Jordanville railway station
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{{Short description|Railway station in Melbourne, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Jordanville
| type = PTV commuter rail station
| style = Melbourne
| image = Jordanville2025.jpg
| caption = View of platform 1 at the station looking towards Glen Waverley, February 2025
| address = Windsor Avenue,
Mount Waverley, Victoria 3149
| borough = City of Monash
| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|37.87358|S|145.11199|E|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}
| distance = 17.61 kilometres from
Southern Cross
| line = {{rcb|Melbourne|Glen Waverley|croute}}
| other = {{rint|melbourne|met bus|link=List of bus routes in Melbourne}} Bus
| structure = Ground
| platform = 2 (1 island)
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 2
| parking = 155
| opened = {{start date and age|1930|5|5|df=y}}
| closed =
| rebuilt = 28 June 1964
| electrified = May 1930 (1500 V DC overhead)
| accessible = No—steep ramp
| code = JOR
| owned = VicTrack
| operator = Metro Trains
| zone = Myki Zone 2
| status = Operational, unstaffed
| former = Kabbareng (1930)
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box|passengers = 253,803[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19] Department of Transport|pass_year = 2005–2006}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 289,887|pass_year = 2006–2007|pass_percent = 14.21}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 332,830|pass_year = 2007–2008|pass_percent = 14.81}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 346,438[https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021] Philip Mallis|pass_year = 2008–2009|pass_percent = 4.08}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 349,233|pass_year = 2009–2010|pass_percent = 0.80}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 351,973|pass_year = 2010–2011|pass_percent = 0.78}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 319,606|pass_year = 2011–2012|pass_percent = -9.19}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = Not measured|pass_year = 2012–2013}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 324,587|pass_year = 2013–2014|pass_percent = 1.55}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 354,129|pass_year = 2014–2015|pass_percent = 9.1}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 416,639|pass_year = 2015–2016|pass_percent = 17.65}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 458,326|pass_year = 2016–2017|pass_percent = 10}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 486,955|pass_year = 2017–2018|pass_percent = 6.24}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 498,850|pass_year = 2018–2019|pass_percent = 2.44}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 402,000|pass_year = 2019–2020|pass_percent = -19.41}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 157,850|pass_year = 2020–2021|pass_percent = -60.73}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 191,000[https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)] Data Vic|pass_year = 2021–2022|pass_percent = 21}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 362,950|pass_year = 2022–2023|pass_percent = 90.02}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Melbourne|line=Glen Waverley|left=Holmesglen|right=Mount Waverley}}
| website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1105 Public Transport Victoria]
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Jordanville railway station is a commuter railway station on the Glen Waverley line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Mount Waverley, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jordanville station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform, connected by a pedestrian subway to Windsor Avenue and Huntingdale Road. It opened on 5 May 1930, with the current station provided in 1964.{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Rick |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/671303814 |title=Stopping all stations : Melbourne's unfinished rail network/opportunities lost |year=2010 |location=Clunes, Victoria |language=EN}}
The station was provisionally named as Kabbareng. However, during construction, it was renamed to Jordanville.
Additionally, it is served by bus route 767. The station is approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) or around a 28-minute train ride away from Flinders Street.
Description
Jordanville railway station is located in the suburb of Mount Waverley. On the south side of the station is Winsor Avenue and Huntingdale Road is to the west. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne.{{Cite web |title=Jordanville |url=https://www.metrotrains.com.au/stations/jordanville/ |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=www.metrotrains.com.au |language=en-US}} The station is approximately {{convert|17|km}} or around a 28-minute train ride away from Flinders Street.{{Cite web |title=Glen Waverley Line |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/timetable/7/glen-waverley/ |access-date=3 April 2023 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB}}
Jordanville station consists of an island platform which is connected to Winsor Avenue and Huntingdale Road via a pedestrian subway. The length of the platform is approximately {{convert|160|m|ft}}, long enough for a Metro Trains 7-car HCMT. There is a single station building, which primarily functions as a waiting room.
