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Jordanville railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley, and opened on 5 May 1930 as Kabbareng. Just over a week later, on 13 May 1930, it was renamed Jordanville.[1][2]

Jordanville
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view in February 2007
General information
Location	Windsor Avenue, Mount Waverley, Victoria 3149 City of Monash Australia
Coordinates	37°52′25″S 145°06′43″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Glen Waverley
Distance	17.61 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	155
Bicycle facilities	15
Disabled access	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, Unstaffed
Station code	JOR
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	5 May 1930; 92 years ago (1930-05-05)
Rebuilt	28 June 1964
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (May 1930)
Previous names	Kabbareng (1930)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Holmesglen towards Flinders Street Glen Waverley line Mount Waverley towards Glen Waverley
Track layout Legend to Holmesglen 1 2 to Mount Waverley

History

Jordanville was named after the Jordan family, particularly John Jordan, an early settler and shire councillor. The original name of the station, Kabbareng, is an Aboriginal word meaning "upper".[2] The name was controversial, as evidenced by a letter sent to the editor of The Argus, on 4 March 1930, over the name "Anti-Kabbareng".[3][2] An article in The Age, on 21 March 1930, stated that: "At the last meeting of the Mulgrave Council indignation was expressed at the name of Kabbareng being selected for the railway station at Box Hill-road on the new Darling-Glen Waverley line. The council’s recommendation was Jordan. It was decided to ask the district Parliamentary representatives to take up the matter in support of the name selected by the council."[4]

The current island platform was provided in 1964, in conjunction with the duplication of the line between East Malvern and Mount Waverley.[1]

From the time the station opened until the creation of the City of Monash in 1994, Jordanville was a suburb of Melbourne, but it is now considered a "residential locality", with the former suburban area now part of the suburbs of Chadstone and Ashwood.[5]

The station also serves the adjacent Riversdale Golf Club.

Platforms and services

Jordanville has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Glen Waverley line trains.[6]

Platforms 1:

•  Glen Waverley line  all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Glen Waverley line  all stations services to Glen Waverley

Transport links

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

•  767 : Westfield Southland – Box Hill station[7]

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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