Upper Ferntree Gully railway station
Upper Ferntree Gully | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view in April 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Burwood Highway, Upper Ferntree Gully | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°53′34″S 145°18′27″E / 37.89265°S 145.30751°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Belgrave | ||||||||||
| Distance | 37.66 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 170 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||
| Station code | UFG | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 December 1889 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Upper Ferntree Gully railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully opening on 5 December 1889.[1] It was upgraded to a Premium station on 2 July 1996.[2]
Upper Ferntree Gully contains a signal panel, installed in 1964 that controls the single track line between Ferntree Gully and Belgrave. The station also monitors, via closed circuit television, all stations from Heathmont to Belgrave and answers emergency calls from those stations. A few services each day commence and terminate at Upper Ferntree Gully, these stable overnight in six of the seven sidings opposite the station.
History
Upper Ferntree Gully station opened on 4 December 1889.[3] From December 1900 it was the break of gauge station between the broad-gauge used through most of Victoria, and the narrow-gauge Gembrook line (now the Puffing Billy Railway), one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways.
The narrow gauge line as far as Belgrave was later rebuilt as a broad-gauge electrified line.
On 4 August 1975 the station name was subtly altered to Upper Fern Tree Gully,[4] although in more recent times most references have reverted to the original name. Boom barriers were provided at Hilltop Road in 1985.[4]
Platforms & services
Upper Ferntree Gully has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Belgrave line services.[5]
Platforms 1:
- Belgrave line: services to Flinders Street
Platforms 2:
- Belgrave line: services to Belgrave
Transport links
Ventura Bus Lines operate two routes to and from Upper Ferntree Gully station:
- 688: to Croydon station[6]
- 732: to Box Hill Central Shopping Centre[7]
References
- ^ Upper Ferntree Gully Vicsig
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ^ VICSIG Infrastructure - Upper Ferntree Gully
- ^ a b VR History by Andrew Waugh
- ^ Belgrave Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 688 Croydon - Upper Ferntree Gully timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 688 Box Hill - Upper Ferntree Gully timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to Upper Ferntree Gully railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway
