Nunawading railway station

Nunawading
The former Nunawading railway station building before the station was reconstructed as part of the Springvale Road grade separation project.
Station statistics
Coordinates	37°49′13″S 145°10′38″E / 37.8204°S 145.1771°E / -37.8204; 145.1771Coordinates: 37°49′13″S 145°10′38″E / 37.8204°S 145.1771°E / -37.8204; 145.1771
Platforms	2 - island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	4 June 1888 (as Tunstall)
Station code	NWG
Owned by	VicTrack
Operator	Metro Trains
Myki zone	2
Station status	Premium Station
Melway map	Link
Website	Link, includes timetables
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Blackburn toward Flinders Street Lilydale line Mitcham toward Lilydale Belgrave line Mitcham toward Belgrave
Location
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Nunawading is a railway station on the Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines, in the suburb of Nunawading in Melbourne, Australia.^[1] It is located in Public Transport Victoria ticketing Zone 2, and was upgraded to a Premium Station in 2010 following its reopening after the completion of the grade separation project, which removed the level crossing on Springvale Road, as part of the Victorian Transport Plan of December 2008.

The original station was closed on 18 December 2009 and demolished, with a replacement station being built on the west side of Springvale Road.^[2]

Facilities

The station located on the west side of Springvale Road and is approximately eight metres below ground level. It has two platforms in an island format and, being a Premium Station, has customer service staff available from the first to last scheduled train services each day.

The station uses natural lighting to enhance comfort, visibility and ambience, and there are graffiti-proof stainless steel and glass finishes. Bluestone pavers have been laid at the concourse level. The building has a canopy-style roof, featuring wooden panels and a large skylight in the centre, which is made from the same materials as the Watercube Aquatic Centre in Beijing.

The station entry, including the ticketing and information office, is located at street level on the west side of Springvale Road. Stairs and a lifts allow passengers to access the platforms which stretch from the west of Springvale Road. Other passenger amenities include male, female and disabled toilets, CCTV cameras, bright security lighting, a sheltered waiting area and vending machines.

There is also a pedestrian underpass which allows access to the station and the bus interchange on the other side of Springvale Road. Lifts are installed on either side of Springvale Road to allow passengers who have difficulty using stairs to get to the platforms and the bus interchange. Other facilities at Nunawading station include: bicycle storage lockers and racks, a taxi rank and a drop-off and parking area at street level. Long-term customer parking is also available along Walkers Road and Station Street. Community parking is available in Silver Grove.

The east end of the station is adjacent to the local shopping strip and it is very close to factory outlets, homemaker and furniture stores and other large retail outlets along the Maroondah Highway.

Platforms and services and connecting bus services

Platform 1:

• Lilydale line – all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
• Belgrave line – all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

• Lilydale line - all stations and limited stops services to Lilydale
• Belgrave line - all stations and limited stops services to Belgrave

Buses from Nunawading Station

History

Nunawading railway station was opened in 1888 and was originally named Tunstall station. It was renamed in 1945 when the area known as Tunstall was renamed Nunawading.^[3] It initially served the clay and brick producers in the area and used to have bus services operating between the station and the former VFL Park football ground, but these services ceased following the ground's closure.

At Nunawading the railway line runs parallel to and just south of the Maroondah Highway, originally crossing Springvale Road at a level crossing. Boom barriers replaced hand gates at the crossing in 1956.^[4] It was rated as Victoria's most dangerous level crossing with more than 125,000 cars crossing each day, and the RACV surveys in 2006 and 2008 named it as "the worst congestion point in the state".^[5] A number of grade separation proposals were made over many years, including one for a station similar to Boronia station.

In September 2008 a contract was awarded to provide a grade separation. The final scheme included the building of a new station on the west side of Springvale Road with realigned tracks passing under Springvale Road. The old station closed on 18 December 2009, the new one opening on 11 January 2010. The work was slated to cost around $120 million,^[5] but was completed for $142m in 7 months.^[6]

The former Nunawading railway station, now demolished, contained two side platforms: platform one had a fibro station building resting on brick foundations, and platform two had a wooden building. A Telstra payphone was also located on platform two. In later years there were three Metcard ticket machines at the station, with two on the city-bound side and one coin-only machine on the outbound platform. On the city-bound side there was also a newspaper dispenser and a pair of vending machines. Outside the city-bound platform, there was also a self-maintaining public toilet. Semi-enclosed waiting facilities were provided on both platforms. Nunawading was one of few Host Stations that had an attended booking office in the morning peak period.

References

External links

• VICSIG: Springvale Road Project - Contains photos of the old and new stations, and construction work.