Upper Ferntree Gully railway station
Upper Ferntree Gully | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view in April 2006 | |||||||||||
| Location | Burwood Highway, Upper Ferntree Gully | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°53′34″S 145°18′27″E / 37.89265°S 145.30751°ECoordinates: 37°53′34″S 145°18′27″E / 37.89265°S 145.30751°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Belgrave | ||||||||||
| Distance | 37.66 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 170 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||
| Station code | UFG | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 December 1889 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Upper Fern Tree Gully | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Upper Ferntree Gully railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully and opened on 4 December 1889.[1] It was upgraded to a premium station on 2 July 1996.[2]
Upper Ferntree Gully contains a signal panel, installed in 1964, that controls the single-track line between Ferntree Gully and Belgrave stations. The station also monitors, via closed circuit television, all stations from Heathmont to Belgrave, and answers emergency calls from those stations. A few services each day originate and terminate at Upper Ferntree Gully. The trains are stabled overnight in six of the seven sidings opposite the station.
History
Upper Ferntree Gully station opened on 4 December 1889. After December 1900 it became the break-of-gauge station between the broad gauge used through most of Victoria, and the narrow gauge Gembrook line (now the Puffing Billy Railway), one of the five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways. The narrow gauge line was closed in 1954, but the line as far as Belgrave was later rebuilt as a broad gauge electrified railway, which opened on 18 February 1962.[1]
On 4 August 1975 the name of the station was altered slightly to Upper Fern Tree Gully,[3] although in more recent times most references have reverted to the original name. Boom barriers were provided at Hilltop Road level crossing in 1985.[3]
Platforms & services
Upper Ferntree Gully has one island platform with two faces. The station is served by Metro Trains' Belgrave line trains.[4]
Platforms 1:
- Belgrave line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street and Ringwood
Platforms 2:
- Belgrave line: all stations and limited stops services to Belgrave
Transport links
Ventura Bus Lines operates three routes to and from Upper Ferntree Gully station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 688: to Croydon station[5]
- 693: to Belgrave station[6]
- 732: to Box Hill Central Shopping Centre[7]
References
- 1 2 "Upper Ferntree Gully". Vicsig. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- 1 2 VR History by Andrew Waugh
- ↑ Belgrave Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 688 Croydon - Upper Ferntree Gully timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 693 Oakleigh - Belgrave timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 732 Box Hill - Upper Ferntree Gully timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au