Berwick railway station, Melbourne

Berwick railway station is a railway station on the Gippsland line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Berwick, and opened on 8 October 1887.[2]

Berwick
PTV commuter and regional rail station
Station building in April 2015
LocationClyde Road
Berwick, Victoria
Australia
Coordinates38°02′23″S 145°20′42″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Gippsland line
Distance44.58 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Train operators
Connections10 bus routes
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking775 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesAvailable
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeBEW
Fare zone2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1877 (1877-10-08)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Traffic
Passengers (2008–2009)750,368[1]
Passengers (2009–2010)776,349[1]  3.47%
Passengers (2010–2011)848,874[1]  9.41%
Passengers (2011–2012)890,924[1]  4.95%
Passengers (2012–2013)Not measured[1]
Passengers (2013–2014)827,436[1]  7.18%
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Narre Warren
Pakenham line
towards Pakenham
V/Line
Dandenong
Traralgon line
(Once every Mon-Fri)
Pakenham
towards Traralgon

Boom barriers were provided at the Clyde Road level crossing in 1986.[3]

During September 1988, the former No. 2 and No. 3 roads were removed.[4]

It was designated as a premium station in 1998.[5]

Berwick Station at Clyde Road was added to the railway crossing removal project in 2019.[6]

Platforms & services

Berwick has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham line and V/Line Traralgon services.[7][8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

It is planned to connect the Pakenham line to the Sunbury line through the new Metro Tunnel in late 2025.

Ventura Bus Lines operates ten routes via Berwick station:

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References
  1. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. Berwick Vicsig
  3. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1987. p. 89.
  4. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1988. p. 345.
  5. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  6. Clyde Road, Berwick Level Crossing Removal Project 2019
  7. "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. Traralgon – Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  9. "828 Hampton - Berwick Station via Southland SC & Dandenong". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "831 Berwick Station - Kingsmere Estate via Casey Hospital". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "834 Berwick Station - Narre Warren Circle via Berwick North & Narre Warren South". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "835 Berwick Station - Narre Warren Circle via Narre Warren South & Berwick North". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. "836 Berwick Station - Eden Rise SC via Bridgewater Estate". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "837 Berwick Station - Beaconsfield East via Brisbane St & Beaconsfield Plaza SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "838 Emerald - Fountain Gate SC via Beaconsfield & Berwick". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "839 Berwick Station - Berwick North via Telford Dr & Whistler Dr". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "846 Berwick Station - Eden Rise SC via Bryn Mawr Bvd". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "847 Berwick Station - The Avenue Village SC". Public Transport Victoria.
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