Ripponlea railway station

Ripponlea railway station is a commuter railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Opened on 1 May 1912, the station complex is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.<ref name="vicsigripponlea">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> The station is named after, and serves, the south-eastern suburb of Ripponlea. Ripponlea station is a ground level host station, featuring two side platforms.<ref name="vicsigripponlea" /> The railway station is accessible, with step free access provided.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>

Ripponlea railway station is served by the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref> The station also connects to services on tram route 67 and bus route 623.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The journey to Southern Cross railway station is approximately Template:Convert and takes 12 minutes.<ref name="vicsigripponlea" />

Description

Ripponlea station is located in Ripponlea, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. It is owned by the state government agency VicTrack and operated by Metro Trains Melbourne.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The station is approximately Template:Convert, or a 12-minute journey, away from Southern Cross station.<ref name="vicsigripponlea" /> Its adjacent stations are Balaclava station up towards Melbourne and Elsternwick station down towards Sandringham.<ref name=":2" />

The station consists of two side platforms for a total of two platform edges. Platform 1 has a large timber building, with a smaller timber building on Platform 2. Both buildings are cladded with weatherboard. The platforms also have cantilevered verandahs.<ref name=":0" /> There is a timber footbridge immediately south of the station buildings, which connects the two platforms and allows pedestrians to cross the railway tracks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The station is largely the same as when it was built, as minimal changes were made to the complex.<ref name=":0" /> There is no car parking available at the station. Ripponlea station is accessible and compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, as step free access is provided. It is a host station, which means that it is staffed only during the morning peak.<ref name=":1" />

History

A railway station at Glen Eira Road was proposed in 1904, which would become Ripponlea station.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ripponlea station opened on 1 May 1912 on the then-Brighton line between Balaclava and Elsternwick stations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Like the suburb itself, it was named after the Rippon Lea Estate, which was formed by Frederick Thomas Sargood, businessman and a member of Parliament for the Victorian Legislative Council between 1874–1880 and 1882–1901, and a senator for Victoria between 1901 and 1903.<ref name="vpripponlea">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="heraldsun">Template:Cite web</ref>

On 16 December 1917, three-position signalling was provided.<ref name="vicsigripponlea" /> Electrification to the station with 1500 V DC overhead wires was provided on 28 May 1919.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1960, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Glen Eira Road level crossing,<ref name="somersaultjan90">Template:Cite magazine</ref> with the signal box protecting the level crossing also abolished during that time.<ref name=vicsigripponlea/> In 1980, all of the semaphore signals at Ripponlea were replaced with light signals.<ref name="vicsigripponlea" /> Pedestrian gates were provided at the Glen Eira Road level crossing in August 1992.<ref name="vicsigripponlea" />

Platforms and services

Ripponlea has two side platforms with two platform faces. It is served by Sandringham line trains. The Sandringham line runs from Flinders Street station to Sandringham station.<ref name=":2" /> As part of the opening of the Metro Tunnel, a reconfiguration of Melbourne's railway network is planned. This will involve Sandringham line services through-running with Werribee and Williamstown line services.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Current

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Platform	Line	Destination	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	All stations
2	Template:RouteBox	Sandringham	All stations

After 29 April 2026

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street, Williamstown, Laverton, Werribee	Flinders Street	All stations
2	Template:RouteBox	Sandringham		All stations

Transport links

Ripponlea station has one tram connection and one bus connection. Tram route 67, operated by Yarra Trams, runs from Melbourne University to Carnegie and is operated from Brighton Road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":3" /> Bus route 623, operated by CDC Melbourne, runs from Glen Waverley station to St Kilda and is operated from Glen Eira Road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":4" />

Trams

• File:Melbourne tram route 67 icon.svg: Melbourne University – Carnegie<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref>

Buses

• Template:Color box: Glen Waverley station – St Kilda<ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref>

Gallery

• 
  Northbound view from the Glen Eira Road level crossing, April 2005
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  Station building and entrance to Platform 1,
  November 2021
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  Station at night

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au