Highett railway station


Highett railway station is located on the Frankston line, in Victoria, Australia, serving the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Highett. It opened on 19 December 1881 as Highett Road, and was renamed Highett on 14 December 1885.
The station was built under the endorsement of Thomas Bent, who ordered the railway line be redirected through Highett, but also demanded a higher standard of departmental residences than elsewhere. The current station building was erected in 1883-1884, and was refurbished in 1966, It was refurbished again in 1986, after it was damaged by fire during the previous year.
In 2014 the Victorian State Government launched a Public Safety initiative which involved Protective Services Officers patrolling Railway stations at certain times of the day. Highett station was added to the list of patrolled stations on 1 June 2014. A PSO 'Pod' to provide an office and holding cell for the PSOs was also added to the station.

History

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.
In 1932, there was a shootout between a policeman and a burglar, who was killed.
A former lamp room and a wood yard were demolished in 1973.
In October 2017 two Protective Service Officers patrolling Highett station were shot at by a disgruntled 22 year using a battery-powered mechanical handgun, filled with gel pellets. One officer was struck in the temple, but was not seriously injured. The shooter, who fired from the balcony of an apartment overlooking the station, was arrested by regular police and charged with a variety of offences.

Platforms & services

Highett has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
operates two routes via Highett station: