History
Belgrave station opened on 18 December 1900 as Monbulk, and was renamed Belgrave in 1904. The station was formerly one of the stations on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow gauge line—one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways—until 1958 when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to Broad Gauge, reopening in 1962. The current station is located further down the line than the previous narrow gauge station (which was approximately where the current station car park is located).
This station is the end of the first (and only) stage of the original plan to convert and electrify the former narrow gauge line from Upper Ferntree Gully as far as Emerald. If one walks through the Down exit of the station towards the current Puffing Billy terminus, they could follow the shape and direction of the broad gauge lines into one line where the original narrow gauge line (now between Nos. 2 & 3 road of the Puffing Billy Railway sidings) continues to Gembrook. The overhead catenary lines continue beyond the broad gauge station for several metres.
Belgrave was upgraded to a Premium Station on 2 July 1996.
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