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Elsternwick railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick, and it opened on 19 December 1859.[2]

Elsternwick
PTV commuter rail station
North-west bound view from Platform 2 in December 2021
General information
Location	Glen Huntly Road, Elsternwick, Victoria 3185 City of Glen Eira Australia
Coordinates	37°53′05″S 145°00′03″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Sandringham
Distance	10.95 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1 island
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus Tram
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	84
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	ELS
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	19 December 1859; 162 years ago (1859-12-19)
Rebuilt	2 October 1960
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (May 1919)
Passengers
2008-2009	1.008 million[1]
2009-2010	1.047 million[1]  3.87%
2010-2011	1.069 million[1]  2.1%
2011-2012	1.004 million[1]  6.08%
2012-2013	Not measured[1]
2013-2014	1.075 million[1]  7.07%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Ripponlea towards Flinders Street Sandringham line Gardenvale towards Sandringham
Track layout Legend to Ripponlea 1 2 to Gardenvale

History

Elsternwick was originally part of the Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Company's network. The company and network was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878, to become part of Victorian Railways. As with the nearby suburb of Ripponlea, which had been named after the adjacent "Rippon Lea Estate" of Frederick Sargood, Elsternwick had been named after the largest property in the district, Charles Ebden's "Elster".[3]

In the 1880s, Elsternwick station also functioned as the western end of the cross-suburban Rosstown Railway, which was built by entrepreneur William Murray Ross, mainly to serve the sugar beet processing mill that he had established, along with an adjoining residential estate, in the locality he called Rosstown, now known as Carnegie. The railway was seldom used and it was officially closed in 1916.

An electric tramline between Elsternwick and Point Ormond opened in 1915, and closed on 22 October 1960, after which the tram route became part of an extended 246 bus route. In February 1959, a project commenced to eliminate the Glen Huntly Road level crossing, where a tramway also crossed the rail line. A temporary two-track station was provided in a side street parallel with the station, which allowed rail services to continue uninterrupted. The work was completed in October 1960, which was when the present railway buildings were provided.[4][5][6]

In 1992, the station was the first in Melbourne to receive the former Public Transport Corporation's teal, sunflower and white coloured station signage,[7] which has since been replaced with Public Transport Victoria branded blue signage. It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 13 November 1995.[8]

The ground-level station car park was closed in 2002/2003, and a residential/retail development was built on it, as part of a deal under which a developer was given the land with the condition that a multi-storey car park, including a lift, was provided for passengers. The station itself underwent a refurbishment in 2004.[2]

Platforms and services

Elsternwick has one island platform with two faces. It is currently serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.[9]

Platform 1:

•  Sandringham line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Sandringham line  all stations services to Sandringham

Transport links

CDC Melbourne operates two routes via Elsternwick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  606 : to Fishermans Bend[10]
•  625 : Elsternwick – Chadstone Shopping Centre[11]

Kinetic Melbourne operates two routes via Elsternwick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  246 : to Clifton Hill[12]
•  603 : Brighton Beach station – Alfred Hospital[13]

Yarra Trams operates one route via Elsternwick Station

• : Melbourne University – Carnegie[14]

Gallery

• 
  Station front and entrance in May 2005

References

External links

• Media related to Elsternwick railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Victorian Railway Stations gallery
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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