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Glenferrie railway station is a commuter railway station on the Alamein, Belgrave and Lilydale lines, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn in Victoria, Australia. Glenferrie is an elevated premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register,[4] and was opened 3 April 1882.[5]

Initially opened as Glenferrie Road, the station was given its current name of Glenferrie on 1 September 1882, seven months after services began. Much of the stations current traffic serves the nearby Hawthorn campus of the Swinburne University of Technology.[6]

History

Glenferrie station opened on 3 April 1882, when the railway line from Hawthorn was extended to Camberwell.[5] The station is named after nearby Glenferrie Road, itself named after a property which was purchased by solicitor Peter Ferrie in 1840, who later named the property Glen Ferrie.[7][8]

In 1963, a third line was provided between Hawthorn and Camberwell.[5] These works included a new up platform (Platform 1), with Platform 2 becoming a bi-directional platform.[5]

On 26 February 1996, Glenferrie was upgraded to a premium station.[9]

Platforms and services

Glenferrie has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein line services.[10][11][12]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  •  Lilydale line  weekend all stations services to Lilydale
  •  Belgrave line  weekend all stations services to Belgrave
  •  Lilydale line  weekday peak hour all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street. Off-peak services operate express past this platform.
  •  Belgrave line  weekday peak hour all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street. Off-peak services operate express past this platform.

Platform 3:

  •  Lilydale line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Lilydale; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
  •  Belgrave line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Belgrave; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
  •  Alamein line  weekday all stations services to Alamein

Transport links

Yarra Trams operates one route via Glenferrie station:

Gallery

  • Eastbound view of Platform 2, June 2004
    Eastbound view of Platform 2, June 2004

Notes

  1. ^ weekday peaks only

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ "Glenferrie railway station complex, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1671, Heritage Overlay HO48". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
  5. ^ a b c d "Glenferrie". vicsig.net. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Getting to the Hawthorn campus". Swinburne University of Technology. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Glenferrie". Victorian Places. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  8. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
  10. ^ "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "Alamein Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ^ "16 Melbourne University - Kew via St Kilda Beach". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

Media related to Glenferrie railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons

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