Sunshine railway station, Melbourne
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Sunshine is a railway station (station code 'SUN') in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It serves the Sydenham suburban line and the Melton greater metropolitan line and is located in the suburb of Sunshine, and is 13.5 km by rail from Flinders Street Station in the city centre.
On the night of April 20 1908, 44 people were killed and over 400 injured when a Melbourne-bound train from Bendigo collided with the rear of a mail train from Ballarat, which was just leaving the station. Around 1,100 people were aboard the two trains. Almost all of the casualties were from the Ballarat train, as the Bendigo train was cushioned by its two AA class locomotives. A temporary mortuary was set up at Spencer Street Station (Melbourne's regional terminus), and flags at the station flew at half-mast. The disaster was the worst train crash in Victorian railway history.
| Sydenham line |
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| Tottenham → Sunshine → Albion (Originally White City, now closed)
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| Melton greater-metropolitan line |
| Tottenham → Sunshine → Ardeer (Originally White City, now closed)
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| Entire network |