Hawksburn railway station

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Hawksburn
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Hawksburn Railway Station (November 2023).jpg
South-east view of the station platform, entrance and building, November 2023
General information
LocationLuxton Road,
South Yarra, Victoria 3141
City of Stonnington
Australia
Coordinates 37°50′41″S145°00′08″E / 37.8448°S 145.0023°E / -37.8448; 145.0023
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Frankston
Distance6.63 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeHKN
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened7 May 1879;145 years ago (1879-05-07) [1] [2] [3]
Rebuilt1914 [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
ElectrifiedMarch 1922
(1500 V DC overhead) [9]
Passengers
2017–2018555,477 [10]
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South Yarra
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Frankston line Toorak
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Hawksburn railway station is a commuter railway station on the Frankston line, serving the south Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. [12] Hawksburn is an unstaffed status below ground structure station featuring four platforms, with an island platform and two side platforms all accessed by a pedestrian bridge. [13] The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, and was opened on 7 May 1879, with the stations’ namesake being the locality of Hawksburn, 600 metres from the station. The station is only partially accessible due to multiple steep access ramps. [14]

Contents

There are two principal station buildings, one of which is located on the stations central island platform (platforms 2 and 3) consisting of a small two story brick building, whilst the other is a one story brick structure situated on platform 4. [15] These buildings were provided for the station in 1914, as ticketing and staff offices. [14] Hawksburn is only served by the Frankston line, part of the Melbourne railway network, although Cranbourne and Pakenham lines do run through the station these services are express and do not stop. Hawksburn doesn’t have any transport connections unlike the majority of Melbourne train stations. The journey to Flinders Street railway station is approximately 5.3 kilometres (3.29 mi) and takes 9 minutes. [16]

Description

Hawksburn railway station is located in the suburb of South Yarra, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. [12] The station is located nearby to the Hawksburn shopping precinct and the Prahran Housing Commission Estate. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and the station is operated by Metro Trains. [14] The station is approximately 5.3 kilometres (3.29 mi), or an 9-minute train journey, from Flinders Street station. [16] The adjacent stations are South Yarra station up towards Melbourne, and Toorak station down towards Frankston. [12]

The station consists of a single island platform and two side platforms with a total of four platform edges. Standard in Melbourne, the platform has an asphalt surface with concrete on the edges. [17] The platforms are approximately 160 metres (524 ft 11 in) long, enough for a Metro Trains 7 car HCMT. The station features a pedestrian bridge, accessed from the centre of the platforms by a ramp. The station features two principal station buildings, both former ticketing offices which are now heritage listed staff facilities. [13] Distinct Edwardian architectural features of the red brick station buildings include ornate parapets, cement banding, tall chimneys with terracotta pots, tiled hip roof with terracotta finials, and stucco walls. [15]

The station building, platform, and overpass are largely the same as when originally built, with the main change being updated signage, technology, and the addition of one new platform canopy amongst other minor building and platform upgrades. [18] There is no car parking available at the station. The station is listed as an "assisted access" station on the Metro Trains website, as the access ramp is too steep and would require assistance for wheelchair customers to traverse. [14]

History

A map of the Hawksburn Estate building sites from 1886. Hawksburn Estate map.jpg
A map of the Hawksburn Estate building sites from 1886.

Hawksburn railway station was opened on 7 May 1879 with the station consisting of a single platform and track for commuter and freight service. Like the locality itself, the station was named after Hawksburn Estate, where the station is located. [20] [21] The first station buildings were opened on the site between 1881 and 1883 to coincide with the duplication of track between the city and Oakleigh. [22] The current station was constructed in 1914 to provide improved and additional facilities to what had become an increasingly busy and important location on the train network. [22] [23] The station rebuild was part of level crossing removal works that removed all level crossings, rebuilt all stations, and quadruplicated the corridor between South Yarra and Caulfield by 1914. [5] Later in 1922, the line was electrified using 1500 V DC overhead wires with three position signalling also introduced. [24]

The station has mostly stayed the same since 1914, with only minor upgrades taking place. In 1972, the island platform (Platforms 2 and 3) was extended at both ends. [25] In 1993, major re-signalling works occurred between Toorak and Caulfield stations. The station underwent minor upgrades with the installation of one new shelter on Platform 1 in the 2010s. In 2021, resignalling works occurred to upgrade the corridor to high capacity signalling as part of the Metro Tunnel project. [26]

Platforms and services

A Comeng train operating a service to Flinders Street Station arriving on Platform 1 at Hawksburn Station. Comeng train operating a service to Flinders Street Station arriving at Platform 1 at Hawksburn Station, South Yarra (53187079413).jpg
A Comeng train operating a service to Flinders Street Station arriving on Platform 1 at Hawksburn Station.

Hawksburn has two side platforms and one island platform with four faces. The station is currently served by the Frankston line—a service on the metropolitan rail network. [27] The Frankston line runs from Frankston station south east of Melbourne, joining the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines at Caulfield station before continuing onto the Werribee or Williamstown lines via Flinders Street station. [27] Despite the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines operating through the station, these services no longer stop at the station due to low station patronage, instead running express through the station. [28]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Platform 4:

Rare amongst Melbourne train stations, Hawksburn station has no other transport connections. There are other transport connections on Malvern and Toorak roads, however, these are over 200 metres (656 ft) away from the station. [12] Hawksburn station does however have train replacement bus stops located adjacent to the station.

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References

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  3. ↑ Picture:Prahran: Copy of a published photo of the approach to Hawksburn Railway Station, showing regrading work on the line. Workmen stand by the line., PictureVictoria
  4. ↑ "THE CAULFIELD RAILWAY. Progress of duplication work at Hawksburn station". The Age . No. 18, 302. Victoria, Australia. 14 November 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 24 September 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  5. 1 2 Malvern railway station, 24 August 1999, Victorian Heritage Database, ...The present station, designed in 1912–13 by James W Hardy, the chief architect for the Department of Way and Works...Malvern Station is one of a group of stations designed by Hardy prior to and during the First World War....Why is it significant?...The other examples which are almost identical in design are at Armadale, Camberwell, Hawksburn, Malvern and Toorak...Hardy was also responsible for the railway stations at Caulfield, Armadale, Toorak and Hawksburn, the group of stations between South Yarra and Caulfield, as well as Camberwell Station . (Full VHD Report PDF)
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  8. ↑ "Hawksburn Railway Accident". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 18, 812. Victoria, Australia. 1 November 1906. p. 9. Retrieved 24 September 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ FAQ:How old is the Malvern Railway Station?, Malvern Historical Society (Stonnington), ...The first (steam) trains from South Yarra to Caulfield ran through Hawksburn, Toorak, Armadale and Malvern stations in 1879...in 1910, the railway cutting was excavated between Hawksburn and Malvern,...The railway line was electrified in 1922...
  10. 1 2 3 4 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
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  28. ↑ "New timetable train line information – Public Transport Victoria". 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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