Renovations and extensions were carried out at Sunbury Railway Station from 2010 to 2012 accommodate the electrification of the rail service from Watergardens to Sunbury. The grey buildings adjacent to the wooden building are the extensions on Platform 1. Both Platforms 1 and 2 were raised and extended to accommodate the electric trains. The old building on Platform 2 was replaced with a newer one. The smaller wooden bridge linking the two platforms was replaced with a higher one which had ramps as well as stairs. In November 2012, electric trains began terminating at Sunbury.Prior to 201to commute to and from Melbourne, Sunbury residents relied on steam trains which commenced in 1859. From the 1960s diesel driven engines gradually replaced the steam trains.A coloured photograph of weatherboard building with a red corrugated roof of a railway station along with the platform and some of the rail tracks and overhead wires.sunbury rail crossing, metro train service, sunbury

The 11 workmen are standing at the Sunbury railway crossing facing towards the south. It was in Station Street. In the distance the Sunbury Asylum hill is on the LHS. The men are from the Diggers Rest railway gang. Standing in the immediate front is Jim Brain and front left is Malic Cahill, seated is the ganger, Clary Grimmet, 3rd from right is Phil O'Conner, son of Frank and 5th from left is Mick Frouly. It wasn't until 2023 that the level rail crossing at Sunbury was removed by redirecting Station Street under it as part of the Victorian Government's program to remove level rail crossings in built-up areas.A black and white non-digital photograph with a cream border of 11 men standing at a closed country rail crossing. The photograph has been pasted onto a piece of brown light cardboard. Information about the people in the photograph is on a separate sheet of paper.sunbury rail crossing, station street, railway gangers, railways, jim brain, malic cahill, clary grimmet, frank o'connor, mick frouly

Postcard Railway Museum North Williamstown|List of Railway Stations from Footscray - Sunshine and when they opened and closed|Letter regarding historic railway wagons dated 24 July 1979|Letter from Victorian Railways regarding QR wagon donation Dated 20 August 1979|Letter from Historical Society regarding wagons manufactured at Qright and Edwards Works. Dated 24 July 1979|Letter and Photocopy of Steam Locomotive 3801 at Anderson Road Level Crossing 23 April 1973|Drawing of Footscray Junction to Sunbury listing opening and closing dates|Large Drawing of Braybrook Junction Signal box tracks|Brochure for Steamrail Victoria The Vintage Train Mystery Tour on 1 July 1984|Bridge Inspection report for Devonshire Road Foot Bridge dated 26 March 1992|Complaint about goats tresspassing dated 7 July 1868|Drawing Footscray Junction Proposed alterations to Signal Arrangements 19 February 1900|Newspaper article Brimbank Messenger 8 September 1998 Technology signals new rail era about the closing of Sunshine Signal Box|Letter for amendment to 1994 Book of rules and Operating Procedures for Sunshine. Drawing of signalling Diagram included dated 19th May 1996 Sunshine Issue of Caution Orders|Photocopy of The Victorian Railways Magazine dated Aug 1929 Australias Highest Railway Bridge|Photocopy of Spencer Street - Sunshine showing extra train commencing Tuesday 3 May Dated 30 April 1921|Correspondene from Secretary of the Victorian Railways Books Series 422|Photocopy of Special Train Circular S2966 Special Funeral train for HV McKay funeral on 22 May 1926|Newspaper Article The Advocate Tracking History showing photograph of Tom Rigg dated 29 April 1998|Photocopy of Victorian Railways Timetable Dec 1865|Newspaper Article about Paddy Doyle an old locomotive Dated 20 May 1925|Extract from a book about the Big Bridge across the Maribyrnong River September 1927|Newspaper Article about Project Albion Maltese Club Dated 2 September 1992|Newspaper Article about Paddy Doyle and Patsy Dooley Dated 1925|Letter and a list in chronological events for the Braybrook Junction in 1908 smash dated 12 April 1988|Photocopy of the persons employed by the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company on 30 June 1878|Photocopy of Tom Riggs speech as a guest speaker at the Sunshine Historical Society dated 14 August 1988|Newspaper Articl e remembering Australias second worst rail disaster 90 years after dated 13 May 1997|Photocopy of the List of the Dead and addresses for the Rail disaster 27 April 1908|Photocopy of Selection of Names for S Class Locomotives|Photocopy of Maroona to Ararat Station Details|Notes about railway guages in Australia|Photocopy of a Letter regarding Main Road St Albans Railway Station Crossing Dated 6 May 2001|Brochure St Albans to Sydenham Rail Electrification Project Bulletin 2 May 2001|Brochure St Albans to Sydenham Rail Electrification Project Bulletin 3 December 2001|Brochure St Albans to Sydenham Rail Electrification Project Bulletin 4 January 2002|Newspaper Article Star Plainly its Keilor showing photograph of Keilor Plains Dated 18 December 2001|Newspaper Article Brimbank Leader showing All aboard for Keilor Plains Dated 18 December 2001|Media release regarding St Albans to Sydenham dated 12 December 2001|Brochure Its Steam Day Tours 1984|May of Victorian Railway|Brochure of North Williamstown Railway Museum|Photocopy of Map from Footscray and Bacchus March Line 12 June 2003|Newspaper Article Brimbank Independent Residents angry over freight rail decision dated 3 February 1998|Newspaper Article Advocate Greater respect urged for dead and rescuers Dated 16 December 1998|Extract Railway intercommunication Between Werribee and Braybook Junction|Newspaper Article Star Mixed Blessings for the HV McKay building in Devonshire Road added to Victorian Heritage register dated 16 April 2002|Newspaper Article Star Sydenham rail its electifying dated 18 December 2001|Newspaper Article Herald Sun Rail Horror at Sunshine Dated 27 May 1999railways

