Red Hill railway line

Bittern
Red Hill

Continues fromStony Point lineConnecting linesStony Point lineStations

1 current station
3 former stations

ServiceTypeFormer Melbourne suburban serviceOperator(s)Victorian Railways (VR) (1921–1956)HistoryOpened2 December 1921 (1921-12-02)Last train25 February 1956 (1956-02-25)Closed1 July 1953 (1953-07-01)TechnicalLine length16.135 km (10.026 mi)Number of tracksSingle trackTrack gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)Maximum incline1 in 30 (3.33%)

Route map

Legend

Stony Point line

to Frankston

67.4

Bittern

Stony Point line

to Stony Point

Tulum Creek

73.1

Balnarring

(demolished)

Merricks Creek

77.7

Merricks

(demolished)

Coolart Creek

83.3

Red Hill

(demolished)

The Red Hill railway line in Melbourne, Australia, was a rural railway branching off from the Stony Point railway line at Bittern. The line had a fairly short life, opening on 2 December 1921 and closing on 1 July 1953.^[1]

Current status

The line was dismantled some time after it was closed, and most of the line from Bittern to Merricks is now on private property, while the right-of-way from Merricks to Red Hill remains, having been converted to a shared use rail trail.

Station histories

Station	Opened^[1]	Closed^[1]	Age
Bittern	17 December 1889		134 years
Balnarring	2 December 1921	1 July 1953	31 years
Merricks	2 December 1921	1 July 1953	31 years
Red Hill	2 December 1921	1 July 1953	31 years

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Red Hill Line". Vicsig. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

Railway lines in Victoria

Main lines
Deniliquin Gippsland Mildura North East Piangil Port Fairy Portland Robinvale Serviceton South Gippsland Tocumwal Western standard gauge (Melbourne–Adelaide)

Branch lines

Metropolitan District	Albion–Jacana Belgrave Broadstore Deer Park–West Werribee Flemington Racecourse Frankston Gembrook Glen Waverley Healesville Hurstbridge Inner Circle Kew Lilydale Mont Park Mornington Newport–Sunshine Outer Circle Port Melbourne Powelltown Red Hill Rosstown Railway Sandringham South Kensington–West Footscray Stony Point Spring Vale Cemetery St Kilda St Kilda–Windsor Upfield Warburton Webb Dock Williamstown Whittlesea
Western & Southwestern District	Alvie Ballarat–Daylesford Balmoral (Hamilton to East Natimuk) Bolangum Buninyong Carpolac Casterton Colac–Ballarat Coleraine Crowes Forrest Fyansford Gheringhap–Maroona Hamilton–Koroit Hopetoun Mortlake Mount Gambier Navarre Pinnaroo Queenscliff Skipton Timboon Wensleydale Yanac Yaapeet
Northern & Midland District	Balranald Cohuna Daylesford Koondrook Kulwin Lancefield Morkalla Redesdale Shelbourne Stony Crossing
North Eastern District	Alexandra Bright Cobram Colbinabbin Cudgewa Girgarre Katamatite Mansfield Oaklands Peechelba East Tatong Wahgunyah Whitfield Yackandandah
Eastern District	Barry Beach Briagolong Maffra Mirboo North Noojee Outtrim Strzelecki Thorpdale Walhalla Wonthaggi Woodside Yallourn
Narrow gauge branch lines	Beech Forest Gembrook Powelltown Tyers Valley Walhalla Welshpool Jetty Whitfield
Cross country lines	Avoca Eaglehawk–Inglewood Geelong–Ballarat Heathcote Moolort Toolamba–Echuca

V/Line services
Albury Ballarat Bendigo Geelong Warrnambool Gippsland Seymour

Metro Trains Melbourne services

Alamein Belgrave Craigieburn Cranbourne Flemington Racecourse Frankston Glen Waverley Hurstbridge Lilydale Mernda Pakenham Sandringham Stony Point Sunbury Upfield Werribee Williamstown
Major pieces of shared infrastructure	City Loop Flinders Street Viaduct

Tourist railways

Operational	Bellarine Railway Daylesford Spa Country Railway Mornington Railway Puffing Billy Railway Victorian Goldfields Railway Walhalla Goldfields Railway Yarra Valley Railway
Former	South Gippsland Railway