Wattle Glen railway station
Wattleglen | |||||||||||
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Other names | Wattle Glen | ||||||||||
Location | Hurstbridge Road, Wattle Glen Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°39′50″S 145°10′54″E / 37.6640°S 145.1816°ECoordinates: 37°39′50″S 145°10′54″E / 37.6640°S 145.1816°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Trains | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Hurstbridge | ||||||||||
Distance | 35.06 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Bus routes | 343 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Parking | 60 | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 1 Hoop | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Station code | WTT | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 25 June 1912 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Balee | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2018-19 | 48,062 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Wattleglen railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Wattle Glen, and opened on 25 June 1912 as Balee. It was renamed Wattleglen on 14 August 1922.[1][2] In 2018/19, it was the least-patronised station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with approximately 48,000 passenger movements.[3]
Although the railway station signage and the operator's public time tables[4] have, and continue to render the name of the station as two words, sources, such as VicNames, and the operator's internal working time tables[citation needed], render the official spelling of the station as Wattleglen.[5] It is unclear why the Post Office and suburb were made two words when the Post Office was renamed from Diamond Creek Upper on 1 November 1922, particularly after the station was renamed (as one word) two and a half months earlier.
The former station building was destroyed by fire in 1979.[6]
Platforms & services[]
Wattle Glen has one platform. It is served by Hurstbridge line trains.[4]
Platform 1:
- Hurstbridge line all stations and limited stops services to Hurstbridge & Flinders Street
Transport Links[]
Panorama Coaches operates one route via Wattleglen station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 343: to Greensborough – Hurstbridge railway station[7]
References[]
- ^ Balee was changed to Wattleglen (one word) on 14 August 1922 as advised by Victorian Railways Weekly Notice No. 32 of 1922
- ^ Wattle Glen station profile on VICSIG
- ^ Mallis, Philip (13 November 2019). "Station patronage data 2005 - 2019". Victorian Department of Transport. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "VICNAMES - the Register of Geographic Names".
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1979. p. 174.
- ^ "343 Hurstbridge - Greensborough via Diamond Creek Station". Public Transport Victoria.
External links[]
- Victorian Railway Stations gallery
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
- Railway stations in Melbourne
- Railway stations in Australia opened in 1912