Glenferrie railway station

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Glenferrie
PTV commuter rail station
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Eastbound view from Platform 2 viewing station building on platform 1, November 2021
General information
Location Glenferrie Road,
Hawthorn, Victoria 3122
City of Boroondara
Australia
Coordinates 37°49′18″S145°02′12″E / 37.8216°S 145.0367°E / -37.8216; 145.0367
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s)
Distance8.12 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Connections Melbourne tram logo.svg Tram
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeGFE
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened3 April 1882;142 years ago (1882-04-03)
Rebuilt8 December 1963
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesGlenferrie Road (1882)
Passengers
2005–20061,933,463 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Hawthorn
towards Flinders Street
Lilydale line Auburn
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Auburn
towards Belgrave
Alamein line
Weekday peak only
 Auburn
towards Alamein
Track layout
Legend
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to Auburn

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. It opened on 3 April 1882 as Glenferrie Road and was renamed Glenferrie on 1 September of that year, with the current station refurbished provided in 1996. [4]

Contents

The station primarily serves the nearby Hawthorn campus of the Swinburne University of Technology, [5] and the stations structure is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. [6]

History

Glenferrie station opened on 3 April 1882, when the railway line from Hawthorn was extended to Camberwell. [4] 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. [4] These works included a new up platform (Platform 1), with Platform 2 becoming a bi-directional platform. [4]

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:

Platform 3:

Yarra Trams operates one route via Glenferrie station:

Notes

  1. ↑ weekday peaks only

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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
  3. 1 2 Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
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  5. ↑ "Getting to the Hawthorn campus". Swinburne University of Technology. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Glenferrie railway station complex, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1671, Heritage Overlay HO48". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
  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.

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