Upper Ferntree Gully railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Melbourne, Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Upper Ferntree Gully

| other_name = Upper Fern Tree Gully

| type = PTV commuter rail station

| style = Melbourne

| image = Island_platform_at_Upper_Ferntree_Gully_Station,_Melbourne.jpg

| image_caption = Eastbound view from Platform 2, July 2021

| address = Burwood Highway,
Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria 3156

| borough = City of Knox

| country = Australia

| coordinates = {{coord|37.89265|S|145.30751|E|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}

| distance = 37.66 kilometres from
Southern Cross

| line = {{rcb|Melbourne|Belgrave|croute}}

| other = {{rint|victoria|met bus|link=List of bus routes in Melbourne}} Bus

| structure = Ground

| platform = 2 (island)

| depth =

| levels =

| tracks = 6

| parking = 170

| bicycle = Yes

| opened = {{start date and age|1889|12|4|df=y}}

| closed =

| rebuilt = 21 November 1960
19 February 1962

| former = Upper Ferntree Gully (1889-1975)

| electrified = October 1925
(1500 V DC overhead)

| accessible = No—steep ramp

| code = UFG

| owned = VicTrack

| operator = Metro Trains

| zone = Myki Zone 2

| status = Operational, premium station

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 258,755[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 = 269,009|pass_year = 2006–2007|pass_percent = 3.96}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 310,278|pass_year = 2007–2008|pass_percent = 15.34}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 280,887[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 = -9.47}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 272,580|pass_year = 2009–2010|pass_percent = -2.95}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 284,428|pass_year = 2010–2011|pass_percent = 4.34}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 277,734|pass_year = 2011–2012|pass_percent = -2.35}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = Not measured|pass_year = 2012–2013}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 246,301|pass_year = 2013–2014|pass_percent = -11.31}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 248,646|pass_year = 2014–2015|pass_percent = 0.95}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 274,809|pass_year = 2015–2016|pass_percent = 10.52}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 219,745|pass_year = 2016–2017|pass_percent = -20.03}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 265,508|pass_year = 2017–2018|pass_percent = 20.82}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 264,659|pass_year = 2018–2019|pass_percent = -0.31}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 210,850|pass_year = 2019–2020|pass_percent = -20.33}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 95,700|pass_year = 2020–2021|pass_percent = -54.61}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 103,250[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 = 7.88}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 145,900|pass_year = 2022–2023|pass_percent = 41.30}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Melbourne|line1=Belgrave|left1=Ferntree Gully|right1=Upwey

|line2=Belgrave|left2=Ferntree Gully|right2=Upwey|to-left2=Ringwood|note-mid2=Shuttle services}}

| website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1199 Public Transport Victoria]

| route_map = {{Routemap

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Upper Ferntree Gully railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully in Victoria, Australia. Upper Ferntree Gully is a ground level premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 4 December 1889, with the current station provided between 1960 and 1962 respectively.{{cite web|title=Upper Ferntree Gully|url=http://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Upper-Ferntree-Gully|website=Vicsig|access-date=4 January 2017}}

A number of services each day originate and terminate at Upper Ferntree Gully. The trains are stabled overnight in six of the seven sidings opposite the station.

History

Upper Ferntree Gully station opened on 4 December 1889, when the railway line from Ringwood was extended. After December 1900, it became the break-of-gauge station between the broad gauge used in most of Victoria, and the narrow gauge Gembrook line (now the Puffing Billy Railway), one of the five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways. In 1954, the narrow gauge line was closed. However, the line as far as Belgrave was rebuilt as a broad gauge electrified railway, which opened on 18 February 1962.

On 21 November 1960, the current island platform and the stabling sidings to the north of the station were provided. In 1964, a signal panel was installed at the station.{{cite web|title=Upper Ferntree Gully - Interlocking Information|url=https://vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&interlocking=Upper%20Ferntree%20Gully|website=Vicsig|access-date=8 January 2023}} It controls the single-track line between Ferntree Gully and Belgrave. The station also monitors, via closed-circuit television, all stations from Heathmont to Belgrave, and answers emergency calls from those stations.

On 4 August 1975, the name of the station was altered slightly to Upper Fern Tree Gully,{{cite web|url=http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/T1998.PDF|title=SRS Showday Tour Notes Box Hill - Lilydale & Belgrave 3 November 1998|website=VR History by Andrew Waugh|access-date=16 April 2023}} although in more recent times most references have reverted to the original name. In 1978, a siding and a number of points and dwarf signals at the station were abolished.

In 1985, boom barriers were provided at the Hilltop Road level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station. On 2 July 1996, Upper Ferntree Gully was upgraded to a premium station.{{cite magazine|date=October 1997|title=Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station|magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|pages=303–315}}

Platforms and services

Upper Ferntree Gully has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Belgrave line trains.{{cite PTV route|Belgrave|mode=train}}

Platform 1:

  • {{RouteBox|Belgrave line|Belgrave line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Belgrave}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations shuttle services to Ringwood

Platform 2:

  • {{RouteBox|Belgrave line|Belgrave line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Belgrave}}|white}} all stations services to Belgrave

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