Gardenvale railway station

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Gardenvale
PTV commuter rail station
Station gardenvale 1.jpg
Southbound view from Platform 1 in November 2007
LocationMartin Street,
Brighton, Victoria 3186
City of Bayside
Australia
Coordinates37°53′48″S 145°00′15″E / 37.8967°S 145.0041°E / -37.8967; 145.0041Coordinates: 37°53′48″S 145°00′15″E / 37.8967°S 145.0041°E / -37.8967; 145.0041
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance12.35 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeGVE
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened10 December 1906; 115 years ago (1906-12-10)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (May 1919)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Elsternwick
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line North Brighton
towards Sandringham
Track layout
Legend
to Elsternwick
1
2
to North Brighton

Gardenvale railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Brighton, and it opened on 10 December 1906.[1]

The whole cost of providing the station was met by local residents of the district.[2]

The station has two side platforms, and is located in an unusual elevated position, located between the Nepean Highway and Martin Street, with access to the station from both. The rail bridge over Martin Street, which restored a link between both sections of the street, was constructed in 1928, with most of the cost being met by the Brighton and Caulfield councils, and local businesses.[2]

During the widening of the Nepean Highway in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as the previous rail embankment was removed, the former trestle bridge crossing Elster Creek was uncovered.[3]

There is a large weatherboard building on Platform 1, with a smaller weatherboard building on Platform 2. On 7 December 2009, the building on Platform 1 was severely damaged by fire, which investigators described as suspicious.[4] Restoration of the building began in January 2011,[5] with reconstruction work being completed by the middle of that year.

Platforms and services[]

Gardenvale has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.[6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[]

CDC Melbourne operates three routes via Gardenvale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Gardenvale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References[]

  1. ^ Gardenvale Vicsig
  2. ^ a b "Gardenvale Subway: Turning the First Sod". The Argus. 19 December 1927. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1980. p. 161.
  4. ^ Hunter, Thomas (7 December 2009). "Train line reopens after Gardenvale station fire". The Age. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 2011. p. 89.
  6. ^ "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. ^ "605 Gardenvale - Flagstaff Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ "626 Middle Brighton - Chadstone via McKinnon & Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. ^ "630 Elwood - Monash University via Gardenvale & Ormond & Huntingdale". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ "604 Gardenvale - Alfred Hospital via Toorak Station". Public Transport Victoria.

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