Jordanville railway station

Jordanville railway station is a commuter railway station on the Glen Waverley line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Mount Waverley, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jordanville station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform, connected by a pedestrian subway to Windsor Avenue and Huntingdale Road. It opened on 5 May 1930, with the current station provided in 1964.<ref name="Anderson 2010">Template:Cite book</ref>

The station was provisionally named as Kabbareng. However, during construction, it was renamed to Jordanville.

Additionally, it is served by bus route 767. The station is approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) or around a 28-minute train ride away from Flinders Street.

Description

Jordanville railway station is located in the suburb of Mount Waverley. On the south side of the station is Winsor Avenue and Huntingdale Road is to the west. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> The station is approximately Template:Convert or around a 28-minute train ride away from Flinders Street.<ref name=":7">Template:Cite web</ref>

Jordanville station consists of an island platform which is connected to Winsor Avenue and Huntingdale Road via a pedestrian subway. The length of the platform is approximately Template:Convert, long enough for a Metro Trains 7-car HCMT. There is a single station building, which primarily functions as a waiting room.<ref name=":0" />

The main car park at the station is located on Winsor Avenue just south of the station.<ref name=":0" /> In addition to the car park, there is a bicycle shed with storage for 26 bikes.<ref name="Locations_Parkiteer">Locations Parkiteer</ref> Although there are ramps, they do not fully comply with the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 as the gradient of the ramps is steeper than the maximum of 1:14 allowed under the Act.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Jordanville station opened on 5 May 1930, when the railway line from East Malvern was extended to Glen Waverley.<ref name="Anderson 2010" /> The station was named after the Jordan family, mainly John Jordan, who was an early settler and shire councillor.<ref name="vpjordanville">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="heraldsun">Template:Cite web</ref> The original name of the station, Kabbareng, is an Indigenous word meaning "upper". The name was controversial, as evidenced by a letter sent to the editor of The Argus, on 4 March 1930, using the pseudonym "Anti-Kabbareng".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> An article in The Age, on 21 March 1930, stated that: "At the last meeting of the Mulgrave Council indignation was expressed at the name of Kabbareng being selected for the railway station at Box Hill-road on the new Darling-Glen Waverley line. The council's recommendation was Jordan. It was decided to ask the district Parliamentary representatives to take up the matter in support of the name selected by the council."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the 1950s, the level crossing was removed at Jordanville by moving the railway above Huntingdale road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2014, Metro Trains Melbourne was forced to upgrade the track near Jordanville due to the poor maintenance of tracks.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Platforms and services

The station is currently served by the Glen Waverley line, which is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Services to Glen Waverley travel east. Services to the city head towards Burnley, joining the Belgrave, Lilydale, and Alamein lines before heading to Richmond and traveling through the City Loop in a clockwise direction.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street		All stations and limited express services
2	Template:RouteBox	Glen Waverley		All stations

Transport links

Jordanville is served by bus route 767 which departs the station from the bus stop on Huntingdale Road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Template:Color box: Westfield Southland – Box Hill station<ref name="ptv7672">Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au