Gardiner railway station

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Gardiner
PTV commuter rail station
Gardiner railway station - Melbourne.jpg
Eastbound view from Platform 2 in January 2021
LocationBurke Road, Glen Iris, Victoria 3146
City of Stonnington
Australia
Coordinates37°51′12″S 145°03′06″E / 37.85329°S 145.05163°E / -37.85329; 145.05163Coordinates: 37°51′12″S 145°03′06″E / 37.85329°S 145.05163°E / -37.85329; 145.05163
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Glen Waverley
Distance10.61 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsTram
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking60
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeGAR
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened24 March 1890
ClosedSeptember 2015
Rebuilt18 January 2016
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Tooronga
towards Flinders Street
 Glen Waverley line Glen Iris
towards Glen Waverley
Track layout
Legend
to Tooronga
1
2
to Glen Iris

Gardiner railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Glen Iris, and it opened on 24 March 1890.[1]

The station was named after pastoralist John Gardiner, who settled near the junction of the Yarra River and Gardiners Creek (also named after him) in 1836.[2]

The line to Kooyong was duplicated in 1955,[1] with duplication to Glen Iris occurring in 1957.[3]

The station buildings were rebuilt in 1975,[4] and have since been demolished, as part of the grade separation project.

Manually controlled boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Burke Road level crossing, which was located at the Down end of the station, in 1986.[1]

In July 2015, a grade separation project, to replace the Burke Road road/tramway crossing, commenced. The station was demolished in September 2015, with a temporary station opening soon after. On 18 January 2016, the new below ground station opened.[5][6][7]

A signal box was located on Platform 2, at the Down end of the station, to control the road/tramway crossing. It was abolished on 2 January 2016,[8] during the grade separation works.

The station is among sixteen others that are the site of eleven storey high communication towers, aimed to improve identification of trains around the network, and emergency management.[9]

Platforms and services[]

Gardiner has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Glen Waverley line services.[10]

Platforms 1:

Platform 2:

Travel links[]

Yarra Trams operates one route via Gardiner station:

Gallery[]

  • View of former Platform 2 station building in April 2015

  • View of former station building on Platform 1 in April 2015

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Gardiner Vicsig
  2. ^ Victorian Places Gardiner
  3. ^ Glen Iris Vicsig
  4. ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962-1983. p. 106. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  5. ^ Burke Road, Glen Iris Level Crossing Removal Authority
  6. ^ Burke Road Level Crossing Removal Update issue 6 Level Crossing Removal Authority December 2015
  7. ^ Labor Government delivers new train station in Glen Iris Premier of Victoria 18 January 2016
  8. ^ Webb, Carolyn (16 December 2015). "End of the line for old railway signal box". The Age.
  9. ^ Lucas, Clay (31 March 2010). "Rail station towers enrage residents". The Age.
  10. ^ "Glen Waverley Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "72 Melbourne University - Camberwell". Public Transport Victoria.
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