Gardiner railway station
Gardiner | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 View of former station building on platform 1 in April 2015 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Burke Road, Glen Iris Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°51′12″S 145°03′06″E / 37.85329°S 145.05163°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Glen Waverley | ||||||||||
| Distance | 10.61 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Tram | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Below ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 60 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||
| Station code | GAR | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 24 March 1890 | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 2015 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 18 January 2016 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
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]
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:
- Glen Waverley line: services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Glen Waverley line: services to Glen Waverley
Travel links
Yarra Trams operates one route via Gardiner station:
Gallery
-
View of former Platform 2 station building in April 2015
References
- ^ Glen Iris Vicsig
- ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962-1983. p. 106. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
- ^ Burke Road, Glen Iris Level Crossing Removal Authority
- ^ Burke Road Level Crossing Removal Update issue 6 Level Crossing Removal Authority December 2015
- ^ Labor Government delivers new train station in Glen Iris Premier of Victoria 18 January 2016
- ^ Webb, Carolyn (16 December 2015). "End of the line for old railway signal box". The Age.
- ^ Lucas, Clay (31 March 2010). "Rail station towers enrage residents". The Age.
- ^ Glen Waverley Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 72 Melbourne University – Camberwell timetable Public Transport Victoria