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Balaclava railway station is a commuter railway station on the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Balaclava, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Balaclava station is a staffed station, featuring two side platforms, with a customer service desk on platform 1. It opened on 19 December 1859, with the current station provided in 2014.
Balaclava is an elevated station, and is located above the Carlisle Street rail overpass.




History


Balaclava station opened on 19 December 1859, when the railway line from Windsor was extended to North Brighton. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the Battle of Balaclava, which occurred during the Crimean War in 1854.
On 3 December 1977, the station was damaged by fire. In 1981, the station buildings were rebuilt.
In 1996, two men found $200,000 in a drum buried beneath one of the platforms. They handed the money in to the police and the find was reported in the media. In the same week, another man found a second drum under the platform, containing a similar quantity of money, which he also turned in to the police. Because no one claimed it, the men were granted ownership of the money they found, despite being considered trespassers on land owned by the then Public Transport Corporation.
In June 2012, a $13.3 million upgrade to the station was announced. It involved widening the platforms, improving stair and ramp access, signage, booking office facilities, waiting rooms, wheelchair shelters and toilets, and the provision of new station canopies to increase weather protection. CCTV cameras were added, as well as provision for future lifts. In October 2014, construction works were completed, with Balaclava upgraded to a premium station.
Following a 2019 commitment by the Federal Government, the station was due to receive an upgraded commuter car-park. However, this was scrapped by the same government in 2021.




Platforms and services



Balaclava has two side platforms. It is served by Sandringham line trains.
Platform 1:

Sandringham line all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:

Sandringham line all stations services to Sandringham




Transport links


Yarra Trams operates two routes via Balaclava station:

: Melbourne University – Malvern East
: Melbourne University – Kew




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References






External links


Media related to Balaclava railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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