Hartwell railway station, Melbourne

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Hartwell
Station information

Code	HWL
Distance from Flinders St	12 km
Line	Alamein
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Station status	Unmanned station
Station facilities, connecting transport and timetables	Link
Melway map of station	Not available
Google map of station	Link
Zone location	1

Hartwell is a railway station on the Alamein line in Melbourne, Australia. It lies between the Fordham Avenue, Glyndon Road and Kalang Rd. Intersection and Culliton Road on the Western side of the station in Camberwell. Between the Fordham Avenue, Glyndon Road & Kalang Rd. intersection and the station is a medium-sized park, stretching the length of the Station, and including children's play equipment. Access to Hartwell Station is through the park or via the Tyrone Street end. It is located 12 km from Flinders Street Station in the centre of Melbourne and is in Metcard Zone 1. The station has some limited car parking, but few other facilities.

[edit] History

Hartwell station opened on 7 May 1906, under the name of "Hartwell Hill". Confusingly, Burwood was named Hartwell at the time. On 1 August 1909, Hartwell Hill was renamed Hartwell, and Hartwell was renamed Burwood. Hartwell was originally part of the "Deepdene Dasher" service that connected Ashburton with Deepdene. After the closure of the Deepdene service in 1927, Hartwell became part of the Ashburton line, which in turn became the Alamein line in 1948.

Hartwell is named after one of the early estates in the area, "Hartwell House", which was the residence of James Irwin.

The station has two platforms arranged in an island configuration (where trains arrive either side of a central shared platform). The station building is historically significant, as it was originally built for the Walhalla line, but was moved to Hartwell in December 1938, six years before the Walhalla line closed in 1944. This may explain why Hartwell is the only station on the Alamein branch to have an island platform.