South Yarra railway station

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South Yarra railway station is a commuter railway station and the junction point for the Cranbourne, Frankston, Pakenham and Sandringham lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the southern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra in Victoria, Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> South Yarra is a ground-level premium station featuring six platforms, with two island platforms and two side platforms accessible by an overground concourse. It opened on 22 December 1860.<ref name="vicsigsouthyarra">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

South Yarra station was opened by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company as Gardiners Creek Road. Initially, it served the Brighton line, on what was called the "Prahran Branch". On 1 January 1867, the station was renamed South Yarra.<ref name=vicsigsouthyarra/> The private railway company, by then the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878, and its network became part of the Victorian Railways.

In 1924, historian John Cooper noted that when the South Yarra to Oakleigh line was first constructed, a set of points connected the line to the existing Brighton line. However, a high embankment obscured the vision of train drivers approaching South Yarra on both lines. To solve that problem, it was decided that the Oakleigh line should have its own tracks into Melbourne, and the Cremorne Railway Bridge, spanning the Yarra River, was duplicated to allow that.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The opening of the South Yarra to Oakleigh line in 1879 made the proposed Outer Circle line largely redundant, but it was constructed anyway, a decade later.

In 1914, the line between South Yarra and Caulfield was completely rebuilt. The works included the quadruplication of the line, and the reconstruction of the stations at Hawksburn, Toorak, Armadale and Malvern.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1946, the current Cremorne Railway Bridge over the Yarra River was opened, replacing the earlier one.<ref name=vicsigsouthyarra/> In 1947, a works siding opened, which was disconnected in 1955.<ref name=vicsigsouthyarra/>

Even after the laying of six tracks from Richmond to South Yarra, and the abolition of the signal box, the station retained three emergency crossovers at the up end of Platforms 1 and 2, 3 and 4 and 5 and 6. The latter set was removed in 1983, followed by the middle pair by 23 June 1984,<ref name="newsrailaug84">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and the final set in August 1986.<ref name="newsrailmar87">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The crossovers were originally provided in 1945 and 1960.<ref name=vicsigsouthyarra/> Also in 1960, the "local lines", used by Pakenham and Cranbourne line services, were extended to Richmond, and the signal box, located at the up end of Platforms 4 and 5, was closed,<ref name=vicsigsouthyarra/> but still remains in place.

In 1993, there were major re-signalling works between South Yarra and Toorak,<ref name=vicsigsouthyarra/> with similar works occurring between South Yarra and Richmond in 1994.<ref name=vicsigsouthyarra/> In 1997, South Yarra was upgraded to a premium station.<ref name="newsrailoct97">Template:Cite magazine</ref> As such, the station is staffed from the first to the last service each day.

According to Public Transport Victoria data, South Yarra is the eighth-busiest station on the Melbourne metropolitan network, with 4.59 million boardings per year during the 2017/2018 financial year.<ref name="patronage2005-2015">Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport</ref><ref name="patronage2013-2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In early 2020, it was announced that South Yarra was to undergo a $12 million refurbishment. The entrance to the station on Toorak Road was to be widened, and the layout changed to make the station larger.<ref name="theage">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="upgrade">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Services on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines will no longer stop at South Yarra when the Metro Tunnel opens, which is scheduled to take place in 2025. The entrance portal to the Metro Tunnel is located near the station, but South Yarra will not be integrated into the new tunnel, which generated some criticism.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Platforms and services

South Yarra station has six platforms: two side platforms and two island platforms with four faces. It is served by Cranbourne,<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> Frankston,<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> Pakenham<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> and Sandringham<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> line trains. V/Line's Bairnsdale rail services (Gippsland line) pass non-stop through the station.

Current

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr); " |South Yarra platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type
1 Template:RouteBox Flinders Street All stations
2 Template:RouteBox Sandringham All stations
3 Template:RouteBox Flinders Street, Williamstown, Werribee Flinders Street All stations and limited express services
4 Template:RouteBox Moorabbin, Cheltenham or Frankston All stations and limited express services
5 Template:RouteBox
Template:RouteBox 		Flinders Street City Loop All stations
6 Template:RouteBox
Template:RouteBox 		Westall, Dandenong, East Pakenham or Cranbourne All stations and limited express services

From 1 February 2026 to 29 April 2026<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr); " |South Yarra platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type
1 Template:RouteBox Flinders Street All stations
2 Template:RouteBox Sandringham All stations
3 Template:RouteBox Flinders Street City Loop All stations
4 Template:RouteBox Moorabbin, Cheltenham or Frankston All stations and limited express services
5 No Scheduled Services
6 No Scheduled Services

After 29 April 2026

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr); " |South Yarra platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type
1 Template:RouteBox Flinders Street, Williamstown, Laverton, Werribee Flinders Street All stations
2 Template:RouteBox Sandringham All stations
3 Template:RouteBox Flinders Street City Loop All stations
4 Template:RouteBox Moorabbin, Cheltenham or Frankston All stations and limited express services
5 No Scheduled Services
6 No Scheduled Services

Usage

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A chart showing passenger usage at South Yarra Railway Station in Melbourne, Australia, between 2008 and 2024 sorted by financial year.

South Yarra is the eighth-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan rail network.<ref name="patronage2019-2023" />

Yarra Trams operates one route via South Yarra station:

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