Ivanhoe railway station, Melbourne

Ivanhoe railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of the same name, and opened on 8 May 1888.[4]

Ivanhoe
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view from Platform 2, showing station building on Platform 1 and pedestrian footbridge, May 2014
General information
LocationNorman Street,
Ivanhoe, Victoria 3079
City of Banyule
Australia
Coordinates37°46′08″S 145°02′44″E / 37.7689°S 145.0455°E / -37.7689; 145.0455
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Hurstbridge
Distance12.14 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking297
Bicycle facilities20
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeIVA
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 May 1888; 136 years ago (1888-05-08)
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006902,766[1]
2006–2007933,457[1]Increase 3.39%
2007–20081,017,071[1]Increase 8.95%
2008–2009984,827[2]Decrease 3.17%
2009–2010962,842[2]Decrease 2.23%
2010–2011989,020[2]Increase 2.71%
2011–2012888,999[2]Decrease 10.11%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014837,151[2]Decrease 5.83%
2014–2015798,870[1]Decrease 4.57%
2015–2016844,455[2]Increase 5.7%
2016–2017817,684[2]Decrease 3.17%
2017–2018673,680[2]Decrease 17.61%
2018–2019781,014[2]Increase 15.93%
2019–2020604,100[2]Decrease 22.65%
2020–2021273,050[2]Decrease 54.8%
2021–2022319,750[3]Increase 17.1%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Darebin Hurstbridge line Eaglemont
towards Hurstbridge
Track layout
1
2
Marshall Street

History edit

Ivanhoe station opened when the railway line between Collingwood and Heidelberg opened.[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the novel Ivanhoe, written in 1820 by author Sir Walter Scott.[5][6]

In 1949, the line between Ivanhoe and Heidelberg was duplicated.[4] In 1951, track duplication from Ivanhoe to Alphington was completed.[4]

In 1960, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Marshall Street level crossing, located nearby in the down direction from the station.[7] The signal box controlling the level crossing gates was also abolished at that time.[4] In 1979, the station received a minor upgrade.[8]

On 21 June 1996, Ivanhoe was upgraded to a premium station.[9]

Facilities, platforms and services edit

Ivanhoe has two side platforms. There is a large red brick building on Platform 1, which includes an enclosed waiting area, ticket facilities and toilets, while Platform 2 has a smaller red brick building. There is a footbridge immediately west of the station buildings.

The station is served by Hurstbridge line trains.[10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links edit

Kinetic Melbourne operates one bus route to and from Ivanhoe station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  510 : to Essendon station[11]

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c d e "Ivanhoe". vicsig.net. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Ivanhoe". Victorian Places. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  7. ^ Sinnatt, John (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  8. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). September 1979. p. 204.
  9. ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). October 1997. pp. 303–315.
  10. ^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "510 Essendon - Ivanhoe via Brunswick & Northcote & Thornbury". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "548 Kew (Cotham Road) - La Trobe University Bundoora". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ^ "549 Ivanhoe - Northland via Oriel Road". Public Transport Victoria.

External links edit