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East Richmond railway station is located on the Lilydale, Belgrave, Alamein and Glen Waverley lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the inner eastern Melbourne suburb of Cremorne, and it opened on 24 September 1860 as Church Street. It was renamed East Richmond on 1 January 1867.[1]

East Richmond
PTV commuter rail station
View from platform 1 to platform 2 in May 2017
General information
Location	Church Street, Cremorne, Victoria 3121 City of Yarra Australia
Coordinates	37°49′35″S 144°59′47″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave Alamein Glen Waverley
Distance	4.37 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	4
Connections	Tram
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Unstaffed
Station code	ERM
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	24 September 1860; 162 years ago (1860-09-24)
Rebuilt	9 January 1967
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (December 1922)
Previous names	Church Street (1860-1866)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Richmond towards Flinders Street Lilydale line Limited services Burnley towards Lilydale Belgrave line Limited services Burnley towards Belgrave Alamein line Weekday peak only Burnley towards Alamein Glen Waverley line Burnley towards Glen Waverley
Track layout Legend to Richmond 1 2 to Burnley

History

East Richmond station was opened by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company, when its service to Hawthorn began on 24 September 1860. A level crossing was formerly located at Green Street on the Up end of the station, which was removed on 12 March 1965 and replaced with a pedestrian subway,[1] along with the associated signal box.[2] In the 1960s, the line through the station was quadrupled, with the track being lowered by 1.2 metres, and a new Platform 1 was built. The first of the two new tracks was commissioned on 1 August 1966, and the second on 9 January 1967, along with the new platform.[2]

Platforms and services

East Richmond station has two side platforms, and a total of four tracks run through it. Its location at the city end of Melbourne's busiest group of railway lines means that a large number of services pass through the station, but only a limited number stop there, largely because of its proximity to Richmond station, a few hundred metres away in Swan Street.

Services to and from Lilydale and Belgrave do not normally stop at East Richmond. Glen Waverley trains stop here, except for Glen Waverley-bound trains in the morning peak. Most services to and from Alamein, Blackburn and Ringwood stop there.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave, Alamein and Glen Waverley line services.[3][4][5][6]

Platform 1:

•  Lilydale line  all stations services to Flinders Street
•  Belgrave line  all stations services to Flinders Street
•  Alamein line  weekday all stations services to Flinders Street
•  Glen Waverley line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Lilydale line  all stations services to Blackburn and Ringwood.
•  Belgrave line  all stations services to Blackburn and Ringwood.
•  Alamein line  weekday all stations services to Alamein
•  Glen Waverley line  all stations services to Glen Waverley

Transport links

Yarra Trams operates two routes via East Richmond station:

• : Docklands (Waterfront City) – Wattle Park[7]
• : North Richmond – Balaclava[8]

References

External links

• Media related to East Richmond railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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