Owned by VicTrack Connections Tram Connection Tram Status Premium station Station status Premium station | Operated by Metro Opened 22 December 1860 Owner VicTrack Platforms in use 6 (2 side, 2 island) | |
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Location Toorak Road, South Yarra
Australia Line(s) Pakenham
Cranbourne
Frankston
Sandringham Distance 5.41 kilometres from Southern Cross Address South Yarra VIC 3141, Australia Similar Fawkner Park - Melbourne, Prahran Market, The Jam Factory, Richmond railway station - M, Hawksburn railway station | ||
South yarra railway station melbourne
South Yarra railway station is located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, on the Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston and Sandringham lines, in Victoria, Australia. V/Line's Bairnsdale rail service (the Gippsland line) passes non-stop through the station.
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The station is a Premium station, and, according to Public Transport Victoria data, was the 11th busiest train station on the Melbourne metropolitan network, with 49,003 entries each week in 2011/12.
History
The station was opened on 22 December 1860, by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company, as Gardiners Creek Road. Initially, the station served the Brighton line, on what was called the "Prahran Branch". The station was renamed South Yarra on 1 January 1867. The private railway company, then known as the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878, becoming part of Victorian Railways.
Cooper (1924) advises that when the South Yarra to Oakleigh line was first laid, a set of points connected the line to the existing Brighton line. In practice, it was found that a high embankment obscured vision from approaching trains on both lines. To avert a disaster, it was decided that the Oakleigh line should have its own tracks into Melbourne, and soon after, a second bridge, spanning the Yarra River, was built to facilitate this. (p. 307). The construction of the South Yarra to Oakleigh line hastened the demise of the Outer Circle railway line.
The former emergency crossovers, on the Up and Down Sandringham lines, were abolished in August 1986.
The station was upgraded to Premium station status in 1996.
Platforms & services
South Yarra has six platforms. It is serviced by Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston, and Sandringham Metro Trains' services.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Platform 3:
Platform 4:
Platform 5:
Platform 6:
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates one route via South Yarra station: