East Camberwell railway station

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East Camberwell
File:East Camberwell Railway Station.jpg
Westbound view from Platform 3 in May 2014 with the Alamein line bridge in the background
Location Sefton Place, Camberwell
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Lilydale
Belgrave
Distance 11.08 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 60
Other information
Status Unstaffed station
Station code ECM
Fare zone Myki zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 14 May 1900
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Lilydale line
toward Lilydale
Belgrave line
toward Belgrave

East Camberwell railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell opening on 14 May 1900 as the interchange station for the Deepdene Dasher service northwards along the Outer Circle line that had opened in 1891.[1][2]

Three platforms were provided, two high-level ones for trains on the Lilydale line and a single low-level one for trains on the Outer Circle. Steps were provided between all platforms to enable passengers to change between services. Between 1915 and 1922 a signal box at the Melbourne end was provided, to control the junction towards Riversdale (on today's Alamein line), as the three tracks though to Camberwell had been reduced to two to allow the regrading works at Camberwell to proceed. The Deepdene Dasher service was withdrawn on 9 October 1927 and the line itself closed on 6 September 1943 when goods services ended.[1]

The platforms on the Lilydale line were rebuilt in 1964 when the Camberwell - East Camberwell third track amplification works were carried out, with the southern platform converted into an island platform.[3] The third track was later extended to Box Hill in 1971.[4] The former wooden station building on Platform 1 & 2 was replaced with a brick structure in 1981. It was destroyed by fire on 12 August 1986.

Platforms & services

East Camberwell has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. Both platforms are linked by an underpass. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[5][6]

Platforms 1:

Platforms 2:

Platforms 3:

References

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  2. East Camberwell Vicsig
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  5. Lilydale Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. Belgrave Line timetable Public Transport Victoria

External links

Further reading

  • Marc Fiddian (1988). Commuters, Shoppers an Scholars : A History of the Melbourne-Lilyale Railway. p76 ISBN 0-9596316-7-4
Closed station navigation
Intersection with the Outer Circle line
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