| Station information | |
|---|---|
| Code | ECM |
| Distance from Flinders Street |
9.8 km |
| Operator | Metro Trains Melbourne |
| Lines | Belgrave, Lilydale |
| # Platforms | 3 |
| # Tracks | 3 |
| Status | Unmanned Station |
| Metlink profile | Link |
| Melway map | Link |
| Google map | Link |
| Metlink ticket zone | 1 |
East Camberwell is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Camberwell on the Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines. East Camberwell station is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 1.
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East Camberwell is located between Sefton Place and the Alamein railway line, with station access from Sefton Place.
The station consists of an island layout and side platform; Platforms 1 & 2 (island platform) has a small steel shelter, while platform 3 has a small weatherboard building. A large Metcard ticket vending machine alongside the new Myki system vending machine are located at the entrance to platforms 1 & 2, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accepts notes and coins. A small coin-only Metcard ticket vending machine again with a Myki vending machine are located at the entrance to platform 3. An underpass is situated at the Ringwood end of the station. In total there are 2 Metcard readers and 6 Myki scanners.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Platform 3:
East Camberwell station opened on 14 May 1900,[1] as the interchange station for the Deepdene Dasher service northwards along the Outer Circle line. The Outer Circle line itself had been opened under the line in 1891.[2]
Three platforms were provided, two high level ones for trains on the Lilydale line and a single low level one for trains on the Outer Circle. Steps were provided between all platforms to enable passengers to change between services. Between 1915 and 1922 a signal box at the Melbourne end was provided, to control the junction towards Riversdale (on today's Alamein line), as the three tracks though to Camberwell had been reduced to 2 to allow the regrading works at Camberwell to proceed. The Deepdene Dasher service was withdrawn on 9 October 1927 and the line itself closed on 6 September 1943 when goods services ended.[2]
The platforms on the Lilydale line were rebuilt in 1964 when the Camberwell - East Camberwell third track amplification works were carried out, with the southern platform converted into a island platform.[3] The third track was later extended to Box Hill in 1971.[4] The former wooden station building on platform 1 & 2 was replaced with a brick structure in 1981. It was destroyed by fire on 12 August 1986.[6]
The station was one of four used for the first trials of the myki ticketing system on the rail network, carried out in August 2008 by Kamco staff. The other stations were Canterbury, Chatham and Mont Albert stations.[5]
6 ^ Marc Fiddian (1988). Commuters, Shoppers an Scholars : A History of the Melbourne-Lilyale Railway. p76 ISBN 0-9596316-7-4
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| Intersection with the Outer Circle line | ||||
| ← Previous Station | Shenley | | | Riversdale | Next Station → |
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