Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne
Hawthorn | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Eastbound view from platform 2 in November 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Evansdale Road, Hawthorn | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°49′19″S 145°01′22″E / 37.8219°S 145.0229°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lilydale Belgrave Alamein | ||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 6.89 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island, 1 side) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Tram | ||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | HAW | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 13 April 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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Hawthorn railway station is located on the Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, opening on 13 April 1861.[1]
Originally Hawthorn was a terminus with a single platform, the current Platform 1. In 1882, an additional platform was constructed after the line was extended to Camberwell. In 1890, an island platform was constructed using a canopy from the original Flinders Street Station for the newly opened, and now closed, branch line to Kew.
A third track was added between Hawthorn and Burnley in 1972, which allows the centre track to be used as a bi-directional track for express services during peak hour and completed triplication of the line as far as Box Hill.
By the mid 1980s, the station was in a dilapidated state and had not been painted for many years. In 1984, the State Government, with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (The Met), approved a $300,000 facelift of the station. The facelift included a repaint of the station, the re-panelling of the waiting room, re-cladding of the canopies and landscaping.[2] It has since been fully restored and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[3]
Platforms and services
Hawthorn has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein line services.[4][5][6]
Platforms 1:
- Lilydale line: services to Flinders Street
- Belgrave line: services to Flinders Street
- Alamein line: services to Flinders Street
Platforms 2:
- Lilydale line: services to Flinders Street
- Belgrave line: services to Flinders Street
- Lilydale line: services to Lilydale
- Belgrave line: services to Belgrave
- Alamein line: services to Alamein
Platforms 3:
- Lilydale line: services to Lilydale
- Belgrave line: services to Belgrave
- Alamein line: services to Alamein
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates one route via Hawthorn station:
References
- ^ Hawthorn Vicsig
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1984. p. 282.
- ^ "Hawthorn Railway Station complex, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1566, Heritage Overlay HO42". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
- ^ Lilydale Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Belgrave Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Alamein Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 75 Etihad Stadium Docklands - Vermont South timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway
