Gardenvale railway station

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Gardenvale
PTV commuter rail station
Gardenvale Southbound View.jpg
Southbound view from Platform 2 in December 2022
General information
LocationMartin Street,
Brighton, Victoria 3186
City of Bayside
Australia
Coordinates 37°53′48″S145°00′15″E / 37.8967°S 145.0041°E / -37.8967; 145.0041
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Sandringham
Distance12.35 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeGVE
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened10 December 1906;116 years ago (1906-12-10)
ElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2018 numbers
2005–2006365,041 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Elsternwick
towards Flinders Street
Sandringham line North Brighton
towards Sandringham
Track layout
Legend
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to Elsternwick
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2
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to North Brighton

Gardenvale railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Brighton, and it opened on 10 December 1906. [4]

Contents

The station has two side platforms, and is located in an unusual elevated position, located between the Nepean Highway and Martin Street, with access to the station from both.

History

Gardenvale station opened on 10 December 1906, with the whole cost of providing the station met by local residents of the district. [5] The origins of the name of the station, and the suburb itself, are uncertain, although it may have been inspired by nearby market gardens throughout the undulating countryside. [6] [7]

In 1928, the rail bridge over Martin Street, which restored a link between both sections of the street, was constructed, with most of the cost being met by the Brighton and Caulfield councils, and local businesses. [5]

In 1972, the current girder bridge over the Nepean Highway was provided. [8] [9] During the widening of the Nepean Highway in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as the previous rail embankment was removed, the former trestle bridge crossing Elster Creek was uncovered. [10]

There is a large weatherboard building on Platform 1, with a smaller weatherboard building on Platform 2. On 7 December 2009, the building on Platform 1 was severely damaged by fire, which investigators described as suspicious. [11] In January 2011, restoration of the building began, [12] with reconstruction work being completed by the middle of that year.

Platforms and services

Gardenvale has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services. [13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates three bus routes via Gardenvale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Gardenvale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
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  5. 1 2 "Gardenvale Subway: Turning the First Sod". The Argus . 19 December 1927. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
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  10. ↑ "Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1980. p. 161.
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  14. ↑ "605 Gardenvale - City (Queen St)". Public Transport Victoria . Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "626 Middle Brighton - Chadstone via McKinnon & Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "630 Elwood - Monash University via Gardenvale & Ormond & Huntingdale". Public Transport Victoria.
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