Highett railway station, Melbourne

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Highett
Station information

Code	HIG
Distance from Flinders St	18.8 km
Lines	Frankston
# Platforms	2
# Tracks	2
Status	Unmanned station
Metlink profile	Link
Melway map	Link
Metcard Zone	2

Highett is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Highett, on the Frankston railway line. The station is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 2.

[edit] Facilities

Highett station is located at the northern end of the Highett Road level crossing, which provides platform access. Shops are located near the station.

The station consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 contains a large weatherboard building while platform 2 contains a small weatherboard building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2.

[edit] History

Highett station originally opened on 19 December 1881 as Highett Road, being renamed to Highett in 1885. The station was built under the endorsement of Thomas Bent, who order the railway line be redirected through Highett, but also demanded a higher standard of departmental residences than elsewhere.^[1] The current station building was erected in 1883-84, and refurbished in 1966.^[1]

In 1925 a parcel train hit a car at the nearby Wickham Road railway crossing, killing nine people inside the car. The gatekeeper was found not guilty to the charge of manslaughter, the jury finding the incident was due to the fault of the system and not through human negligence.^[2] In 1932 there was a shootout between a policeman, and a burglar who was killed.^[3]