Gardiner railway station

Gardiner railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Glen Iris, and opened on 24 March 1890.[1]

Gardiner
View of former station building on platform 1 in April 2015
LocationBurke Road, Glen Iris
Australia
Coordinates37°51′12″S 145°03′06″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Glen Waverley
Distance10.61 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsTram
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking60
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusUnstaffed station
Station codeGAR
Fare zoneMyki zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened24 March 1890
ClosedSeptember 2015
Rebuilt18 January 2016
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Tooronga
Glen Waverley line
Glen Iris
towards Glen Waverley

The station buildings were rebuilt in 1975,[2] and have since been demolished, as part of the grade separation project.

In July 2015, a grade separation project, to replace the Burke Road road/tramway crossing, commenced. The station was demolished in September 2015, with a temporary station opening soon after. On 18 January 2016, the new below ground station opened.[3][4][5]

A signal box was located on Platform 2, at the Down end of the station, to control the road/tramway crossing. It was abolished on 2 January 2016,[6] during the grade separation works.

The station is among sixteen others that are the site of eleven storey high communication towers, aimed to improve identification of trains around the network, and emergency management.[7]

Platforms & services

Gardiner has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Glen Waverley line services.[8]

Platforms 1:

Platform 2:

Yarra Trams operates one route via Gardiner station:

  • View of former Platform 2 station building in April 2015

References
  1. Glen Iris Vicsig
  2. Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962-1983. p. 106. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  3. Burke Road, Glen Iris Level Crossing Removal Authority
  4. Burke Road Level Crossing Removal Update issue 6 Level Crossing Removal Authority December 2015
  5. Labor Government delivers new train station in Glen Iris Premier of Victoria 18 January 2016
  6. Webb, Carolyn (16 December 2015). "End of the line for old railway signal box". The Age.
  7. Lucas, Clay (31 March 2010). "Rail station towers enrage residents". The Age.
  8. "Glen Waverley Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. "72 Melbourne University - Camberwell". Public Transport Victoria.
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