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Glenferrie
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view from Platform 2, August 2024
General information
Location	Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 City of Boroondara Australia
Coordinates	37°49′18″S 145°02′12″E / 37.8216°S 145.0367°E / -37.8216; 145.0367
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave Alamein
Distance	8.12 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Tram
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	GFE
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	3 April 1882; 142 years ago (1882-04-03)
Rebuilt	8 December 1963
Electrified	December 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Glenferrie Road (1882)
Passengers
2005–2006	1,933,463
2006–2007	2,202,905  13.93%
2007–2008	2,449,830  11.2%
2008–2009	2,250,901  8.12%
2009–2010	2,303,926  2.35%
2010–2011	2,701,393  17.25%
2011–2012	2,355,864  12.79%
2012–2013	Not measured
2013–2014	2,858,142  21.32%
2014–2015	2,808,939  1.72%
2015–2016	2,798,954  0.35%
2016–2017	2,733,069  2.35%
2017–2018	2,720,071  0.47%
2018–2019	2,729,100  0.33%
2019–2020	1,949,900  28.55%
2020–2021	749,450  61.56%
2021–2022	1,068,450  42.56%
2022–2023	1,747,000  63.51%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Hawthorntowards Flinders Street Lilydale line Auburntowards Lilydale Belgrave line Auburntowards Belgrave Alamein lineWeekday peak only Auburntowards Alamein
Track layout Legend to Hawthorn 13 2 to Auburn

Glenferrie railway station is a commuter railway station on the Alamein, Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are all part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Hawthorn, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Glenferrie station is an elevated structure premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened in 3 April 1882, with the current station provided in 1963. The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Initially opened as Glenferrie Road, the station was given its current name of Glenferrie on 1 September 1882, seven months after services began. Much of the station's current traffic serves the nearby Hawthorn campus of the Swinburne University of Technology.

History

Glenferrie station opened on 3 April 1882, when the railway line from Hawthorn was extended to Camberwell. The station is named after nearby Glenferrie Road, itself named after a property which was purchased by solicitor Peter Ferrie in 1840, who later named the property Glen Ferrie.

In 1963, a third line was provided between Hawthorn and Camberwell. These works included a new up platform (Platform 1), with Platform 2 becoming a bi-directional platform.

On 26 February 1996, Glenferrie was upgraded to a premium station.

Platforms and services

Glenferrie has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein line services.

Platform 1:

•  Alamein line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Lilydale line  weekend all stations services to Lilydale
•  Belgrave line  weekend all stations services to Belgrave
•  Lilydale line  weekday peak hour all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street. Off-peak services operate express past this platform.
•  Belgrave line  weekday peak hour all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street. Off-peak services operate express past this platform.

Platform 3:

•  Lilydale line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Lilydale; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
•  Belgrave line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Belgrave; weekday all stations and limited express services to Blackburn
•  Alamein line  weekday all stations services to Alamein

Transport links

Yarra Trams operates one route via Glenferrie station:

• : Melbourne University – Kew

Gallery

• Eastbound view of Platform 2, June 2004
• Eastbound view from Platform 3, September 2017
• Eastbound view from Platform 2, November 2021
• Westbound view from Platform 3, September 2022
• Eastbound view from the east end of Platform 2, August 2024
• Eastbound view from Platform 2 underneath the station's heritage canopy, August 2024
• The eastern end of Platforms 1, August 2024
• The heritage canopy over Platforms 1 and 2, August 2024
• Bicycle parking on Platforms 1 and 2, August 2024
• View showing height difference between concourse and platform levels, August 2024
• The ramp leading from elevated platforms down to pedestrian underpass, August 2024
• Platform signage for Glenferrie railway station, showing the information for the nearby Swinburne University of Technology campus in Hawthorn, just across from Glenferrie station, August 2024

Notes

1. weekday peaks only

References

1. ^ Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
2. ^ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
4. "Glenferrie railway station complex, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1671, Heritage Overlay HO48". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
5. ^ "Glenferrie". vicsig.net. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
6. "Getting to the Hawthorn campus". Swinburne University of Technology. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
7. "Glenferrie". Victorian Places. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
8. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
9. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
10. "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
11. "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
12. "Alamein Line". Public Transport Victoria.
13. "16 Melbourne University - Kew via St Kilda Beach". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

Media related to Glenferrie railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

• Heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne
• Listed railway stations in Australia
• Premium Melbourne railway stations
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1882
• Railway stations in the City of Boroondara