Glenferrie station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Alamein, Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the eastern suburb of Hawthorn, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Glenferrie station is an elevated structure premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. The first station opened on 3 April 1882, with the current station built in 1916. The station was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 20 August 1982 in recognition of its historic and architectural significance.
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 station's current traffic serves the nearby Hawthorn campus of the Swinburne University of Technology.
History
Glenferrie station opened on 3 April 1882, when the railway line from Hawthorn was extended to Camberwell. The station is named after the adjacent Glenferrie Road, itself named after a property which was purchased by solicitor Peter Ferrie in 1840, who later named the property Glen Ferrie.
In 1916, as part of an extensive grade separation scheme between Hawthorn and Camberwell, a new elevated station was built. It had an allowance for a future set of tracks and another rail bridge to the south.Report to Heritage Victoria amending registration July 2026. The station was designed by the Victorian Railway's architect Edward Ballard under the Department's Chief Architect J W Hardy, and included shops on Glenferrie Road and utilised walkways on either side for access. The extra track was added in 1963, with the up platform becoming an island, and the centre track becoming bi-directional for express services. The station features red brick and stucco facades punctuated by arches, switchback ramps up to the platforms, and the island platform has a very wide canopy. Auburn Station was built at the same time and is almost identical, and both were added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 1982.
On 26 February 1996, Glenferrie was upgraded to a premium station.
Platforms and services
Glenferrie has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein line services. Glenferrie platform arrangementPlatformLineDestinationViaService TypeNotesSource1Flinders StreetCity LoopAll stations and limited express servicesSee City Loop for operating patterns2Flinders StreetCity LoopAll stations and limited express servicesSee City Loop for operating patternsMooroolbark, Lilydale, Upper Ferntree Gully or Belgrave3Alamein, Blackburn, Ringwood, Mooroolbark, Lilydale or BelgraveAll stations and limited express services
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates one route via Glenferrie station: : Melbourne University – Kew
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References
External links
Melway map at street-directory.com.au