Alphington railway station

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Alphington railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 37°46′42″S 145°01′53″E / 37.7784°S 145.0313°E

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Alphington

PTV commuter rail station

Westbound view from Platform 1, August 2024

General information

Location

Rowe Street,
Alphington, Victoria 3078
City of Darebin
Australia

Coordinates

37°46′42″S 145°01′53″E / 37.7784°S 145.0313°E

Owned by

VicTrack

Operated by

Metro Trains

Line(s)

Hurstbridge

Distance

10.46 kilometres from
Southern Cross

Platforms

2 side

Tracks

Connections

Bus

Construction

Structure type

Ground

Parking

119

Bicycle facilities

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Status

Operational, unstaffed

Station code

ALP

Fare zone

Myki Zone 1

Website

Public Transport Victoria

History

Opened

8 May 1888; 136 years ago

Rebuilt

1979

Electrified

July 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)

Passengers

2005–2006

278,977^[1]

2006–2007

297,434^[1]

6.61%

2007–2008

316,732^[1]

6.48%

2008–2009

316,047^[2]

0.212%

2009–2010

323,038^[2]

2.21%

2010–2011

321,010^[2]

0.62%

2011–2012

287,551^[2]

10.42%

2012–2013

Not measured^[2]

2013–2014

273,566^[2]

4.86%

2014–2015

279,012^[1]

1.99%

2015–2016

306,621^[2]

9.89%

2016–2017

303,367^[2]

1.06%

2017–2018

243,307^[2]

19.8%

2018–2019

296,900^[2]

22.03%

2019–2020

239,400^[2]

19.37%

2020–2021

109,600^[2]

54.2%

2021–2022

129,950^[3]

18.56%

Services

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Fairfield towards Flinders Street		Hurstbridge line		Darebin towards Hurstbridge

Track layout

Legend

					to Fairfield


			1 2

					Yarralea Street

					Darebin Creek
					to Darebin

Alphington railway station is a commuter railway station on the Hurstbridge line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Alphington, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Alphington station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 May 1888, with the current station provided in 1979.^[4]

History

Alphington station opened on 8 May 1888, when a railway line between Collingwood and Heidelberg was provided.^[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Alphington in Devon, England, which was the birthplace of Sir William Manning, who subdivided his property in the area into a village.^[5]^[6]

In 1912, duplication between Westgarth and Alphington was provided.^[4] In 1951, duplication to Ivanhoe was provided.^[4]

In 1966, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Yarralea Street level crossing, located at the down end of the station.^[7]^[8] The signal box and a goods yard were also abolished at that time.^[4]

In 1979, the current station buildings were provided.^[9]

Platforms and services

Alphington has two side platforms. It is served by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line trains.^[10]

Platform 1:

Hurstbridge line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

Hurstbridge line all stations and limited express services to Macleod, Greensborough, Eltham and Hurstbridge

Transport links

Dysons operates one bus route via Alphington station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

508 : to Moonee Ponds Junction^[11]

Gallery

Westbound view from Platform 2, January 2009
Eastbound view from Platform 2, August 2024
Eastbound view of the station platforms, August 2024
Station building on Platform 1, August 2024
Station building and entrance to Platform 2, August 2024
The station's pedestrian footbridge, viewed Westbound from Platform 2, August 2024

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Alphington". vicsig.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Alphington". Victorian Places. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Yarralea Street". vicsig.net. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1979. p. 204.
^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
^ "508 Alphington - Moonee Ponds via Northcote & Brunswick". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

Media related to Alphington railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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