Glenferrie railway station explained

Glenferrie
Type:	PTV commuter rail station
Style:	Melbourne
Address:	Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122
Borough:	City of Boroondara
Country:	Australia
Distance:	8.12 kilometres from Southern Cross
Line:
Other:	Tram
Structure:	Elevated
Platform:	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks:	3
Bicycle:	Yes
Rebuilt:	8 December 1963
Electrified:	December 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Accessible:	No—steep ramp
Code:	GFE
Owned:	VicTrack
Operator:	Metro Trains
Zone:	Myki Zone 1
Status:	Operational, premium station
Former:	Glenferrie Road (1882)
Website:	Public Transport Victoria
Map State:	expanded

Glenferrie railway station is a commuter railway station on the Alamein, Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are all part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Hawthorn, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Glenferrie station is an elevated structure premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened in 3 April 1882. The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register,^{[1] [2]}

Initially opened as Glenferrie Road, the station was given its current name of Glenferrie on 1 September 1882, seven months after services began. Much of the station's current traffic serves the nearby Hawthorn campus of the Swinburne University of Technology.^[3]

History

Glenferrie station opened on 3 April 1882, when the railway line from Hawthorn was extended to Camberwell.^[2] The station is named after nearby Glenferrie Road, itself named after a property which was purchased by solicitor Peter Ferrie in 1840, who later named the property Glen Ferrie.^{[4] [5]}

In 1963, a third line was provided between Hawthorn and Camberwell.^[2] These works included a new up platform (Platform 1), with Platform 2 becoming a bi-directional platform.^[2]

On 26 February 1996, Glenferrie was upgraded to a premium station.^[6]

Platforms and services

Glenferrie has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein line services.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Platform 1:

• weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
• all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
• all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

• weekend all stations services to Lilydale
• weekend all stations services to Belgrave
• weekday peak hour all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street. Off-peak services operate express past this platform.
• weekday peak hour all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street. Off-peak services operate express past this platform.

Platform 3:

• weekday all stations and limited express services to Lilydale; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
• weekday all stations and limited express services to Belgrave; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
• weekday all stations services to Alamein

Transport links

Yarra Trams operates one route via Glenferrie station:

• : Melbourne University – Kew^[10]

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

Notes and References

1. 1671. 48.
2. Web site: Glenferrie . 18 February 2023 . vicsig.net.
3. Web site: Getting to the Hawthorn campus. Swinburne University of Technology. 3 January 2023.
4. Web site: Glenferrie. Victorian Places. 3 January 2023.
5. Web site: Jamie. First. The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs. Herald Sun. 7 January 2014. 18 February 2023.
6. October 1997. Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station. Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. 303–315.
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10. tram.