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Ringwood East railway station

Ringwood East railway station is a commuter railway station on the Lilydale line, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ringwood East, Victoria, Australia. Ringwood East is an unstaffed status, ground structure station featuring one island platform with two faces. The station opened on 18 May 1925, with the current single-storey station structure provided in 1975.[4][5][6]

Ringwood East
PTV commuter rail station
Station front and entrance, October 2005
General information
LocationRailway Avenue,
Ringwood East, Victoria 3135
City of Maroondah
Australia
Coordinates37°48′43″S 145°14′59″E / 37.81195°S 145.24969°E / -37.81195; 145.24969
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Lilydale
Distance27.76 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking330
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo — steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeRWE
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened18 May 1925; 98 years ago (1925-05-18)
Rebuilt1975
30 June 1984
June 2024
ElectrifiedNovember 1924
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006324,863[1]
2006–2007352,063[1] Increase 8.37%
2007–2008425,013[1] Increase 20.72%
2008–2009385,880[2] Decrease 9.2%
2009–2010385,573[2] Decrease 0.07%
2010–2011418,303[2] Increase 8.48%
2011–2012387,010[2] Decrease 7.48%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014402,636[2] Increase 4.03%
2014–2015407,041[1] Increase 1.09%
2015–2016457,004[2] Increase 12.27%
2016–2017416,834[2] Decrease 8.78%
2017–2018443,363[2] Increase 6.36%
2018–2019460,250[2] Increase 3.8%
2019–2020369,900[2] Decrease 19.63%
2020–2021140,600[2] Decrease 61.99%
2021–2022133,050[3] Decrease 5.36%
2022–2023206,700[3] Increase 55.35%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Ringwood
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Croydon
towards Lilydale
Ringwood
Terminus
 Lilydale line
Shuttle services

On 30 June 1984, the current island platform was provided, as part of the duplication of the line between Ringwood and Croydon.[7][4] In that same year, boom barriers were provided at the Dublin Road level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station.[7][8]

On 29 July 2021, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the level crossing will be grade separated by 2025, with a rail trench to be built underneath the road.[9][10][11] The level crossing removal will also involve the construction of a new station.[9][10] In May 2023, construction on the project began,[12] with an expected completion date in mid-late 2024.[13]

Platforms and services edit

Ringwood East has one island platform with two faces. The station is within Myki ticketing Zone 2,[14] and is located between Railway Avenue and Patterson Street in the centre of Ringwood East. The station also has 330 car parking spaces.[4]

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale line services.[15]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links edit

Kinetic Melbourne operates one bus route via Ringwood East station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  380 : Ringwood – Croydon Loop. Stops include Ringwood and Croydon stations.[16]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  3. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c "Ringwood East". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1975. p. 265.
  6. ^ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. December 1975. p. 291.
  7. ^ a b Waugh, Andrew (3 November 1998). "Box Hill – Lilydale to Belgrave" (PDF). SRS Showday Tour Notes. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2009. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  9. ^ a b "Dublin Road, Ringwood East". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b "10 more level crossings to go by 2025". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Belgrave and Lilydale lines level crossing removal fact sheet". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Level crossing removal works kick off in Croydon and Ringwood". Victoria's Big Build. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Super charging works to say goodbye to Dublin Road level crossing". Victoria's Big Build. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Ringwood East Station". Metro Trains Melbourne. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. ^ "380 Ringwood - Croydon Loop". Public Transport Victoria.

External links edit

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