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Glenferrie railway station

Glenferrie
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 2, November 2021
General information
Location	Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 City of Boroondara Australia
Coordinates	37°49′18″S 145°02′12″E / 37.8216°S 145.0367°E / -37.8216; 145.0367
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave Alamein[a]
Distance	8.12 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Tram
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	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; 142 years ago (1882-04-03)
Rebuilt	8 December 1963
Electrified	December 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Glenferrie Road (1882)
Passengers
2005–2006	1,933,463[1]
2006–2007	2,202,905[1]  13.93%
2007–2008	2,449,830[1]  11.2%
2008–2009	2,250,901[2]  8.12%
2009–2010	2,303,926[2]  2.35%
2010–2011	2,701,393[2]  17.25%
2011–2012	2,355,864[2]  12.79%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	2,858,142[2]  21.32%
2014–2015	2,808,939[1]  1.72%
2015–2016	2,798,954[2]  0.35%
2016–2017	2,733,069[2]  2.35%
2017–2018	2,720,071[2]  0.47%
2018–2019	2,729,100[2]  0.33%
2019–2020	1,949,900[2]  28.55%
2020–2021	749,450[2]  61.56%
2021–2022	1,068,450[3]  42.56%
2022–2023	1,747,000[3]  63.51%
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 toHawthorn 1 3 2 toAuburn

Glenferrie railway station is a commuter railway station on the Alamein, Belgrave and Lilydale lines, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of HawthorninVictoria, Australia. Glenferrie is an elevated premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register,^[4] and was opened 3 April 1882.^[5]

Initially opened as Glenferrie Road, the station was given its current name of Glenferrie on 1 September 1882, seven months after services began. Much of the stations current traffic serves the nearby Hawthorn campus of the Swinburne University of Technology.^[6]

Glenferrie station opened on 3 April 1882, when the railway line from Hawthorn was extended to Camberwell.^[5] The station is named after nearby Glenferrie Road, itself named after a property which was purchased by solicitor Peter Ferrie in 1840, who later named the property Glen Ferrie.^[7][8]

In 1963, a third line was provided between Hawthorn and Camberwell.^[5] These works included a new up platform (Platform 1), with Platform 2 becoming a bi-directional platform.^[5]

On 26 February 1996, Glenferrie was upgraded to a premium station.^[9]

Glenferrie has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein line services.^[10][11][12]

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

Yarra Trams operates one route via Glenferrie station:

• : Melbourne University – Kew^[13]

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  Eastbound view of Platform 2, June 2004

Media related to Glenferrie railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au