Camberwell railway station is the
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for the
Lilydale,
Belgrave Belgrave may refer to:
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*Belgrave, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia
** Belgrave railway line
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and
Alamein lines in
Victoria
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,
Australia. It serves the eastern
Melbourne
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suburb of
Camberwell, and it opened on 3 April 1882.
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History
Camberwell station opened on 3 April 1882, when the line was extended from
Hawthorn
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.
[ It was the terminus of the line for a few months in that year, until the railway was extended to Lilydale.][ When the first section of the Outer Circle line opened in 1891, a new station was built at East Camberwell, to provide an interchange. However, the Outer Circle line quickly failed. By 1898, only the section from East Camberwell to Ashburton remained in operation (later extended to Alamein), and trains for Ashburton began to depart from Camberwell.
In the late 1910s, the line from Hawthorn to Camberwell was regraded, to ease the steep gradient facing Down trains. Steam locomotives could not pull a fully laden train between the two stations, so peak-hour trains had to be split. The locomotive would bring one set of carriages to Camberwell, then return for the other set, causing significant delays. With the regrading, the tracks at Camberwell were sunk into a cutting and the existing station was demolished. The current ]Federation
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-style station buildings opened in 1919, when the works were completed.[
Immediately east of the station, the Alamein line diverges south, with a flyover carrying the southbound line over the Lilydale and Belgrave lines. This flyover was provided in 1959, when the line was duplicated to Riversdale.] In 1963, a third line was provided between Hawthorn and Camberwell[ and, in 1964, the third line was extended to East Camberwell.][ Also in November of that year, the signal box at Camberwell was the first in Victoria to have push-button ]signalling
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installed. In 1972, the centre track was extended to East Camberwell[ and, in 1974, the platforms were renumbered to their current arrangement.][
On 27 April 1996, Camberwell was upgraded to a ]Premium Station
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. In 1997, four stabling sidings were built on the site of the former goods yard
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, to replace sidings that were removed at Jolimont Yard
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. The stabling sidings had been first proposed by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (The Met) in the mid-1980s.
Redevelopment controversy
In 2001, the Victorian State Government
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launched a new Metropolitan Planning Strategy, Melbourne 2030
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, which proposed intensification of development around public transport nodes, such as railway stations and tram routes, along with limits on such development in residential neighbourhoods. The precinct around Camberwell station was identified as one of a number of 'activity centre
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s' earmarked for redevelopment.
In March 2003, VicTrack
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announced plans to develop the airspace over the site, including the construction of a deck over the station platforms and adjacent stabling yard, with 3–4 levels of car park, and 3–4 storeys of commercial space. The original plans, involving the station's demolition, led to protests from the local community. They received a significant amount of media attention, with actor Geoffrey Rush
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and comedian Barry Humphries
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publicly backing the campaign, and heading a protest march up Burke Road from Camberwell Junction
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to the station. The comedian performed a poem about planners at the rally, and noted that the railway line was sometimes called 'The Orient Express'. To those supporting development of the station, the actions of the protesters were seen as an example of NIMBY
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ism.
The Boroondara Residents Action Group worked with architects McGauran Giannini Soon to provide alternative ideas for developing the air-space over the station and yard that were more in-keeping with their view of community preferences, including a small public plaza and a new public library, with some small-scale shops.
Although the station is historic, it is not protected by any of the state's heritage listings for any architectural or cultural reasons, and failed to gain that protection when nominated to the Victorian Heritage Register
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by local residents groups.
In July 2009, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
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approved a nine-storey development on the site, provided that 14 design modifications were made within 28 days.
In October 2012, VicTrack announced that it had discontinued negotiations with the preferred developer, CSTP Pty Ltd.
Platforms and services
Camberwell has one island platform
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with two faces and one side platform
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. It is serviced by Metro Trains
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' Lilydale, Belgrave Belgrave may refer to:
Places
*Belgrave, Cheshire, an English village
*Belgrave, Leicester an English district
*Belgrave, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia
** Belgrave railway line
**Belgrave railway station, Melbourne
**Belgrave (Puffing ...
and Alamein line services.
Platform 1:
* all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
* all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
* weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations services to Alamein
Platform 2:
* all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations and limited express services to Belgrave Belgrave may refer to:
Places
*Belgrave, Cheshire, an English village
*Belgrave, Leicester an English district
*Belgrave, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia
** Belgrave railway line
**Belgrave railway station, Melbourne
**Belgrave (Puffing ...
* all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations and limited express services to Lilydale
* terminating services from Alamein
Platform 3:
* all stations and limited express services to Belgrave; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
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* all stations and limited express services to Lilydale; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
* all stations services to Alamein
Transport links
CDC Melbourne
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As at 2018, CDC Melbourne was the third-largest commuter b ...
operates one route via Camberwell station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* : Box Hill station – Chadstone Shopping Centre
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Kinetic Melbourne
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operates one route via Camberwell station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* : Doncaster
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Park and Ride – Camberwell Shopping Centre
Yarra Trams
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operates one route via Camberwell station:
* : Melbourne University
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– Camberwell
References
External links
*
Birrell, B. and O'Connor, K. – 2030: a space fallacy – plans to end the urban sprawl will destroy the character of Melbourne, Opinion piece in The Age
Dovey, K et al. (2005) What is Urban Character? The case of Camberwell, Proceedings, 2nd State of Australian Cities Conference, Brisbane: Griffith University
Melway map
at street-directory.com.au
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Premium Melbourne railway stations
Railway stations in Melbourne
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1882
Railway stations in the City of Boroondara
Tram stops in Melbourne