Red Hill railway line

The Red Hill railway line in Melbourne, Australia, was a rural railway branching off from the Stony Point railway line at Bittern. The line had a fairly short life, opening on 2 December 1921 and closing on 1 July 1953.^[1]

Red Hill
Overview
Status	Dismantled line - Private property, Red Hill Rail Trail
Owner	Victorian Railways (VR) (1921–1956)
Locale	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Termini	Bittern Red Hill
Continues from	Stony Point line
Connecting lines	Stony Point line
Stations	1 current station 3 former stations
Service
Type	Former Melbourne suburban service
Operator(s)	Victorian Railways (VR) (1921–1956)
History
Opened	2 December 1921 (1921-12-02)
Last train	25 February 1956 (1956-02-25)
Closed	1 July 1953 (1953-07-01)
Technical
Line length	16.135 km (10.026 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Maximum incline	1 in 30 (3.33%)
Route map Legend km Stony Point line to Frankston 67.4 Bittern Stony Point line to Stony Point Tulum Creek 73.1 Balnarring (demolished) Merricks Creek 77.7 Merricks (demolished) Coolart Creek 83.3 Red Hill (demolished)

Current status

The line was dismantled some time after it was closed, and most of the line from Bittern to Merricks is now on private property, while the right-of-way from Merricks to Red Hill remains, having been converted to a shared use rail trail.

Station histories

Station	Opened[1]	Closed[1]	Age
Bittern	17 December 1889 || || data-sort-value=49,539 | 135 years
Balnarring	2 December 1921 || 1 July 1953 || data-sort-value=11,534 | 31 years
Merricks	2 December 1921 || 1 July 1953 || data-sort-value=11,534 | 31 years
Red Hill	2 December 1921 || 1 July 1953 || data-sort-value=11,534 | 31 years