Glenhuntly railway station
Glenhuntly | |||||||||||
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 Platform 2 in January 2006 | |||||||||||
| Location | Glen Huntly Road, Glen Huntly | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°53′24″S 145°02′32″E / 37.8899°S 145.0421°ECoordinates: 37°53′24″S 145°02′32″E / 37.8899°S 145.0421°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Frankston | ||||||||||
| Distance | 13.46 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 side, 1 island with 1 operating face) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Tram | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 190 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 3 | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Host station | ||||||||||
| Station code | GHY | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 19 December 1881 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1 July 1987 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Glen Huntly Road, Glen Huntly | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Glenhuntly railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Glen Huntly, opening on 19 December 1881 as Glen Huntly Road, being renamed Glen Huntly on 1 September 1882 and Glenhuntly on 20 April 1937.[1]
Glenhuntly station is located next to a "tram square", one of only three crossings in Melbourne at which tram and train tracks intersect along with their electrified overhead wires. A small signal box is located at the Flinders Street (up) end of the tram square, which controls the tramway crossing.
The former briquette depot at Glenhuntly was demolished in March/April 1975.[2]
In the 1980s, as part of works to add a third track on the Frankston line, the western platform was converted to an island platform and a new building opened on 1 July 1987.
Trains currently use only platforms 2 and 3 as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project. Prior to this, morning peak hour Frankston bound services utilised Platform 3 with Flinders Street bound trains utilising Platforms 1 and 2. At other times Frankston bound trains used Platform 2.
Boom barriers were provided at the Glen Huntly Road level crossing and the nearby Nerrim Road level crossing in 1986.[3]
Platforms & services
Glenhuntly has three platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[4]
Platform 1: Currently closed.
Platform 2:
- Frankston line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 3:
- Frankston line: all stations services to Frankston
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates one route via Glenhuntly station;
References
- ↑ Glenhuntly Vicsig
- ↑ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society). July 1975. p. 152.
- ↑ "General News". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society). July 1986. p. 213.
- ↑ Frankston Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 67 Melbourne University - Carnegie timetable Public Transport Victoria