Richmond station is a suburban railway stationinMelbourne, Australia. It is located in the suburbofRichmond, and is built on an embankment immediately east of Punt Road with platforms extending west across the Punt Road railway bridge. It has ten platforms connected by three subways. It is the junction of all of Melbourne's eastern and southeastern rail lines with trains on the Frankston, Glen Waverley, Pakenham, Sandringham, Cranbourne, Belgrave, Lilydale and Alamein lines passing through the station.
Located 2.4 km from Flinders Street Station, Melbourne's central suburban railway station, Richmond station is located close to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Punt Road Oval and Melbourne Park, so is often busy during sporting and other special events.
Tram route 70 runs past Richmond Station along Swan Street. Punt Road underpasses directly under the station via a major interchange with Swan Street and Brunton Avenue.
Richmond station has been relocated and rebuilt four times. The first station in Punt Road was at ground level and opened on 8 February, 1859. It closed the same year on 12 December, 1859. On the same day the new station, also at ground level, opened in Swan Street.
In1885, an elevated station just north of Swan Street was opened with six platforms. For a period, both the old and new stations operated, before the original Swan Street station finally closed.
By the 1940s the station had deteriorated to the point that it was condemned by the local council. Despite this, it was not until 26 March, 1960, that the present elevated station opened slightly west of the existing one. The bridges at each end of the station across Punt Road and Swan Street were also rebuilt to accommodate the ten tracks. The old station was demolished.
The condition of Richmond station was criticised again in 2005. Melbourne hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games, with Richmond station as the gateway to many of the main venues. The station's bleak appearance and poor access to these venues led the Victorian Government to consider redeveloping the station, however this was considered too expensive.
Richmond station was the filming location for the opening scene of Romper Stomper, although in the film it was credited as Footscray station.
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