The main car park at the station is located on Winsor Avenue just south of the station. In addition to the car park, there is a bicycle shed with storage for 26 bikes.[https://parkiteer.com.au/locations/?_locations_map=-37.98246629970648%2C144.9017577973633%2C-37.77163247012048%2C145.38927610791018%2C12 Locations] Parkiteer Although there are ramps, they do not fully comply with the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 as the gradient of the ramps is steeper than the maximum of 1:14 allowed under the Act.{{Cite web |title=Access Guide |url=https://www.metrotrains.com.au/station-accessibility-features/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208020143/https://www.metrotrains.com.au/station-accessibility-features/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=www.metrotrains.com.au |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=26 August 2019 |title=Tracks, pathways, ramps and stairs |url=https://sport.vic.gov.au/publications-and-resources/design-everyone-guide/index-elements/tracks-pathways-ramps-and-stairs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316043030/https://sport.vic.gov.au/publications-and-resources/design-everyone-guide/index-elements/tracks-pathways-ramps-and-stairs |archive-date=16 March 2023 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=Sport and Recreation Victoria |language=en}}
=Services=
The station is currently served by the Glen Waverley line, which is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Services to Glen Waverley travel east. Services to the city head towards Burnley, joining the Belgrave, Lilydale, and Alamein lines before heading to Richmond and traveling through the City Loop in a clockwise direction.{{Cite web |title=Jordanville Station |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/ |access-date=2 May 2023 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB}}
Platform 1:
- {{RouteBox|Glen Waverley line|Glen Waverley line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Glen Waverley}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- {{RouteBox|Glen Waverley line|Glen Waverley line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Glen Waverley}}|white}} all stations services to Glen Waverley
==Transport links==
Jordanville is served by bus route 767 which departs the station from the bus stop on Huntingdale Road.{{Cite web |title=Jordanville Station/Huntingdale Rd |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/ |access-date=2 May 2023 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB}}
- {{color box|9c9726|767|white}}: Westfield Southland – Box Hill station{{cite web |title=767 Southland – Box Hill via Chadstone & Jordanville & Deakin University |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/14926/767-southland-box-hill-via-chadstone-and-jordanville-and-deakin-university |access-date=29 April 2023 |website=Public Transport Victoria}}
History
Jordanville station opened on 5 May 1930, when the railway line from East Malvern was extended to Glen Waverley. The station was named after the Jordan family, mainly John Jordan, who was an early settler and shire councillor.{{cite web|title=Jordanville|url=http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/jordanville|website=Victorian Places|accessdate=11 August 2017}}{{cite web|first=Jamie|last=First|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/the-az-story-of-melbournes-suburbs/news-story/6f7611b7df20e55ad02f5e9615885e21|title=The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs|publisher=Herald Sun|date=7 January 2014|accessdate=12 February 2023}} The original name of the station, Kabbareng, is an Indigenous word meaning "upper". The name was controversial, as evidenced by a letter sent to the editor of The Argus, on 4 March 1930, using the pseudonym "Anti-Kabbareng".{{cite news |title=Railway station names |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4072442 |access-date=30 January 2022 |work=The Argus |date=4 March 1930 |page=5}} 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."{{cite news |title=Clayton |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202267782/18959309 |access-date=30 January 2022 |work=The Age |date=21 March 1930 |page=16}}
In the 1950s, the level crossing was removed at Jordanville by moving the railway above Huntingdale road.{{Cite web |title=The benefits of level crossing removals- Lessons from Melbourne's historical experience |url=https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/2733112/LXRA-Report_low_resolution.pdf |website=University of Melbourne}}
In 2014, Metro Trains Melbourne was forced to upgrade the track near Jordanville due to the poor maintenance of tracks.{{Cite web |title=Melbourne train drivers fear poor maintenance of rail lines will lead to derailments |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-train-drivers-fear-poor-maintenance-of-rail-lines-will-lead-to-derailments/44d7b7fb-91e8-48d3-b84c-24aa17d81e9c |access-date=5 May 2023 |website=www.9news.com.au}}
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External links
- [http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd3/map.php?x=145.11223206805445&y=-37.87366456389207&l=13&mt=4 Melway map] at street-directory.com.au
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