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Glen Huntly Railway Station

Location Glen Huntly Road GLEN HUNTLY, Glen Eira City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Glen Huntly Railway Station,

Statement of Significance

Glen Huntly Railway Station was opened with the line from Caulfield to Frankston on 19th of December, 1881. Whilst the original main station building erected to a standard design only used on the Frankston railway in 1882 has been demolished, the original downside portable building is extant. This building is historically and technically significant.

It is historically significant (Criterion A) as the oldest extant railway building in the Municipality directly expressive of the standard of accommodation provided for passengers and staff from the commencement of railway services. This importance is enhanced by the fact that it is the secondary building of the complex at this location, the more common pattern being for the secondary buildings to be replaced and the main buildings to be retained.

It is technically important (Criterion F) as an increasingly rare surviving example of a standard nineteenth century railway portable building, once in widespread use throughout the suburban and country rail systems from the Railway Boom period but now much less common. Aspects of technical importance include the bolted framing and timber lined panel construction and now over painted evidence of the original paint colour scheme.