Wattle Glen railway station

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]

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
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 Diamond Creek towards Flinders Street Hurstbridge line Hurstbridge Terminus

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]