Hawksburn railway station

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Hawksburn
PTV commuter rail station
Hawksburn Railway Station.jpg
Southbound view in June 2014
LocationLuxton Road,
South Yarra, Victoria 3141
City of Stonnington
Australia
Coordinates37°50′41″S 145°00′08″E / 37.8448°S 145.0023°E / -37.8448; 145.0023Coordinates: 37°50′41″S 145°00′08″E / 37.8448°S 145.0023°E / -37.8448; 145.0023
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Frankston
Distance6.63 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeGround
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeHKN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened7 May 1879; 142 years ago (1879-05-07)[1][2][3]
Rebuilt1914[4][5][6][7][8]
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (1922)[9]
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
South Yarra
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Toorak
towards Frankston
     Pakenham line does not stop here
     Cranbourne line does not stop here
Track layout
Legend
to South Yarra
to Anzac
1
2
4
3
to Toorak

Hawksburn railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, and it opened on 7 May 1879.[10]

The station is named after the Hawksburn Estate, in which it was built.[11][12]

The current station buildings were completed in 1914, as part of the quadruplication and grade separation of the railway between South Yarra and Caulfield.[13][5]

Platforms and services[]

Hawksburn has two side platforms and one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[14]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platforms 3:

  • During regular timetabling, no services depart from this platform

Platform 4:

  • During regular timetabling, no services depart from this platform

Pakenham and Cranbourne line services ceased calling at the station on 31 January 2021.

Gallery[]

  • Eastbound view from Platform 1 in January 2021

References[]

  1. ^ Hawksburn Railway Station Precinct, Hermes No 108116, Place Citation Report, 26-Nov-2009, Heritage citation report – City of Stonnington
  2. ^ Hawksburn_Urban_Design_Final_Analysis_report_090215lr
  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. ^ a b Malvern railway station, Aug 24, 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)
  6. ^ "A Shocking Accident: Fatality at Hawksburn station". The Age. No. 12870. Victoria, Australia. 30 May 1896. p. 7. Retrieved 24 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "City of Prahran, Hawksburn Railway Station, showing Re-grading Works". Malvern Standard. Vol. 16, no. 12. Victoria, Australia. 21 March 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 24 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  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. ^ Hawksburn Vicsig
  11. ^ "Children's Aid Society, San Francisco". The Leader. 1 March 1879. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Hawksburn Estate". State Library Victoria. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  13. ^ More crumbling Melbourne railway stations, By Marcus Wong, September 13th, 2016, Waking up in Geelong, ...The first is Hawksburn. The current station building were completed in 1914, as part of the duplication and grade separation of the railway between South Yarra and Caulfield. The main station building is located on the central island platform, with smaller structures sheltering the entrances to platforms 1 and 4.
  14. ^ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.

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