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Upwey railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Upwey in Victoria, Australia. Upwey is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 3 June 1901, with the current station provided in 1964. It initially closed on 30 April 1954, then reopened on 19 February 1962.
The station is a crossing loop in the middle of a six-kilometre section of single track between Ferntree Gully and Belgrave.




History


Upwey station opened on 3 June 1901 and, like the suburb itself, was named after the homestead Upwey, which was named by a local family who purchased the property in 1897. The name itself comes from Upwey in Dorset, England, which is located on the River Wey.
Upwey was originally on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow-gauge line. On 30 April 1954, the station, along with the rest of the line, was closed to traffic. On 19 February 1962, Upwey reopened, when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to broad gauge and electrified. On 17 March 1964, the current island platform was provided, when the present day Platform 2 was brought into use.
The 2010/2011 state budget allocated $83.7 million to upgrade Upwey to a premium station, but plans were cancelled by the Baillieu Government in 2011.




Platforms and services


Upwey has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Belgrave line trains.
Platform 1:

Belgrave line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations shuttle services to Ringwood
Platform 2:

Belgrave line all stations services to Belgrave




Transport links


Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via Upwey station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

693 : Belgrave station – Oakleigh station
699 : to Belgrave station




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External links


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

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