Camberwell railway station, Melbourne
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Location | Burke Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124 City of Boroondara Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°49′35″S 145°03′31″E / 37.8265°S 145.0587°ECoordinates: 37°49′35″S 145°03′31″E / 37.8265°S 145.0587°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Trains | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Lilydale Belgrave Alamein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 10.21 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 3 (1 island, 1 side) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus Tram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Operational, Premium Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | CAM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki Zone 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 3 April 1882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1919 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1500 V DC overhead (December 1922) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014-2015 | Not measured[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-2016 | 1.93 million[1] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016-2017 | 1.93 million[1] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Camberwell railway station is the junction station for the Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell, and it opened on 3 April 1882.[2]
History[]
Camberwell station was the terminus of the line for a few months in 1882, until the railway was extended to Lilydale. When the first section of the Outer Circle line opened in 1891, a new station was built at East Camberwell, to provide an interchange. However, the Outer Circle line quickly failed. By 1898, only the section from East Camberwell to Ashburton remained in operation (later extended to Alamein), and trains for Ashburton began to depart from Camberwell.
The line from Hawthorn to Camberwell was regraded in the late 1910s, to ease the steep gradient facing Down trains. Steam locomotives could not pull a fully laden train between the two stations, so peak-hour trains had to be split. The locomotive would bring one set of carriages to Camberwell, then return for the other set, causing significant delays. With the regrading, the tracks at Camberwell were sunk into a cutting and the existing station was demolished. The current Federation-style station buildings opened in 1919, when the works were completed.
Immediately east of the station, the Alamein line diverges south, with a flyover carrying the southbound line over the Lilydale and Belgrave lines. This flyover was provided in 1959, when the line was duplicated to Riversdale.[2] In 1963, a third line was provided between Hawthorn and Camberwell,[2] and in 1964, the third line was extended to East Camberwell.[2] The signal box at Camberwell was the first in Victoria to have push-button signalling installed. The new technology was commissioned in November 1964.[3] The platforms were renumbered to their current arrangement in 1974.[2]
Camberwell was upgraded to a Premium Station on 27 April 1996.[4] In 1997, four stabling sidings were built on the site of the former goods yard, to replace sidings that were removed at Jolimont Yard.[5] The stabling sidings had been first proposed by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (The Met) in the mid 1980s.[6]
Redevelopment controversy[]
In 2001, the Victorian State Government launched a new Metropolitan Planning Strategy, Melbourne 2030, which proposed intensification of development around public transport nodes, such as railway stations and tram routes, along with limits on such development in residential neighbourhoods. The precinct around Camberwell station was identified as one of a number of 'activity centres' earmarked for redevelopment.[7]
In March 2003, VicTrack announced plans to develop the airspace over the site, including the construction of a deck over the station platforms and adjacent marshalling yard, with 3–4 levels of car park, and 3–4 storeys of commercial space. The original plans, involving the station's demolition, led to protests from the local community. They received a significant amount of media attention, with actor Geoffrey Rush and comedian Barry Humphries publicly backing the campaign, and heading a protest march up Burke Road from Camberwell Junction to the station.[8] The comedian performed a poem about planners at the rally, and noted that the railway line was sometimes called 'The Orient Express'. To those supporting development of the station, the actions of the protesters were seen as an example of NIMBYism.
The Boroondara Residents Action Group worked with architects McGauran Giannini Soon to provide alternative ideas for developing the air-space over the station and yard that were more in-keeping with their view of community preferences, including a small public plaza and a new public library, with some small-scale shops.[9]
Although the station is historic, it is not protected by any of the state's heritage listings for any architectural or cultural reasons, and failed to gain that protection when nominated to the Victorian Heritage Register by local residents groups.[10]
In July 2009, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal approved a nine-storey development on the site, provided that 14 design modifications were made within 28 days.[11]
In October 2012, VicTrack announced that it had discontinued negotiations with the preferred developer, CSTP Pty Ltd.[12]
Platforms and services[]
Camberwell has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein line services.[13][14][15]
Platform 1:
- Belgrave line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
- Lilydale line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
- Alamein line weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations services to Alamein
Platform 2:
- Belgrave line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations and limited stop services to Belgrave
- Lilydale line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations and limited stop services to Lilydale
- Alamein line terminating services from Alamein
Platform 3:
- Belgrave line all stations and limited express services to Belgrave; weekday all stations and limited stop services to Blackburn
- Lilydale line all stations and limited express services to Lilydale; weekday all stations and limited stop services to Blackburn
- Alamein line all stations services to Alamein
Transport links[]
CDC Melbourne operates one route via Camberwell station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 612 : Box Hill station – Chadstone Shopping Centre[16]
Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Camberwell station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
Yarra Trams operates one route via Camberwell station:
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Camberwell Vicsig
- ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962–1983. p. 204. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ^ "New Yard at Camberwell Station". www.railpage.org.au. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1986. p. 188.
- ^ "Melbourne 2030 – Planning for sustainable growth, Department of Planning and Community Development Victoria Oct 2002". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ Rush, Humphries and Drost march to save Camberwell from the Station development" Marvellous Melbourne
- ^ "McGauran Giannini Soon Pty Ltd EXPERT URBAN DESIGN EVIDENCE Camberwell Station 2R Cookson Street, Camberwell, February 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ Heritage Council rejects Camberwell Station listing ABC News 11 November 2005
- ^ Cassie Maher (14 July 2009). "Camberwell rail rework suits tribunal". Progress Leader. progress-leader.whereilive.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ Chadwick, Vince, & Carey, Adam (4 October 2012). "After 10 years on tenterhooks, a sigh of relief for Camberwell group". The Age. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "Alamein Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "612 Box Hill - Chadstone via Surrey Hills & Camberwell & Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "285 Doncaster Park & Ride - Camberwell via North Balwyn". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "72 Melbourne University - Camberwell". Public Transport Victoria.
External links[]
Media related to Camberwell railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
- Birrell, B. and O'Connor, K. – 2030: a space fallacy – plans to end the urban sprawl will destroy the character of Melbourne, Opinion piece in The Age
- Dovey, K et al. (2005) What is Urban Character? The case of Camberwell, Proceedings, 2nd State of Australian Cities Conference, Brisbane: Griffith University
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
- Premium Melbourne railway stations
- Railway stations in Melbourne
- Railway stations in Australia opened in 1882