Gardenvale railway station

Gardenvale railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia, and serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Brighton. It opened on 10 December 1906, with the whole cost of providing the station being met by the residents of the district.[1][2]

Gardenvale
Southbound view in November 2007, with platform 1 on the right
LocationMartin Street, Brighton
Coordinates37°53′48″S 145°00′15″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance12.35 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeGVE
Fare zoneMyki zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened10 December 1906
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Elsternwick
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line North Brighton
towards Sandringham

The station has two side platforms, and is located in an unusual elevated position, between the Nepean Highway and Martin Street, with access to the station from both. The rail bridge over Martin Street, which restored a link between both sections of the street, was constructed in 1928, with most of the cost being met by the Brighton and Caulfield councils, and local businesses.[2]

During the widening of the Nepean Highway in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as the previous rail embankment was removed, the former trestle bridge crossing Elster Creek was uncovered.[3]

There is a large weatherboard building on platform 1. On 7 December 2009, the building was severely damaged by fire, which investigators described as suspicious.[4] The building was restored, with reconstruction work being completed in 2011.

Platforms & services

Gardenvale has two side platforms. It is served by Sandringham line trains travelling between Flinders Street and Sandringham.[5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates three routes via Gardenvale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Transdev Melbourne operates one route to and from Gardenvale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates two night routes via Gardenvale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References
  1. Gardenvale Vicsig
  2. "Gardenvale Subway: Turning the First Sod". The Argus. 19 December 1927. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1980. p. 161.
  4. Hunter, Thomas (7 December 2009). "Train line reopens after Gardenvale station fire". The Age. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  5. "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. "605 Gardenvale - Flagstaff Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "626 Middle Brighton - Chadstone via McKinnon & Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. "630 Elwood - Monash University via Gardenvale & Ormond & Huntingdale". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. "220 Sunshine Station - City via Footscray Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "978 Night bus: Elsternwick - Ormond - Huntingdale - Mulgrave - Dandenong (returns via Princes Hwy)". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "979 Night bus: Elsternwick - Bentleigh - Clarinda - Keysborough - Dandenong". Public Transport Victoria.
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