Kooyong railway station

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Kooyong
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Westbound view from Platform 1, January 2021
General information
Location Glenferrie Road,
Kooyong, Victoria 3144
City of Stonnington
Australia
Coordinates 37°50′24″S145°02′00″E / 37.83990°S 145.03337°E / -37.83990; 145.03337
System PTV commuter rail station
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line Glen Waverley
Distance8.29 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Melbourne tram logo.svg Tram
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking75
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeKYG
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened24 March 1890;135 years ago (1890-03-24)
Rebuilt20 November 1955
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006349,249 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Heyington Glen Waverley line Tooronga
towards Glen Waverley
Track layout
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Glenferrie Road
1
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2
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Location
Kooyong railway station

Kooyong railway station is a commuter railway station on the Glen Waverley line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Kooyong, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Kooyong station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 24 March 1890, with the current station provided in 1955. [4]

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History

Kooyong station opened on 24 March 1890, when the railway line from Burnley was extended to Eastmalvern. [4] The station was originally named North Malvern, but was renamed soon after opening, amid fears regarding the name's similarity to North Melbourne. [5] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after an Indigenous word meaning either 'camp', 'resting place' or 'haunt of the wild fowl'. [6] [7]

In 1955, the line between Kooyong and Gardiner was duplicated, [4] with duplication to Heyington occurring in 1957. [4]

A signal box is located at the up end of Platform 2, to control the Glenferrie Road tramway crossing. In 1985, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at this crossing. [8]

Platforms and services

Kooyong has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Glen Waverley line services. [9]

Kooyong platform arrangement
PlatformLineDestinationViaService Type
1  Glen Waverley line   Flinders Street All stations and limited express services
2  Glen Waverley line   Glen Waverley All stations

Yarra Trams operates one route via Kooyong station:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  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. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Kooyong". vicsig.net. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. "The Argus". The Argus (Melbourne) . Victoria, Australia. 20 March 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 11 September 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Kooyong". Victorian Places. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  7. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  8. John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  9. "Glen Waverley Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "16 Melbourne University - Kew via St Kilda Beach". Public Transport Victoria.