South Yarra railway station
South Yarra | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Station front in May 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Toorak Road, South Yarra Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°50′20″S 144°59′32″E / 37.8389°S 144.9922°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Pakenham Cranbourne Frankston Sandringham | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 5.41 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 (2 side, 2 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Tram | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | SYR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 22 December 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Gardiners Creek Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008-2009 | 2.705 million[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009-2010 | 2.518 million[1]  6.91% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010-2011 | 2.638 million[1]  4.77% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2012 | 2.399 million[1] 9.06% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012-2013 | Not measured[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-2014 | 3.939 million[1] 64.17% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Yarra railway station is located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, on the Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston and Sandringham lines, in Victoria, Australia. V/Line's Bairnsdale rail service (the Gippsland line) passes non-stop through the station.
The station is a premium station, and, according to Public Transport Victoria data, was the 11th busiest train station on the Melbourne metropolitan network, with 49,000 entries each week in 2011/12.[2]
South Yarra station is set for a $12 million makeover in 2019. The entrance to the train station on Toorak Road is to be widened and the layout changed to make the station larger.[3]
History
The station was opened on 22 December 1860, by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company, as Gardiners Creek Road. Initially, the station served the Brighton line, on what was called the "Prahran Branch". The station was renamed South Yarra on 1 January 1867.[4] The private railway company, then known as the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878, becoming part of Victorian Railways.
Cooper (1924) advises that when the South Yarra to Oakleigh line was first laid, a set of points connected the line to the existing Brighton line. In practice, it was found that a high embankment obscured vision from approaching trains on both lines. To avert a disaster, it was decided that the Oakleigh line should have its own tracks into Melbourne, and soon after, a second bridge, spanning the Yarra River, was built to facilitate this. (p. 307). The construction of the South Yarra to Oakleigh line hastened the demise of the Outer Circle railway line.
The former emergency crossovers, on the Up and Down Sandringham lines, were abolished in August 1986.[5]
The station was upgraded to Premium station status in 1996.[6]
Platforms & services
South Yarra has six platforms. It is serviced by Pakenham,[7] Cranbourne,[8] Frankston,[9] and Sandringham [10] Metro Trains' services.
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 express services to Frankston
Platform 5:
- Pakenham line: all stations services to Flinders Street
- Cranbourne line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 6:
- Pakenham line: all stations and limited stops services to Pakenham
- Cranbourne line: all stations and limited stops services to Cranbourne
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates one route that passes South Yarra station:
Gallery
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Southbound view from platforms 2 & 3 in June 2014
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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- ^ South Yarra station set for a $12 million makeover
- ^ South Yarra Vicsig
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1987. p. 91.
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ^ Pakenham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Cranbourne Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Frankston Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Sandringham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 58 timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to South Yarra railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
