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Ashburton railway station is located on the Alamein line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ashburton, and opened on as Norwood on 30 May 1890. It was renamed Ashburton on 12 December 1890.[1]

Ashburton
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view in June 2004
General information
Location	Welfare Parade, Ashburton, Victoria 3147 City of Boroondara Australia
Coordinates	37°51′43″S 145°04′53″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Alamein
Distance	15.39 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	170
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	ASH
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	30 May 1890; 132 years ago (1890-05-30)
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (October 1924)
Previous names	Norwood (1890)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Burwood towards Camberwell or Flinders Street Alamein line Alamein Terminus
Former services Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Burwood towards Fairfield   Continued beyond Alamein as the Outer Circle line   Waverley Road towards Oakleigh   List of closed railway stations in Melbourne
Track layout Legend to Burwood Siding 1 to Alamein

History

Ashburton station was on the first section of the Outer Circle line. By 1893, the northern half of the Outer Circle had been closed and, on 9 December 1895, the line beyond Ashburton, connecting with Oakleigh was closed as well. For a short period, that left the line from Camberwell to Ashburton as the only remaining stretch of the Outer Circle line.

On 1 May 1897, Ashburton closed, along with the line from Camberwell. After an outcry from the local community, that section of the line reopened on 4 July 1898, becoming the Ashburton line once again. The line was electrified on 30 October 1924 but, in the years leading up to that, it was served by the popularly-named Deepdene Dasher, which ran a shuttle between Ashburton and Deepdene stations, and usually consisted of an F-Class engine and one or two American-type carriages.[2] When the track was extended 600 metres to a new terminus at Alamein, on 28 June 1948, the Ashburton line became the Alamein line. Immediately north of the station, the double track becomes single for the rest of the section to Alamein.

A disused stabling siding is located at the Flinders Street (up) end of the station. Timetabled use of the siding ended in July 1989, due to the vandalising of trains stabled there.[3] However, from time to time, maintenance trains used the siding during track works. The siding was officially booked out of service in 2015.[4]

Ashburton was upgraded to a Premium Station on 1 February 1996.[5] The station was the first on the metropolitan railway system where the former Metcard ticketing system was trialled, in 1996.[6][7][8]

Platforms and services

Ashburton has one platform and is served by Alamein line trains.[9]

Platforms 1:

•  Alamein line  services to Alamein; weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations services to Camberwell

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Ashburton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  734 : Glen Iris station – Glen Waverley station[10]

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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