Richmond railway station, Melbourne
Richmond railway station is located on the Alamein, Belgrave, Cranbourne, Frankston, Glen Waverley, Lilydale, Pakenham and Sandringham lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Richmond opening on 12 December 1859 as Swan Street, being renamed Richmond on 1 January 1867.[2]
Station overview
Facilities
Richmond station is built on an embankment immediately east of Punt Road with platforms extending west across the Punt Road railway bridge.
The station has ten platforms connected by three subways, and is the junction of all of Melbourne's eastern and south eastern rail lines, with trains on the Alamein, Belgrave, Cranbourne, Frankston, Glen Waverley, Lilydale, Pakenham and Sandringham lines serving the station.
Richmond station is located in Melbourne's sporting precinct. A special events entrance at the western end is opened during events at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Park and AAMI Park.
Tram route 70 runs past Richmond station along Swan Street. Punt Road underpasses directly under the station via a major interchange with Swan Street and Brunton Avenue.
History
Richmond station has been relocated and rebuilt four times. The first station in Punt Road was at ground level and opened on 8 February 1859. It closed the same year on 12 December 1859. On the same day the new station, also at ground level, opened in Swan Street. In 1885, an elevated station just north of Swan Street was opened with six platforms.
By the 1930s the station was struggling with the patronage, with the 1940 Ashworth Improvement Plan recommending that it be rebuilt but funding issues during World War II prevented it from happening.[3] The station had also deteriorated to the point that it was condemned by the local council, and so work begun in the 1950s on a replacement. Part of Operation Phoenix, the postwar rebuilding of Victorian Railways,[4] it was not until 26 March 1960 that the present station was completed. Located slightly west of the previous station, the bridges at each end of the station across Punt Road and Swan Street were also rebuilt to accommodate the ten tracks. For a period, platforms at both the old and new stations operated, before the original station finally closed and was demolished.
It was upgraded to a Premium station on 4 December 1996.[5]
Richmond station was the filming location for the opening scene of the 1992 Australian film Romper Stomper. In the film's story the location was named as Footscray station.
Platforms and services
Richmond has ten platforms.
Platform 1:
- Sandringham line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Sandringham line: all stations services to Sandringham
Platform 3:
- Frankston line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 4:
- Frankston line: all stations and limited stops services to Frankston
- Gippsland line: V/Line services to Bairnsdale
Platform 5:
- Pakenham line: all stations services to Flinders Street
- Cranbourne line: all stations services to Flinders Street
- Gippsland line: V/Line services to Southern Cross
Platform 6:
- Pakenham line: all stations and limited stops services to Pakenham
- Cranbourne line: all stations and limited stops services to Cranbourne
- Gippsland line: V/Line services to Traralgon
Platform 7 & 8:
- Alamein line: weekday all stations services to Flinders Street
- Glen Waverley line: all stations services to Flinders Street
- Belgrave line: all stations services to Flinders Street
- Lilydale line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 9 & 10:
- Alamein line: weekday all stations and limited stops services to Alamein
- Glen Waverley line: all stations and limited stops services to Glen Waverley
- Belgrave line: all stations and limited stops services to Belgrave
- Lilydale line: all stations and limited stops services to Lilydale
Transport links
Transdev Melbourne operates one route via Richmond station:
Yarra Trams operates one route via Richmond station:
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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- ^ Lee, Robert (2007). The Railways of Victoria 1854-2004. Melbourne University Publishing Ltd. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-522-85134-2.
- ^ Public Relations and Betterment Board (1952). Phoenix Pauses. Victorian Railway Commissioners. (VR publicity brochure)
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ^ Route 246 Elsternwick - Clifton Hill/La Trobe University timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 70 Waterfront City Docklands - Wattle Park timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to Richmond railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
