Ripponlea railway station

Coordinates: 37°52′33″S 144°59′42″E / 37.8759°S 144.9951°E / -37.8759; 144.9951
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Ripponlea
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view, November 2021
General information
LocationGlen Eira Road,
Ripponlea, Victoria 3185
City of Port Phillip
Australia
Coordinates37°52′33″S 144°59′42″E / 37.8759°S 144.9951°E / -37.8759; 144.9951
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance9.83 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
  • Melbourne tram route 67 Tram
Construction
Structure typeGround
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeRIP
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 May 1912; 111 years ago (1912-05-01)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (May 1919)
Passengers
2005–2006544,171[1]
2006–2007582,849[1] Increase 7.1%
2007–2008614,903[1] Increase 5.49%
2008–2009675,480[2] Increase 9.85%
2009–2010718,704[2] Increase 6.39%
2010–2011708,724[2] Decrease 1.38%
2011–2012659,004[2] Decrease 7.01%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014727,060[2] Increase 10.32%
2014–2015714,429[1] Decrease 1.73%
2015–2016788,960[2] Increase 10.43%
2016–2017748,125[2] Decrease 5.17%
2017–2018747,752[2] Decrease 0.04%
2018–2019656,564[2] Decrease 12.19%
2019–2020531,200[2] Decrease 19.09%
2020–2021244,200[2] Decrease 54.02%
2021–2022276,600[3] Increase 13.26%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Balaclava
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line Elsternwick
towards Sandringham
Track layout
Legend
to Balaclava
1
2
Glen Eira Road
to Elsternwick

Ripponlea railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea, and opened on 1 May 1912.[4]

The station is located at the up (northern) end of the Glen Eira Road level crossing, with station access from Glen Eira Road, Oak Grove and Morres Street.

History[edit]

Opening on 1 May 1912, Ripponlea station, like the suburb itself, was named after the Rippon Lea Estate, which was formed by Frederick Thomas Sargood, businessman and a member of Parliament for the Victorian Legislative Council between 1874–1880 and 1882–1901, and a senator for Victoria between 1901 and 1903.[5][6]

In 1960, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Glen Eira Road level crossing,[7] with the signal box protecting the level crossing also abolished during that time.[4]

Platforms and services[edit]

Ripponlea has two side platforms. Platform 1 has a large weatherboard building, with a smaller weatherboard building on Platform 2. There is a footbridge immediately south of the station buildings, which connects the two platforms, and allows pedestrians to cross the railway tracks.

It is served by Sandringham line trains.[8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[edit]

CDC Melbourne operates one bus route via Ripponlea station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  623 : Glen Waverley station – St Kilda[9]

Yarra Trams operates one route via Ripponlea station:

Gallery[edit]

  • Northbound view from the Glen Eira Road level crossing, April 2005
    Northbound view from the Glen Eira Road level crossing, April 2005
  • Station front and entrance to Platform 1, November 2021
    Station front and entrance to Platform 1, November 2021

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 "Ripponlea". vicsig.net. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Ripponlea". Victorian Places. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  7. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  8. ^ "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. ^ "623 Glen Waverley - St Kilda via Mount Waverley & Chadstone & Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ "67 Melbourne University - Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria.

External links[edit]

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