East Richmond railway station, Melbourne

East Richmond railway station is a commuter railway station on the Alamein, Belgrave, Glen Waverley and Lilydale lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the inner eastern Melbourne suburbs of Richmond and Cremorne. The station was opened on 24 September 1860, and the current station layout dates from 1967.

Opened as Church Street, the station was given its current name on 1 January 1867.<ref name="vicsigeastrichmond">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

East Richmond station was opened by the Melbourne & Suburban Railway Company, when its service to Hawthorn began. A level crossing was formerly located at Green Street, near the up end of the station, which was removed on 12 March 1965, along with the associated signal box, and replaced with a pedestrian subway.<ref name=vicsigeastrichmond/><ref name=Dornan&Henderson>Template:Cite book</ref>

In the 1960s, the line through the station was quadrupled, the track was lowered by 1.2 metres, and a new Platform 1 was built. The first of the two new tracks was commissioned on 1 August 1966, and the second on 9 January 1967, along with the new platform.<ref name=Dornan&Henderson/> In 1980, crossovers were provided at the up end of the station.<ref name=vicsigeastrichmond/>

The 2010/2011 state budget allocated $83.7 million to upgrade East Richmond to a premium station, along with nineteen others.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="newsrailjun10">Template:Cite magazine</ref> However, the incoming Baillieu government cancelled those plans in 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Platforms and services

East Richmond station has two side platforms, and a total of four tracks operating through it. Its location at the city end of Melbourne's busiest group of railway lines means that, although a large number of services pass through the station, only a limited number stop there, largely because Richmond is only a few hundred metres away in Swan Street.

Services to and from Lilydale and Belgrave do not normally stop at East Richmond. Glen Waverley services stop here, except for Glen Waverley-bound services in the morning peak. Most services to and from Alamein, Blackburn and Ringwood stop here.

It is served by Lilydale, Belgrave, Alamein and Glen Waverley line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref><ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref><ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref><ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations
2	Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox	Glen Waverley, Alamein, Blackburn, Ringwood, Lilydale, Belgrave,		All stations

Transport links

Yarra Trams operates two routes via East Richmond station:

• File:Melbourne tram route 70 icon.svg: Waterfront City Docklands – Wattle Park<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• File:Melbourne tram route 78 icon.svg: North Richmond – Balaclava<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au