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Glenferrie railway station is located on the Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, and it opened on 3 April 1882 as Glenferrie Road. It was renamed Glenferrie on 1 September 1882.[2]

Glenferrie
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 2 in November 2021
General information
Location	Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 City of Boroondara Australia
Coordinates	37°49′18″S 145°02′12″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave Alamein
Distance	8.12 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Tram
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	GFE
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	3 April 1882; 140 years ago (1882-04-03)
Rebuilt	8 December 1963
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (December 1922)
Previous names	Glenferrie Road (1882)
Passengers
2014-2015	Not measured[1]
2015-2016	2.80 million[1]  2.07%
2016-2017	2.73 million[1]  2.35%
2017-2018	2.72 million[1]  0.48%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Hawthorn towards Flinders Street Lilydale line Auburn towards Lilydale Belgrave line Auburn towards Belgrave Alamein line Weekday peak only Auburn towards Alamein
Track layout Legend to Hawthorn 1 3 2 to Auburn

In 1963, a third line was provided between Hawthorn and Camberwell.[2] These works included a new Up platform (Platform 1), with Platform 2 becoming a bi-directional platform.[2]

It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 26 February 1996.[3]

The station complex is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[4]

Platforms and services

Glenferrie has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein line services.[5][6][7]

Platform 1:

•  Alamein line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Lilydale line  weekend all stations to Lilydale
•  Belgrave line  weekend all stations to Belgrave
•  Lilydale line  weekday peak hour all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street. Off-peak express services run express past this platform.
•  Belgrave line  weekday peak hour all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street. Off-peak express services run express past this platform.

Platform 3:

•  Lilydale line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Lilydale; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
•  Belgrave line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Belgrave; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
•  Alamein line  weekday all stations services to Alamein

Transport links

Yarra Trams operates one route via Glenferrie station:

• : Melbourne University – Kew[8]

Gallery

• 
  Eastbound view of Platform 2 in June 2004

References

External links

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

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