South Yarra railway station: Difference between revisions

South Yarra
Station front in May 2011
General information
Location	Toorak Road, South Yarra
Coordinates	37°50′20″S 144°59′32″E / 37.8389°S 144.9922°E / -37.8389; 144.9922
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Cranbourne Frankston Pakenham Sandringham
Distance	5.41 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	6 (2 side, 2 island)
Tracks	6
Connections	Tram
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	SYR
Fare zone	Myki zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	22 December 1860
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
49,003 (weekly)
Services
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South Yarra railway station is located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra on the Cranbourne, Frankston, Pakenham and Sandringham lines in Victoria, Australia.

The station is a Premium station, and according to Public Transport Victoria data, was the 11th busiest train station on the Melbourne metropolitan network, with 49,003 entries each week in 2011/12.^[1]

History

The station was opened on 22 December 1860 by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company as Gardiners Creek Road. Initially, the station served the Brighton line on what was called the "Prahran Branch". The station was renamed South Yarra on 1 January 1867.^[2] The company, then known as the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878 becoming part of Victorian Railways.

Cooper (1924) advises that when the South Yarra to Oakleigh line was first laid a set of points connected the line to the existing Brighton line. In practice it was found that a high embankment obscured vision from approaching trains on both lines. To avert a disaster, it was decided that the Oakleigh line should have its own tracks into Melbourne, and soon after a second bridge spanning the Yarra River was built to facilitate this. (p. 307). The construction of the South Yarra to Oakleigh line hastened the demise of the Outer Circle railway line.

The station was upgraded to a Premium station in 1996.^[3]

Platforms & services

South Yarra has six platforms. It is serviced by Cranbourne,^[4] Frankston,^[5] Pakenham^[6] and Sandringham ^[7] Metro Trains line services.

Platform 1:

• Sandringham line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

• Sandringham line: all stations and limited stops services to Sandringham

Platform 3:

• Frankston line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street

Platform 4:

• Frankston line: all stations and limited express services to Frankston

Platform 5:

• Pakenham line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
• Cranbourne line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street

Platform 6:

• Pakenham line: all stations and limited stops services to Pakenham
• Cranbourne line: all stations and limited stops services to Cranbourne

Transport links

Yarra Trams operates one route via South Yarra station:

• 8: Moreland - Toorak^[8]

References

External links

• Media related to South Yarra railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway