Alphington railway station

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

37°46′42″S 145°01′53″E / 37.7784°S 145.0313°E / -37.7784; 145.0313Owned byVicTrackOperated byMetro TrainsLine(s)HurstbridgeDistance10.46 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne BusConstructionStructure typeGroundParking119Bicycle facilities5AccessibleYesOther informationStatusOperational, unstaffedStation codeALPFare zoneMyki Zone 1WebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened8 May 1888; 136 years ago (1888-05-08)Rebuilt1979ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)Passengers2005–2006278,977[1]2006–2007297,434[1] Increase 6.61%2007–2008316,732[1] Increase 6.48%2008–2009316,047[2] Decrease 0.212%2009–2010323,038[2] Increase 2.21%2010–2011321,010[2] Decrease 0.62%2011–2012287,551[2] Decrease 10.42%2012–2013Not measured[2]2013–2014273,566[2] Decrease 4.86%2014–2015279,012[1] Increase 1.99%2015–2016306,621[2] Increase 9.89%2016–2017303,367[2] Decrease 1.06%2017–2018243,307[2] Decrease 19.8%2018–2019296,900[2] Increase 22.03%2019–2020239,400[2] Decrease 19.37%2020–2021109,600[2] Decrease 54.2%2021–2022129,950[3] Increase 18.56% Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Fairfield Hurstbridge line Darebin
towards Hurstbridge
Track layout
Legend
1
2
Yarralea Street
Darebin Creek
to Darebin

Alphington railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Alphington, and opened on 8 May 1888.[4]

History

Alphington station opened on 8 May 1888, when a railway line between Collingwood and Heidelberg was provided.[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Alphington in Devon, England, which was the birthplace of Sir William Manning, who subdivided his property in the area into a village.[5][6]

In 1912, duplication between Westgarth and Alphington was provided.[4] In 1951, duplication to Ivanhoe was provided.[4]

In 1966, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Yarralea Street level crossing, located at the down end of the station.[7][8] The signal box and a goods yard were also abolished at that time.[4]

In 1979, the current station buildings were provided.[9]

Platforms and services

Alphington has two side platforms. It is served by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line trains.[10]

Platform 1:

  •  Hurstbridge line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

Transport links

Dysons operates one bus route via Alphington station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c d e "Alphington". vicsig.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Alphington". Victorian Places. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Yarralea Street". vicsig.net. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  9. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1979. p. 204.
  10. ^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "508 Alphington - Moonee Ponds via Northcote & Brunswick". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

Media related to Alphington railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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