South Yarra railway station is the

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for the Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston and

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lines in Victoria,

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. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, and opened on 22 December 1860 as Gardiners Creek Road. It was renamed South Yarra on 1 January 1867.South Yarra
Vicsig V/Line's Bairnsdale rail services ( Gippsland line) pass non-stop through the station.

History

South Yarra was opened on 22 December 1860, by the

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, as Gardiner's Creek Road. Initially, it served the Brighton line, on what was called the " Prahran Branch". The station was renamed South Yarra on 1 January 1867. The private railway company, by then the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the

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in 1878, and its network became part of the Victorian Railways. John Cooper (1924) notes that when the South Yarra to Oakleigh line was first constructed, a set of

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connected the line to the existing Brighton line. However, it was found that a high embankment obscured the vision of the drivers of approaching trains on both lines. To solve that problem, it was decided that the Oakleigh line should have its own tracks into Melbourne, and soon after, a second bridge, spanning the Yarra River, was built to facilitate that (p. 307). The opening of the South Yarra to Oakleigh line in 1879 made the proposed Outer Circle railway line largely redundant, but it was constructed anyway, a decade later. The line between South Yarra and Caulfield was completely rebuilt in 1914. The works included the quadruplication of the line, and rebuilt stations at

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, Armadale and

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. In 1946, the current bridge over the Yarra River was provided. In 1947, a works

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opened, which was disconnected in 1955. Even after the laying of six tracks from

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to South Yarra, and the abolition of the

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there, the station retained three emergency

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at the up end of Platforms 1 and 2, 3 and 4 and 5 and 6. The latter set was removed in 1983, followed by the middle pair by 23 June 1984, and the final set in August 1986. The crossovers were originally provided in 1945 and 1960. Also in 1960, the "local lines", used by Pakenham and Cranbourne line services, were extended to Richmond, and the signal box, located at the up end of Platforms 4 and 5, was abolished. The signal box still remains in a disused state. In 1993, major re-signalling works occurred between South Yarra and Toorak stations, with similar work occurring between South Yarra and Richmond stations in 1994. In 1996, South Yarra was upgraded to a Premium Station. As such, the station is staffed from the first to the last service each day. According to

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data, it is the eighth-busiest station on the Melbourne metropolitan network, with 4.59 million boardings per year in 2017/2018. South Yarra was scheduled for a $12 million refurbishment in early 2020. The entrance to the station on

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was to be widened, and the layout changed to make the station larger. The Pakenham and Cranbourne railway lines will no longer stop at South Yarra when the

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opens, which is scheduled to take place in 2025. The entrance portal to the Metro Tunnel is located near the station, but South Yarra will not be integrated into the new tunnel, which has led to some criticism.

Platforms and services

South Yarra station has six platforms: two side platforms and two island platforms with four faces. It is served by Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston and

line trains. Platform 1: * all stations services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to

Platform 3: * all stations services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown Platform 4: * all stations and limited stops services to Frankston Platform 5: * all stations services to Flinders Street * all stations services to Flinders Street Platform 6: * express services to Pakenham * express services to Cranbourne

Transport links

Yarra Trams operates one route via South Yarra station: * : West Coburg –

Gallery

File:South Yarra platforms.jpg, Southbound view from Platforms 2 and 3, June 2014

References

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