River Railway (now named the Bendigo line) originating from Spencer Street station was built in the late 1850s from Footscray station to Sunbury and Bendigo, however no station was built at that time on the current site; the closest station was Albion & Darlington on the site of the current Albion station.〔(Brimbank City Council - Travelling: Roads, Railways and Bridges )〕 In 1885 the Serviceton line from Melbourne to Ballarat via Bacchus Marsh was built, branching off from the Bendigo line, and a station at the junction of the two lines was built. The station opened on 7 September 1885, as Braybrook Junction, named such as it was at the junction of the two lines and lay in the Shire of Braybrook. In 1887 the Sunshine - Newport line, connecting the new station at Braybrook Junction to Newport and Williamstown, Victoria's major cargo port at the time, was opened. In 1907 Braybrook Junction station was renamed Sunshine when Hugh McKay moved his Sunshine Harvester Works adjacent to the station.〔 On 20 April 1908 Sunshine was the scene of the worst train crash in Victorian railway history, the Sunshine train disaster. The Albion-Jacana line opened in 1929 connecting Sunshine station with the North East line allowing freight trains to avoid the steeper grades and suburban traffic on the suburban line between North Melbourne, Essendon and Broadmeadows. The road level crossing at Sunshine was removed when grade separation was carried out in 1961. Boom barriers were provided at the Anderson Road level crossing with the Bendigo line in the same year. A fourth platform was opened in January 1963 on the adjacent Melbourne - Sydney standard gauge line, to enable passengers to transfer between the interstate Sydney and Adelaide expresses.〔 In 1965 control of signals at Albion station was transferred to the signal box at Sunshine.〔 Boom barriers were provided at the Anderson Street level crossing with the Ballarat line in 1977.〔 It was categorised as a Premium station on 26 July 1996. As part of the Regional Rail Link project the station was rebuilt.〔(Sunshine railway station ) Regional Rail Link〕 Works included: *a new bus interchange completed in September 2013〔(Sunshine bus interchange ) Regional Rail Link〕 *constructing a new footbridge and concourse completed in January 2014〔(Commuters have new concourse at Sunshine ) ''The Courier'' 3 January 2014〕 *upgrading Platforms 1 and 2 with new canopies *rebuilding Platform 3 and a new Platform 4 both completed in April 2014〔(Ballarat services now stopping at new, dedicated platforms at Sunshine station ) Premier of Victoria 28 April 2014 Retrieved 03-05-2014〕〔"Ballarat services now stopping at new, dedicated platforms at Sunshine station" ''Railway Digest'' June 2014 page 21〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sunshine railway station, Melbourne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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