History
The line at Lilydale once continued onto Healesville (opening in 1882), but was truncated to Lilydale in 1980, with the track between Yarra Glen and Healesville now used by the Yarra Valley Tourist Railway. The track from Lilydale to Yarra Glen, including Coldstream and Yering is now disused. The Yarra Valley Tourist railway originally leased the entire line, however they discontinued their lease on the section from Lilydale to Yarra Glen, because of the bad condition of the bridges in that section. However, there are hopes to eventually restore the entire line.
Also branching off at Lilydale was the Warburton railway line. It opened in 1901, and closed on 1 August 1965. The track was removed in the early 1970s, as was the bridge over Maroondah Highway. Most of the right-of-way is still intact, and has been turned into the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail. The exception to this is the part of the line approximately 800 metres beyond where it branched off at Lilydale. Mount Lilydale Mercy College currently leases this part of the line, which runs through its property. This is the only part of the line that is currently obstructed. Boom barriers replaced hand gates at Maroondah Highway in 1985.
Lillydale was upgraded to a Premium Station on 31 July 1996.
| Closed station navigation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continued as the Healesville line | ||||
| Junction | | | Coldstream | Next station → | |
| Warburton branch | ||||
| Junction | | | Mount Evelyn | Next station → | |
| Closed stations | ||||
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