Nunawading railway station

Nunawading
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 1, May 2014
General information
Location	Springvale Road, Nunawading, Victoria 3131 City of Whitehorse Australia
Coordinates	37°49′13″S145°10′38″E / 37.8204°S 145.1771°E / -37.8204; 145.1771
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave
Distance	20.80 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Depth	8 metres
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	NWG
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	4 June 1888;135 years ago (1888-06-04)
Closed	18 December 2009
Rebuilt	11 January 2010
Electrified	January 1923 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Tunstall (1888–1945)
Passengers
2005–2006	788,028 [1]

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Blackburn towards Flinders Street		Lilydale line		Mitcham towards Lilydale
		Belgrave line		Mitcham towards Belgrave

Track layout
Legend to Blackburn 1 2 to Mitcham

Nunawading railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Nunawading and opened on 4 June 1888 as Tunstall. It was renamed Nunawading on 1 November 1945. ^[4]

History

Nunawading station opened almost six years after the railway line from Camberwell was extended to Lilydale. ^[4] Like the suburb itself, the name of the station is from an Indigenous word, numphawading, meaning ceremonial ground or battlefield. ^[5] The settlement immediately adjacent to the station was originally named after Tunstall, England, famous for its potteries. ^[5]

In 1956, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Springvale Road level crossing, which was located at the up end of the station. ^[6]

In 1979, the station was one of three used as trial sites for new bike lockers under the Melbourne Bicycle Strategy, available either for occasional, monthly, or quarterly hire. ^[7]

On 18 December 2009, the original ground-level station closed as part of a grade separation project to replace the Springvale Road level crossing. A new station, in a cutting west of Springvale Road, opened on 11 January 2010. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Platforms and services

Nunawading is served by Lilydale and Belgrave line trains ^{[12] [13]} and consists of an island platform with two faces located on the western side of Springvale Road, with concourses on both sides of the road.

The main concourse, on the western side, comprises a customer service counter, an enclosed waiting room, toilets and a café. The concourse on the eastern side is linked to the platforms via an underpass beneath Springvale Road. Both concourses have stairs and lifts that provide access to the platforms. Both concourses of the station have access to the Ringwood – Box Hill bike path. On the platforms, there are metal benches, vending machines, and passenger information displays. The station car park is on the corner of Laughlin Avenue and Springvale Road.

Platform 1:

•   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 services to Lilydale
•   Belgrave line   all stations services to Belgrave

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates two bus routes via Nunawading station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  273 : to The Pines Shopping Centre ^[14]
• SmartBus  902 : Chelsea station – Westfield Airport West ^[15]

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Nunawading station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  735 : to Box Hill station ^[16]

Gallery

• 
  Former ground-level Platform 2 building prior to demolition, September 2005
• 
  Station front and entrance, May 2014

References

1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
4. "Nunawading". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
5. "Nunawading". Victorian Places. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
6. Sinnatt, John (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
7. Network, Railways of Australia, September 1979, Vol.16 No.7 p.28
8. Metlink: Closure of Nunawading Station from 8pm on Friday 18 December
9. Lucas, Clay (16 September 2008). "Notorious crossing to be removed". The Age. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
10. "Springvale Road Rail Project". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
11. "Springvale road and rail grade separation". Arup. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
12. "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
13. "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
14. "273 The Pines SC – Nunawading Station". Public Transport Victoria . Retrieved 23 April 2023.
15. "902 Chelsea Railway Station – Airport West Shopping Centre (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
16. "735 Box Hill to Nunawading". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

• Media related to Nunawading railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au