Upper Ferntree Gully railway station is located on the Belgrave line in

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. It serves the eastern

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suburb of

Upper Ferntree Gully Upper Ferntree Gully is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 32 km east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Knox and Shire of Yarra Ranges L ...

, and opened on 4 December 1889. A few 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. After December 1900, it became the

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station between the

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used in most of Victoria, and the

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Gembrook line (now the

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), one of the five

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. The narrow gauge line was closed in 1954, but the line as far as

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was rebuilt as a broad gauge electrified railway, which opened on 18 February 1962. The current

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and stabling sidings were provided in 1960. In 1964, a signal panel was installed at the station. It controls the single-track line between

Ferntree Gully Ferntree Gully is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, 30 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Kn ...

and Belgrave stations. The station also monitors, via

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, all stations from

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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,VR History by Andrew Waugh
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and a number of

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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 from the station. Upper Ferntree Gully was upgraded to a

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on 2 July 1996.

Platforms and services

Upper Ferntree Gully has one

with two faces. It is served by Belgrave line trains. Platform 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street and Ringwood Platform 2: * all stations and limited express services to

Transport links

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operates three routes via Upper Ferntree Gully station, under contract to

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: *: to

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*: Belgrave station – Oakleigh station *: to Box Hill station

References

External links

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Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Belgrave=y, state=collapsed Premium Melbourne railway stations Railway stations in Melbourne Railway stations in Australia opened in 1889 Railway stations in the City of Knox