South Yarra railway station

South Yarra
Station front in May 2011
Location Toorak Road, South Yarra
Australia
Coordinates 37°50′20″S 144°59′32″E / 37.8389°S 144.9922°E / -37.8389; 144.9922Coordinates: 37°50′20″S 144°59′32″E / 37.8389°S 144.9922°E / -37.8389; 144.9922
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Pakenham
Cranbourne
Frankston
Sandringham
Distance 5.41 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 6 (2 side, 2 island)
Tracks 6
Connections Tram
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code SYR
Fare zone Myki zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 22 December 1860
Electrified Yes
Previous names Gardiners Creek Road
Traffic
Passengers (2008-2009) 2.705 million[1]
Passengers (2009-2010) 2.518 million[1] Decrease 6.91%
Passengers (2010-2011) 2.638 million[1] Increase 4.77%
Passengers (2011-2012) 2.399 million[1] Decrease 9.06%
Passengers (2012-2013) Not measured[1]
Passengers (2013-2014) 3.939 million[1] Increase 64.17%
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Pakenham line
towards Pakenham
Cranbourne line
towards Cranbourne
Frankston line
towards Frankston
Sandringham line
towards Sandringham

South Yarra railway station is located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, on the Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston and Sandringham lines, in Victoria, Australia. V/Line's Bairnsdale rail service (the Gippsland line) passes non-stop through the station.

The station is a premium station, and, according to Public Transport Victoria data, was the 11th busiest train station on the Melbourne metropolitan network, with 49,000 entries each week in 2011/12.[2]

South Yarra station is set for a $12 million makeover in 2019. The entrance to the train station on Toorak Road is to be widened and the layout changed to make the station larger.[3]

History

The station was opened on 22 December 1860, by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company, as Gardiners Creek Road. Initially, the station served the Brighton line, on what was called the "Prahran Branch". The station was renamed South Yarra on 1 January 1867.[4] The private railway company, then known as the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878, becoming part of Victorian Railways.

Cooper (1924) advises that when the South Yarra to Oakleigh line was first laid, a set of points connected the line to the existing Brighton line. In practice, it was found that a high embankment obscured vision from approaching trains on both lines. To avert a disaster, it was decided that the Oakleigh line should have its own tracks into Melbourne, and soon after, a second bridge, spanning the Yarra River, was built to facilitate this. (p. 307). The construction of the South Yarra to Oakleigh line hastened the demise of the Outer Circle railway line.

The former emergency crossovers, on the Up and Down Sandringham lines, were abolished in August 1986.[5]

The station was upgraded to Premium station status in 1996.[6]

Platforms & services

South Yarra has six platforms. It is serviced by Pakenham,[7] Cranbourne,[8] Frankston,[9] and Sandringham [10] Metro Trains' services.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Platform 4:

Platform 5:

Platform 6:

Yarra Trams operates one route that passes South Yarra station:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. )
  2. ↑ PTV releases research showing how we use our train network, 18 June 2013, Public Transport Victoria
  3. ↑ South Yarra station set for a $12 million makeover
  4. ↑ South Yarra Vicsig
  5. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1987. p. 91.
  6. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  7. ↑ Pakenham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  8. ↑ Cranbourne Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  9. ↑ Frankston Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  10. ↑ Sandringham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  11. ↑ Route 58 timetable Public Transport Victoria
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