Ripponlea railway station

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Ripponlea
PTV commuter rail station
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Heritage station building on Platform 2,
December 2017
General information
LocationGlen Eira Road,
Ripponlea, Victoria 3185
City of Port Phillip
Australia
Coordinates 37°52′33″S144°59′42″E / 37.8759°S 144.9951°E / -37.8759; 144.9951
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Sandringham
Distance9.83 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
  • Melbourne tram logo.svg Tram
Construction
Structure typeGround
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeRIP
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 May 1912;112 years ago (1912-05-01)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (May 1919)
Passengers
2005–2006544,171 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Balaclava Sandringham line Elsternwick
towards Sandringham
Track layout
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2
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Glen Eira Road
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Ripponlea railway station is a commuter railway station on the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Ripponlea, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Ripponlea station is a ground level host station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 May 1912. [4]

Contents

The station is located at the up (northern) end of the Glen Eira Road level crossing, with station access from Glen Eira Road, Oak Grove and Morres Street.

History

Ripponlea station opened on 1 May 1912, like the suburb itself, it was named after the Rippon Lea Estate , which was formed by Frederick Thomas Sargood, businessman and a member of Parliament for the Victorian Legislative Council between 1874–1880 and 1882–1901, and a senator for Victoria between 1901 and 1903. [5] [6]

In 1960, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Glen Eira Road level crossing, [7] with the signal box protecting the level crossing also abolished during that time. [4]

Platforms and services

Ripponlea has two side platforms. Platform 1 has a large weatherboard building, with a smaller weatherboard building on Platform 2. There is a footbridge immediately south of the station buildings, which connects the two platforms, and allows pedestrians to cross the railway tracks.

It is served by Sandringham line trains. [8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates one bus route via Ripponlea station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Yarra Trams operates one route via Ripponlea station:

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