Upper Ferntree Gully railway station

Upper Ferntree Gully

Eastbound view in April 2006
Location Burwood Highway, Upper Ferntree Gully
Coordinates 37°53′34″S 145°18′27″E / 37.89265°S 145.30751°E / -37.89265; 145.30751Coordinates: 37°53′34″S 145°18′27″E / 37.89265°S 145.30751°E / -37.89265; 145.30751
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Belgrave
Distance 37.66 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 (island)
Tracks 6
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 170
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code UFG
Fare zone Myki zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 4 December 1889
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
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 and opened on 4 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 stations. 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 originate and terminate at Upper Ferntree Gully. The trains are stabled overnight in six of the seven sidings opposite the station.

History

Upper Ferntree Gully station opened on 4 December 1889. After December 1900 it became 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 five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways. The narrow gauge line was closed in 1954, but the line as far as Belgrave was later rebuilt as a broad gauge electrified railway, which opened on 18 February 1962.[1]

On 4 August 1975 the name of the station was altered slightly to Upper Fern Tree Gully,[3] although in more recent times most references have reverted to the original name. Boom barriers were provided at Hilltop Road level crossing in 1985.[3]

Platforms & services

Upper Ferntree Gully has one island platform with two faces. The station is served by Metro Trains' Belgrave line trains.[4]

Platforms 1:

Platforms 2:

Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes to and from Upper Ferntree Gully station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References

  1. 1 2 "Upper Ferntree Gully". Vicsig. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  3. 1 2 VR History by Andrew Waugh
  4. ↑ Belgrave Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  5. ↑ Route 688 Croydon - Upper Ferntree Gully timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. ↑ Route 688 Box Hill - Upper Ferntree Gully timetable Public Transport Victoria
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