Riversdale railway station

Riversdale railway station is located on the Alamein line in Victoria, Australia, and serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell. It was provisionally called Prospect Hill station, but has been Riversdale since it opened on 30 May 1890, along with the first section of the Outer Circle railway. The name derives from the adjacent Riversdale Road.[1]

Riversdale
Northbound view from Platform 1 in March 2003
LocationWandin Road, Camberwell
Coordinates37°49′53″S 145°04′11″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Alamein
Distance11.73 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsTram
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking32
Other information
StatusUnstaffed station
Station codeRIV
Fare zoneMyki zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened30 May 1890
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Alamein line
Willison
towards Alamein

Some trains terminate at Riversdale after morning and evening peaks and return to Camberwell for stabling.

Though it was closed for a year in 1897 and 1898 when the Outer Circle line closed, it reopened soon after, due to a public outcry.[2] The station also features unusual manually-operated boom gates, with arms that are divided into two sections, so as not to make contact with overhead tram wires.

Platforms & services

Riversdale has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Alamein line services.[3]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Yarra Trams operates one route via Riversdale station on Riversdale Road:

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Riversdale station on Prospect Hill Road:

References
  1. Riversdale Vicsig
  2. David Beardsell & Bruce Herbert (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 68. ISBN 0-85849-024-2.
  3. "Alamein Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  4. "70 Waterfront City Docklands - Wattle Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  5. "612 Box Hill - Chadstone via Surrey Hills & Camberwell & Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
East Camberwell   Outer Circle line   Burwood
  List of closed railway stations in Melbourne  
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