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Gardenvale
Southbound view in November 2007
General information
Location	Martin Street, Brighton
Coordinates	37°53′48″S 145°00′15″E / 37.8967°S 145.0041°E / -37.8967; 145.0041
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Sandringham
Distance	12.35 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	GVE
Fare zone	Myki zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	10 December 1906
Electrified	Yes
Services
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Gardenvale railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia, and serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Brighton. It opened on 10 December 1906, with the whole cost of providing the station being met by the residents of the district.

The station is located in an unusual position, elevated above the Nepean Highway and Martin Street rail underpasses, with station access from both. The Martin Street underpass was constructed in 1928, with most of the cost being met by the Brighton and Caulfield councils, and local businesses.

During the widening of the Nepean Highway in the late 1970s/early 1980s, and as the embankment was removed, the former trestle bridge crossing Elster Creek was uncovered.

Platform 1 has a large weatherboard building, Platform 2 having a smaller weatherboard building. On 7 December 2009, the building on Platform 1 building was severely damaged by a fire, which investigators described as suspicious. The reconstruction work, completed in mid-2011, faithfully restored the building.

Platforms & services

Gardenvale has two side platforms. It is served by Metro Trains Sandringham line trains travelling between Flinders Street and Sandringham.

Platform 1:

• Sandringham line: all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

• Sandringham line: all stations services to Sandringham

Transport links

CDC Melbourne operates three routes via Gardenvale station:

• 605: to Flagstaff Station, City
• 626: Middle Brighton station – Chadstone Shopping Centre
• 630: Elwood – Monash University Clayton Campus

Transdev Melbourne operates two routes to and from Gardenvale station:

• 219: to Sunshine South
• 220: to Sunshine station

Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via Gardenvale Station:

•  Night Bus  978: Elsternwick station – Dandenong station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)
•  Night Bus  979: Elsternwick station – Dandenong station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)

References

1. Gardenvale Vicsig
2. ^ "Gardenvale Subway: Turning the First Sod". The Argus. 19 December 1927. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
3. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1980. p. 161.
4. Hunter, Thomas (7 December 2009). "Train line reopens after Gardenvale station fire". The Age. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
5. Sandringham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
6. Route 605 Gardenvale - City timetable Public Transport Victoria
7. Route 626 Middle Brighton - Chadstone timetable Public Transport Victoria
8. Route 630 - Elwood - Monash University timetable Public Transport Victoria
9. Route 219 Sunshine South - Gardenvale timetable Public Transport Victoria
10. Route 220 - Sunshine - City - Gardenvale timetable Public Transport Victoria
11. Route 978 Elsternwick - Dandenong timetable Public Transport Victoria
12. Elsternwick - Dandenong timetable Public Transport Victoria

External links

• Melway

• Railway stations in Melbourne
• Railway stations opened in 1906