The bluestone 'road over rail' bridge at Macedon Street is of state architectural, architectural, historical and engineering significance. It spans the first government regional railway. Its design and building was done according to strict English standards and made use of a bridge crossing instead of a level road crossing.A black and white photograph of a stone bridge with an eliptical arch spanning two rail tracks. A workman is standing between one set of tracks in the foreground and a railcart is next to the tracks. The station, footbridge and water tower are visible through the arch.road over rail bridge, bridges, sunbury railway station, water towers, pedestrian bridges, stone bridges, george evans collection

The photograph was taken after Coles Supermarket and Sunbury Shopping Square were constructed on the railway land on the east side of the line in 1989, but before the Safeway-Woolworths complex was built in 2000 on the west side of the railway line. The open land on the west side of the line was used by rail communters as a car park.A coloured photograph showing part of the T intersection at Cornish and Horne Streets. A large pine tree is growing at the corner immediately in front of a pedestrian crossing. The railway car park, metal water tower and Coles Supermarket are in the background. A boy is walking along the footpath.cornish street, horne street, water towers, coles supermarket, sunbury railway station, george evans collection

The train smash occurred in Sunbury between the Station Street level rail crossing and Sunbury Station on February 6th 1952 at around 10pm. The goods train was being pulled by the green locomotive, which was used to take the Jubilee train throughout Victoria in 1951, to acknowledge 125 of European settlement in Victoria, ran into the back of another stationary goods train on the rail line. The guard, A.C Read, in the stationary goods train was killed. P J Mcwhirter, the guard in the other train was injured. The tree lined street in the background is Horne Street.This smash was one of a number that have happened along the Sunbury rail line and in the vicinity of Sunbury Station over the years.A black and white photograph with a white border of a train smash which wrecked a steam engine and carriages. Workmen are on the tracks surveying the wreckage. A rail crossing is in the background.jubilee train, train crashes, station street, sunbury railway station, a c read, p j mcwhirter

The train crash pictured in the photograph occurred at Sunbury between the station and the Station Street level crossing on 6th February 1952 at around 10pm. The goods train, pulled by a green locomotive, ran into the back of another stationary goods train on the rail line. The guard, A.C Read, in the stationary goods train was killed. P. J. McWhirter, the guard in the other train was injured.Over the years there have been a number of train smashes in the vicinity of Sunbury Station. The rail service runs from the river town of Echuca and then on to Bendigo and Melbourne. Since its inception in 1861, a lot of rail traffic both passenger and freight has been transported along this rail line.A non-digital black and white photograph of a train accident involving a goods train with some of the carriages smashed and lying on their sides. A level crossing is a short distance from the crash and open land on either side of the rail tracks is in the distance. Nine men are working at the scene of the crash. The tree-lined street in the background is Horne Street.train smashes, goods freight, sunbury railway line, sunbury station