Gardiner railway station, Melbourne

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GardinerGardiner
Station information
Code GAR
Distance from
Flinders St
9.4 km
Lines Glen Waverley
# Platforms 2
# Tracks 2
Status Unmanned station
Metlink profile Link
Metcard Zone 1

Gardiner is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Glen Iris, on the Glen Waverley railway line. It is in Metcard Zone 1.

Gardiner station is unmanned.

[edit] Location

The station is located at the western end of the Burke Road tramway crossing, near the Monash Freeway interchange. Tram route 72 is a short walk from the station.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 contains a large weatherboard building while platform 2 contains a brick 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. A signal box is located at the DOWN direction of the station, to control the tramway crossing. A large car park on the northern side of the station accommodates 200 vehicles.

Both platforms can be accessed via Burke Road.

[edit] History

Gardiner station originally opened on Monday, 24 March 1890.



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