Darling railway station

Darling railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East, and opened on 24 March 1890.[1]

Darling
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view from Platform 2 in July 2012
General information
LocationClynden Avenue,
Malvern East, Victoria 3145
City of Stonnington
Australia
Coordinates37°52′08″S 145°03′46″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Glen Waverley
Distance12.68 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking200
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeDLG
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened24 March 1890 (1890-03-24)
Rebuilt1979
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(December 1922)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Glen Iris
towards Flinders Street
 Glen Waverley line East Malvern
towards Glen Waverley
Richmond
Weekday peak express services
towards Flinders Street
Former services
towards Burnley   Outer Circle connection   Waverley Road
  List of closed railway stations in Melbourne  
Track layout
to Glen Iris
1
2
to East Malvern

The line through the station was originally built to link Burnley to the Outer Circle line at Waverley Road, and then on to Oakleigh. The line from Darling to Oakleigh closed on 9 December 1895.[2] It was re-opened to Eastmalvern on 3 February 1929, and the line was then extended to Glen Waverley on 5 May 1930.

Until 1987, a level crossing was provided at Moira Street, located at the Up end of the station.[1] An overpass replaced the level crossing as part of the South Eastern Arterial link, built between Toorak and Warrigal Roads.

Darling was upgraded to a Premium Station in 2008, although the current platform buildings date to 1979.[3]

A signal box at the station, which was located on Platform 1, was decommissioned on 8 June 2019.[4]

Platforms and services

Darling has two side platforms. It is served by Glen Waverley line trains.[5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Darling Station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  624 : Kew – Oakleigh station[6]

References
  1. Darling Vicsig
  2. David Beardsell & Bruce Herbert (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society. ISBN 0-85849-024-2.
  3. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1979. p. 93.
  4. Darling Signal Box (DLG) Vicsig
  5. "Glen Waverley Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. "624 Kew - Oakleigh via Caulfield & Carnegie & Darling and Chadstone (From 4-11-2018)". Public Transport Victoria.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.