Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne

Track layout
	Legend

Hawthorn
Hawthorn
PTV commuter rail station
	Westbound view from Burwood Road entrance showing Platforms 1, 2 and 3, June 2024
General information
Location	Evansdale Road,; Hawthorn, Victoria 3122; City of Boroondara ; Australia
Coordinates	37°49′19″S145°01′22″E / 37.8219°S 145.0229°E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave ; Alamein ;
Distance	6.89 kilometres from; Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus; Tram;
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	15
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	HAW
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	13 April 1861;163 years ago
Electrified	December 1922; (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	458,506

Last updated August 05, 2024

Preceding station		Following station
Burnley towards Flinders Street	Lilydale line	Glenferrie towards Lilydale
	Belgrave line	Glenferrie towards Belgrave
	Alamein line Weekday peak only	Glenferrie towards Alamein

Former services

Junction		Kew branch		Barker
	List of closed railway stations in Melbourne

Hawthorn railway station is a commuter railway station on the Alamein, Belgrave and Lilydale lines, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn in Victoria, Australia. Hawthorn is a ground level unstaffed 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 on 13 April 1861.^[5]

History

Hawthorn station opened when the railway line from Pic-nic was extended across the Yarra River.^[5] When it opened, Hawthorn was a terminus, with a single platform, the current Platform 1. In 1882, after the line was extended to Camberwell, an additional platform was constructed.^[5] In 1890, an island platform was provided to accommodate the newly opened branch line to Kew, using a canopy from the original Flinders Street station.

In 1963, a third track was provided between Hawthorn and Camberwell,^[5] which was extended across the Yarra River to Burnley in 1972.^[5] The third track allows bi-directional running on the middle track for express services during peak hour. A signal box at the station was abolished in that same year.^[5]

In 1973, bulk briquette handling facilities were abolished at the station and,^[6] by 1977, the goods yard was closed altogether,^[5] with the siding and connection to the yard abolished in 1978.^[5]

By the mid 1980s, the station had not been maintained for many years and was in a dilapidated state. In 1984, the Victorian State Government, with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (The Met), approved a $300,000 face-lift of the station, which included repainting, the re-panelling of the waiting room, the re-cladding of the canopies and landscaping.^[7] The refurbishment was completed by May 1986.^[8]

Platforms and services

Hawthorn has one island platform and one side platform. It is served by Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein line trains.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Platform 1:

Alamein line weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Lilydale line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Belgrave line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

Lilydale line all stations and limited express services to Lilydale
Belgrave line all stations and limited express services to Belgrave

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

Dysons operates one bus route via Hawthorn station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

609 : to Fairfield ^[12]

Yarra Trams operates one route via Hawthorn station:

: Vermont South – Central Pier (Docklands)^[13]

Gallery

Eastbound view from Platform 2, November 2012
Westbound view from Platform 1, January 2021
Ramp from Burwood Road to island platform, February 2022
View of the heritage station canopy over Platforms 2 and 3, February 2022

Notes

↑ weekday peaks only

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References

1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
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
1 2 Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
↑ "Hawthorn Railway Station complex, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1566, Heritage Overlay HO42". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Hawthorn". vicsig.net. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
↑ "Way & Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1974. p. 89.
↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1984. p. 282.
↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1986. p. 188.
↑ "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
↑ "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
↑ "Alamein Line". Public Transport Victoria.
↑ "609 Hawthorn to Fairfield via Kew". Public Transport Victoria.
↑ "75 Etihad Stadium Docklands - Vermont South". Public Transport Victoria.

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[patronage2008-2021-3] 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

[patronage2021-2022-4] 1 2 Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic

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