Ferntree Gully railway station is located on the Belgrave line in

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, Australia. It serves the eastern

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suburb of Ferntree Gully, and opened on 5 December 1889 as Lower Ferntree Gully. It was renamed Ferntree Gully on 1 October 1962, and Fern Tree Gully on 29 February 1972.VICSIG Infrastructure - Ferntree Gully
/ref> Although most references to the station still use the 1962 version of the name, there is no evidence that it has ever officially been changed back. The goods siding at the station was abolished in 1955, and station was closed to all goods traffic on 19 December 1959. The current station buildings were provided in 1976, when the former signal panel was relocated into the new building. The panel was abolished in 1977. In the same year, boom barriers were provided at the Alpine Street

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, located nearby in the down direction. On 18 November 2008, it was announced that the station would be upgraded to a

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. Work began in early 2009, and was completed by December of the same year. On 31 July 2017, with a budget of $20 million, work began to add 215 new parking spaces at the station, which was completed by 1 December 2017. South of the station, the double track becomes

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through to Belgrave station.

Platforms and services

Ferntree Gully has two

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s. It is served by Belgrave line trains. Platforms 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street and Ringwood Platforms 2: * all stations services to Upper Ferntree Gully and

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Transport links

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operates five routes via Ferntree Gully station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: *: Boronia station – Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre *: Belgrave station – Oakleigh station *: Bayswater station –

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* : Glen Waverley station –

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(Saturday and Sunday mornings only) *Telebuses and FlexiRide
Public Transport Victoria

Gallery

Image:Ferntree Gully1.jpg, Station front and entrance to Platform 1 in April 2006 Image:Aerial perspective of Ferntree Gully Quarry Recreational Reserve.jpg, Aerial view of the Ferntree Gully Quarry Recreational Reserve, minutes away from the station, January 2019

References

External links

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Melway map
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