Upper Ferntree Gully railway station

Upper Ferntree Gully

Eastbound view in April 2006
Location Burwood Highway, Ferntree Gully
Coordinates 37°53′34″S 145°18′27″E / 37.89265°S 145.30751°ECoordinates: 37°53′34″S 145°18′27″E / 37.89265°S 145.30751°E
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Belgrave
Distance 37.66 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 6
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 170
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code FTG
Fare zone Myki zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 4 December 1889
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Ferntree Gully
Belgrave line
toward Belgrave

Upper Ferntree Gully railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully opening on 5 December 1889.[1] It was upgraded to a Premium station on 2 July 1996.[2]

Upper Ferntree Gully contains a signal panel, installed in 1964 that controls the single track line between Ferntree Gully and Belgrave. The station also monitors, via closed circuit television, all stations from Heathmont to Belgrave and answers emergency calls from those stations. A few services each day commence and terminate at Upper Ferntree Gully, these stable overnight in six of the seven sidings opposite the station.

History

Upper Ferntree Gully station opened on 4 December 1889.[3] From December 1900 it was the break of gauge station between the broad-gauge used through most of Victoria, and the narrow-gauge Gembrook line (now the Puffing Billy Railway), one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways.

The narrow gauge line as far as Belgrave was later rebuilt as a broad-gauge electrified line.

On 4 August 1975 the station name was subtly altered to Upper Fern Tree Gully,[4] although in more recent times most references have reverted to the original name. Boom barriers were provided at Hilltop Road in 1985.[4]

Platforms & services

Upper Ferntree Gully has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Belgrave line services.[5]

Platforms 1:

Platforms 2:

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operate two routes to and from Upper Ferntree Gully station:

References

  1. ↑ Upper Ferntree Gully Vicsig
  2. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society): page 310. October 1997.
  3. ↑ VICSIG Infrastructure - Upper Ferntree Gully
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 VR History by Andrew Waugh
  5. ↑ Belgrave Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. ↑ Route 688 Croydon - Upper Ferntree Gully timetable Public Transport Victoria
  7. ↑ Route 688 Box Hill - Upper Ferntree Gully timetable Public Transport Victoria

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