Ferntree Gully railway station, Melbourne

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Ferntree Gully
Station information

Code	FTG
Distance from Flinders St	34.7 km
Lines	Belgrave
# Platforms	2
# Tracks	2
Status	Unstaffed Station
Metlink profile	Link
Melway map	Link
Metcard Zone	2

Ferntree Gully station entrance.

Ferntree Gully is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Ferntree Gully, on the Belgrave railway line. It is in Metcard Zone 2.

Ferntree Gully station is unmanned.

1 Location
2 Facilities
3 History
4 External links
5 Notes

[edit] Location

The station is located at the northern end of the Alpine Street level crossing and between Station Street and Underwood Road. Shops are located near the station.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 contains a large prefabricated concrete building while platform 2 contains a small building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2.

Both platforms can be accessed via Station Street and Underwood Road.

[edit] History

Ferntree Gully station originally opened on Wednesday, 4 December 1889 as Lower Ferntree Gully. It was renamed to Ferntree Gully in October 1962 before being renamed again to Fern Tree Gully in February 1972 ^[1], although in recent times most references to the station use the 1962 version^{[citation needed]} despite a lack of evidence that it has ever officially been changed back.

[edit] External links

Google Earth - 3D model

[edit] Notes

^ Victorian Railways Weekly Notice No. 9 of 1972.

Station Navigation
Belgrave line
← Previous Station	Boronia	\|	Upper Ferntree Gully	Next Station →
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