Willison railway station

Willison railway station is located on the Alamein line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell, and it opened on 8 June 1908 as Golf Links. It was renamed Willison on 23 July 1936.[1]

Willison
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view in December 2018
General information
LocationStodart Street,
Camberwell, Victoria 3124
City of Boroondara
Australia
Coordinates37°50′09″S 145°04′13″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Alamein
Distance12.15 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeWSN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 June 1908 (1908-06-08)
Rebuilt19 December 1954
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(October 1924)
Previous namesGolf Links (1908-1936)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Riversdale
towards Camberwell or Flinders Street
 Alamein line Hartwell
towards Alamein
Track layout
to Riversdale
1
2
to Hartwell

History

Willison station is named after A. J. Willison, a former member of the City of Camberwell council.[2] It was not part of the original Outer Circle line. It was built soon afterwards and was served by the so-called Deepdene Dasher, which ran a shuttle on the remnant of the Outer Circle line between Ashburton and Deepdene.

The station was provided for the convenience of members of the Riversdale Golf Club, which was originally adjacent to the site. It has been said that influential club members did not appreciate having to walk to either Riversdale or Hartwell stations, and pressed for a closer alternative.[3] That almost certainly explains why Willison was built so close to Riversdale station, being only 400 metres away. The club moved from the site in 1927, and on 23 July 1936, the station was renamed Willison. By that time, the Deepdene Dasher had ceased operation, and Willison was served by Ashburton line trains. Twelve years later, on 28 June 1948, the line was extended to Alamein,[4] the service which still exists today.

The current station was provided in 1954, when the line was duplicated between Riversdale and Hartwell stations.[1]

In 2013/2014, Willison was the sixth-least-used station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 88,000 passenger movements.[5]

Platforms and services

Willison has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Alamein line services.[6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

References
  1. Willison Vicsig
  2. "News in brief". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 22 July 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 11 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Riversdale Station". City of Boroondara. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  4. "News of the Day". The Age. 29 June 1948. p. 2.
  5. "Train Station Patronage Sheet". Research and statistics. Public Transport Victoria. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. "Alamein Line". Public Transport Victoria.
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