Upwey railway station, Melbourne

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Upwey railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Upwey in Victoria, Australia. Upwey is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 3 June 1901, with the current station provided in 1964. It initially closed on 30 April 1954, then reopened on 19 February 1962.<ref name=vicsigupwey>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The station is a crossing loop in the middle of a six-kilometre section of single track between Ferntree Gully and Belgrave.<ref name="belgraveline">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Upwey station opened on 3 June 1901<ref name=vicsigupwey/> and, like the suburb itself, was named after the homestead Upwey, which was named by a local family who purchased the property in 1897.<ref name="vpupwey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="heraldsun">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The name itself comes from Upwey in Dorset, England, which is located on the River Wey.<ref name=vpupwey/><ref name=heraldsun/>

Upwey was originally on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow-gauge line. On 30 April 1954, the station, along with the rest of the line, was closed to traffic.<ref name=vicsigupwey/> On 19 February 1962, Upwey reopened, when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to broad gauge and electrified.<ref name=vicsigupwey/><ref name=belgraveline/> On 17 March 1964, the current island platform was provided, when the present day Platform 2 was brought into use.<ref name=vicsigupwey/>

The 2010/2011 state budget allocated $83.7 million to upgrade Upwey to a premium station,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but plans were cancelled by the Baillieu Government in 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Platforms and services

Upwey has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Belgrave line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Ringwood, Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
2	Template:RouteBox	Belgrave		All stations