Upper Ferntree Gully railway station

Upper Ferntree Gully railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully, and it opened on 4 December 1889.[1]

Upper Ferntree Gully
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view in July 2021
General information
Other namesUpper Fern Tree Gully
LocationBurwood Highway,
Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria 3156
City of Knox
Australia
Coordinates37°53′34″S 145°18′27″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Belgrave
Distance37.66 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (island)
Tracks6
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking170
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeUFG
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened4 December 1889 (1889-12-04)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(October 1925)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Ferntree Gully
towards Flinders Street
 Belgrave line Upwey
towards Belgrave
Ferntree Gully
towards Ringwood
 Belgrave line
Shuttle services
Track layout
to Ferntree Gully
Hill Top Road
1
2
to Upwey

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]

The current island platform and stabling sidings were provided in 1960.[1] In 1964, a signal panel was installed at the station. It 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.

On 4 August 1975, the name of the station was altered slightly to Upper Fern Tree Gully,[2] although in more recent times most references have reverted to the original name. In 1978, a siding and a number of points and dwarf signals at the station were abolished.[1]

Boom barriers were provided at the Hilltop Road level crossing, located nearby in the Up direction of the station, in 1985.[2] It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 2 July 1996.[3]

Platforms and services

Upper Ferntree Gully has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Belgrave line services.[4]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Ventura Bus Lines operates three routes via Upper Ferntree Gully station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  688 : to Croydon station[5]
  •  693 : Belgrave station – Oakleigh station[6]
  •  732 : to Box Hill station[7]

References
  1. "Upper Ferntree Gully". Vicsig. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  2. VR History by Andrew Waugh
  3. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  4. "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  5. "688 Croydon - Upper Ferntree Gully via Olinda and Tremont". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. "693 Belgrave - Oakleigh via Ferntree Gully & Brandon Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "732 Box Hill - Upper Ferntree Gully via Vermont South & Knox City & Mountain Gate". Public Transport Victoria.
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