East Richmond railway station, Melbourne

East Richmond
Westbound view in February 2008
Location	Church Street, Cremorne
Coordinates	37°49′35″S 144°59′47″E / 37.82636°S 144.99636°E / -37.82636; 144.99636Coordinates: 37°49′35″S 144°59′47″E / 37.82636°S 144.99636°E / -37.82636; 144.99636
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave Alamein Glen Waverley
Distance	4.37 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	4
Connections	Tram
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Unstaffed station
Station code	ERM
Fare zone	Myki zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	24 September 1860
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Richmond toward Flinders Street Lilydale line Burnley toward Lilydale Belgrave line Burnley toward Belgrave Alamein line Burnley toward Alamein Glen Waverley line Burnley toward Glen Waverley

East Richmond railway station is located on the Lilydale, Belgrave, Alamein, and Glen Waverley lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the inner eastern Melbourne suburb of Cremorne opening as Church Street on 24 September 1860 being renamed East Richmond on 1 January 1867.

East Richmond station has two platforms, although four tracks run through it.

Due to its location at the city end of Melbourne's busiest group of railway lines a large number of services pass through East Richmond although only a limited number stop, largely because of its proximity to Richmond station, a few hundred metres down Swan Street. Services to and from Lilydale and Belgrave do not normally stop at East Richmond. Glen Waverley trains stop in off-peak, but trains to and from Glen Waverley in peak hours do not stop at the station. Most services to and from Alamein, Blackburn and Ringwood stop at the station.

The line though East Richmond station was opened by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company to Hawthorn on 24 September 1860. A level crossing was once located at the southern end of the station, which was eliminated on 12 March 1965 along with the associated signal box. In the 1960s the line through the station was quadrupled, with the track being lowered 1.2 metres though the station, and a new Platform 1 platform built. The first extra track was commissioned on 1 August 1966 and the second track on 9 January 1967, along with the new platform.