East Camberwell railway station

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East Camberwell railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell in Victoria, Australia. East Camberwell is a ground level unstaffed station featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 14 May 1900, with the current station provided in 1986 following a fire.<ref name="vicsigeastcamberwell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

A substation is located north-east of the station, along with a former works depot.<ref name="newsrailjun86">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

History

East Camberwell station opened on 14 May 1900, and was originally the interchange station for the Deepdene Dasher service, which operated north along the Outer Circle line, that had originally opened in 1891.<ref name=beardsell>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp Three platforms were provided; two high-level platforms for services on the Lilydale line, and a single low-level platform for services on the Outer Circle line. Steps were provided between all platforms, to enable passengers to change between services. Between 1915 and 1922, a signal box at the Melbourne (up) end was provided, to control the junction towards Riversdale (on today's Alamein line), as the three tracks through to Camberwell had been reduced to two, to allow the regrading works at Camberwell to proceed. On 9 October 1927, the Deepdene Dasher service was withdrawn, and the northern section of the Outer Circle line closed on 6 September 1943, when goods services to East Kew ended.<ref name=beardsell/>Template:Rp The low level platform was removed after World War II.<ref name="newsrailjan87">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 1964, the platforms on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines were rebuilt, when work to provide a third track between Camberwell and East Camberwell was carried out, with the southern platform converted into an island platform.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The track amplification work also removed the bridge that had carried the Lilydale and Belgrave lines over the Outer Circle line. In 1971, the third track was extended to Box Hill.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1981, the Edwardian timber station building on Platforms 1 and 2 was replaced with a brick structure, partly due to the perceived fire risk. However, on 12 August 1986, it was destroyed by fire,<ref name=vicsigeastcamberwell/><ref name="herald1986">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="age1988">Template:Cite news</ref> and was replaced with the current open canopy.

In 1990, actor and comedian Barry Humphries described the station as a "scrawled-on urine-reeking wasteland."<ref name="age1990">Template:Cite news</ref>

Platforms and services

An X'Trapolis train on a Flinders Street-bound service arrives at Platform 1, August 2024

East Camberwell has an island platform with two faces and a side platform. All three platforms are linked by an underpass.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Belgrave and Lilydale line services.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref><ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |East Camberwell platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type
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Template:RouteBox 		Flinders Street City Loop All stations and limited express services
2 Template:RouteBox
Template:RouteBox 		Lilydale, Belgrave All stations
3 Template:RouteBox
Template:RouteBox 		Blackburn, Ringwood, Lilydale, Belgrave All stations

References

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Further reading

  • Marc Fiddian (1988). Commuters, Shoppers and Scholars : A History of the Melbourne-Lilyale Railway. p. 76 Template:ISBN

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