Upwey railway station, Melbourne
- Upwey railway station, Melbourne
MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Upwey
CODE=UPW
DISTANCE=39 km
LINES=Belgrave
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Unstaffed Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19846 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19846#lineInformation Link]
MELWAY= [http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/genmap.cgi?x=145.330840158735&y=-37.903285634918&sizex=650&sizey=650&level=6&star=5&circle= Link]
ZONE=2
Upwey is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Upwey, on the Belgrave railway line. Upwey station is unstaffed and is in Metcard Zone 2.
Facilities
The station is located between the Burwood Highway and Main Street, with station access from both.
The station consists of two platforms, in an island format, with a large pebblemix building at the Melbourne end of the station. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to the island platform, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. An underpass is situated at the Belgrave end of the station.
Upwey is a crossing loop in the middle of a 6km section of single track between Ferntree Gully and Belgrave.
History
Upwey station opened on June 3 1901. The station was formerly one of the stations on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow gauge line, one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways until 1962 when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to Broad Gauge.
Namesake
There is also an Upwey railway station in the United Kingdom.
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