Balaclava railway station, Melbourne

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Balaclava
PTV commuter rail station
Balaclava station .jpg
Southbound view, towards Sandringham, in October 2021
LocationCarlisle Street,
Balaclava, Victoria 3183
City of Port Phillip
Australia
Coordinates37°52′10″S 144°59′36″E / 37.8695°S 144.9934°E / -37.8695; 144.9934Coordinates: 37°52′10″S 144°59′36″E / 37.8695°S 144.9934°E / -37.8695; 144.9934
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance9.09 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsTram
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeBCV
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1859
Rebuilt10 October 2014
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Passengers
2008-20091.099 million[1]
2009-20101.151 million[1] Increase 4.73%
2010-20111.163 million[1] Increase 1.04%
2011-20121.046 million[1] Decrease 10.06%
2012-2013Not measured[1]
2013-20141.107 million[1] Decrease 5.83%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Windsor
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line Ripponlea
towards Sandringham
Track layout
Legend
to Windsor
1
2
to Ripponlea

Balaclava railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Balaclava, and it opened on 19 December 1859.[2]

It is an elevated station located above the Carlisle Street rail overpass.

On 3 December 1977, the station was damaged by fire,[2] and in 1981, the station buildings were reconstructed.[3]

In 1996, two men found $200,000 in a drum buried beneath one of the platforms.[4] They handed it into the police and the find was reported in the media. In the same week another man found a second drum under the platform, containing a similar quantity of money, which he also turned into the police. As no one claimed the money, both men were granted ownership of the money they found, despite being considered trespassers on land owned by the former Public Transport Corporation.[5]

In June 2012, a $13.3 million upgrade was announced. It involved widening the platforms, upgrades to stair and ramp access, signage, booking office facilities, waiting rooms, provision of new station canopies to improve weather protection, wheelchair shelters and toilets.[6] CCTV cameras were added, as well as provision for future lifts. The upgrade was completed in October 2014, with the station upgraded to a Premium Station.[7][8][9][10]

The station was due to receive an upgraded commuter car park, following a 2019 commitment by the federal government. However, this was scrapped in 2021.[11]

Platforms and services[]

Balaclava has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.[12]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[]

Yarra Trams operates two routes via Balaclava station:

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from [1] Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ a b Balclava Vicsig
  3. ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962 - 1983. p. 107. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  4. ^ "ABC Radio National - The Law Report Transcript". www.abc.net.au. 6 February 1996. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
  5. ^ "ABC Radio National - The Law Report Transcript". www.abc.net.au. 13 July 1996. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
  6. ^ A new look for Balaclava station St Kilda News 4 June 2012
  7. ^ Balaclava Station Upgrade Project Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
  8. ^ Balaclava Station Upgrade Archived 20 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
  9. ^ Premium experience coming soon to Balaclava station Premier of Victoria 24 September 2014
  10. ^ "Premium experience comes to refurbished Balaclava Station" Railway Digest November 2014 page 25
  11. ^ "Morrison government pulls $50m promised for station car parks". 17 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ^ "3-3a Melbourne University - East Malvern". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ "16 Melbourne University - Kew via St Kilda Beach". Public Transport Victoria.

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