Wattle Glen railway station

Wattle Glen
Looking north in August 2014
Other names Wattleglen
Location Hurstbridge Road, Wattle Glen
Australia
Coordinates 37°39′50″S 145°10′54″E / 37.6640°S 145.1816°E / -37.6640; 145.1816Coordinates: 37°39′50″S 145°10′54″E / 37.6640°S 145.1816°E / -37.6640; 145.1816
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Hurstbridge
Distance 35.06 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 1
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 53
Bicycle facilities No
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
Traffic
Passengers 55,000 (2011)
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Hurstbridge line
Terminus

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 2011/12, it was the least used station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 55,000 passenger movements.[3]

Although the railway station signage and the operator's public timetables[4] have, and continue to give the name of the station as two words, sources, such as VicNames, and the operator's internal working time tables, give the official spelling of the station as Wattleglen.[5] It is unclear why the suburb was made two words, after the Post Office was renamed from Diamond Creek Upper on 1 November 1922, and 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

Wattleglen has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services.[7]

Platform 1:

Panorama Coaches operates one route via Wattleglen station:

References

  1. ↑ Balee was changed to Wattleglen (one word) on 14 August 1922 as advised by Victorian Railways Weekly Notice No. 32 of 1922
  2. ↑ Wattle Glen station profile on VICSIG
  3. ↑ Station Patronage Research Public Transport Victoria
  4. ↑ Hurstbridge Line Public Transport Victoria
  5. ↑ http://maps.land.vic.gov.au/lassi/VicnamesUI.jsp
  6. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1979. p. 174.
  7. ↑ Hurstbridge Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
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