Because of the curvature of the line, north-bound (Hurstbridge) services head south-east upon departing the station and, likewise, south-bound (Flinders Street) services head north-west. A number of peak-hour services to and from Flinders Street terminate at Greensborough.
History
Greensborough, its shopping centre, railway line and surrounds aerial panorama
The original platform was located on the south-western side of the station, where the current car-parking is located. The original track ran through the current island platform.[6]
Due to the restrictions of only having one track out to Hurstbridge and only one through track, the trains were timetabled to arrive 3–4 minutes apart. The Hurstbridge service would collect passengers from the platform, then shunt out to a junction at the up end of the station, pull into a side track and wait 1–2 minutes for the Flinders Street service to arrive then depart, then continuing to Hurstbridge. Due to a much higher passenger count going to the city at the time, the Flinders Street service was given priority over the low passenger count toward Hurstbridge.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the station was upgraded to two tracks, and a single offset island platform was built. The station had a platform on the left and right, one for each direction.[7] In 1969, the rebuilt station was provided[5][6] and, on 3 April 1970, it officially opened.[8] In 1977, a goods yard that existed at the station was closed to traffic.[5][9] In 1979, the railway line between Greensborough and Macleod was duplicated.[5]
In May 2019, the Victorian State Government announced a plan to duplicate the line between Greensborough and Eltham, which included an upgrading of the station.[11][12] The upgrade involved the building of an overpass and concourse, rebuilt station platforms and better accessibility in and around the station precinct. On 9 February 2021, final designs of the new station were released, and in mid-2021, early works on the project commenced. In 2022, the old station closed and was demolished to allow for major construction on the project, and the rebuilt station officially opened on 30 April 2023.[1]
Until 2023, the timetabling for services to and from the station remained practically the same, due to the single-track railway between Greensborough and Hurstbridge, with only crossing loops located at Eltham and Diamond Creek. An Eltham/Hurstbridge service arrived approximately one minute before the Flinders Street service arrived, with both services departing at same time, allowing the outbound service clear passage to Eltham.
^"WATSONIA to HURSTBRIDGE 34 '69". Victorian Railways Watsonia to Hurstbridge Signalling Diagram No 34 '69. www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^"Way & Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. December 1973. p. 243.
^"Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1980. p. 160.
^"Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
