Elsternwick railway station

Elsternwick

Entrance from Glen Huntly Road in May 2005
Location Glen Huntly Road, Elsternwick
Coordinates 37°53′05″S 145°00′03″E / 37.8848°S 145.0009°ECoordinates: 37°53′05″S 145°00′03″E / 37.8848°S 145.0009°E
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Sandringham
Distance 10.95 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Tram
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 84
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code ELS
Fare zone Myki zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 19 December 1859
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Ripponlea
Sandringham line
Gardenvale
toward Sandringham

Elsternwick railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick opening on 19 December 1859.[1]

The station opened, as part of the Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Company's network. The company and network was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878 to become part of Victorian Railways. As with the suburb Ripponlea, which had been named after the adjacent "Rippon Lea Estate" of Frederick Sargood, Elsternwick had been named after the largest property in the district, Charles Ebden's "Elster".[2]

In the 1880s, Elsternwick station also functioned as the Melbourne end of the railway line to the large scale sugar beet processing mill that had been established at Rosstown, now known as Carnegie. This railway was seldom used and it ceased to function in 1916.

An electric tramline between Elsternwick and Point Ormond opened in 1915, closing on 22 October 1960. The tram terminated at the railway station, with the route becoming part of the extended 246 bus route. The current station and grade separation of the Glen Huntly Road / tramway / railway level crossing was completed in October 1960.[3] Elsternwick was upgraded to a Premium station on 13 November 1995.[4] The station ground level carpark was closed in 2002 and 2003 while a residential/retail development was built on it in a deal where the developer got the land and built a multistorey carpark with lift access for commuters. The station itself was refurbished in 2004.

Platforms & services

Elsternwick has one island platform with two sides. It is serviced by Metro Trains Sandringham line services travelling between Flinders Street and Sandringham.[5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links

CDC Melbourne operate two routes to and from Elsternwick station:

Transdev Melbourne operates one route to and from Elsternwick station:

Yarra Trams operates one route via Elsternwick Station

References

  1. ↑ Elsternwick Vicsig
  2. ↑ Elster was German for "magpie". The creek nearby became known as the Elster Creek; and, when a village grew up on the creek, the Anglo-Saxon suffix ‘wick’, meaning village, was added.
  3. ↑ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 50. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  4. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Heritage Society): page 310. October 1997.
  5. ↑ Sandringham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. ↑ Route 605 Elsternwick - Fishermen's Bend timetable Public Transport Victoria
  7. ↑ Route 625 Elsternwick - Chadstone timetable Public Transport Victoria
  8. ↑ Route 246 Elsternwick - Clifton Hill/La Trobe University timetable Public Transport Victoria
  9. ↑ Route 67 Melbourne University - Carnegie timetable Public Transport Victoria

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