South Yarra railway station

South Yarra
Station front in May 2011
Location	Toorak Road, South Yarra Australia
Coordinates	37°50′20″S 144°59′32″E / 37.8389°S 144.9922°E / -37.8389; 144.9922Coordinates: 37°50′20″S 144°59′32″E / 37.8389°S 144.9922°E / -37.8389; 144.9922
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Pakenham Cranbourne Frankston Sandringham
Distance	5.41 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	6 (2 side, 2 island)
Tracks	6
Connections	Tram
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	SYR
Fare zone	Myki zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	22 December 1860
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers	49,003 (weekly)
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Richmond toward Flinders Street Pakenham line Hawksburn toward Pakenham Cranbourne line Hawksburn toward Cranbourne Frankston line Hawksburn toward Frankston Sandringham line Prahran toward Sandringham

South Yarra railway station is located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, on the Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston and Sandringham lines, in Victoria, Australia. V/Line's Bairnsdale rail service (the Gippsland line) passes non-stop through the station.

The station is a Premium station, and, according to Public Transport Victoria data, was the 11th busiest train station on the Melbourne metropolitan network, with 49,003 entries each week in 2011/12.

The station was opened on 22 December 1860, by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company, as Gardiners Creek Road. Initially, the station served the Brighton line, on what was called the "Prahran Branch". The station was renamed South Yarra on 1 January 1867. The private railway company, then known as the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company, was taken over by the Government of Victoria in 1878, becoming part of Victorian Railways.

Cooper (1924) advises that when the South Yarra to Oakleigh line was first laid, a set of points connected the line to the existing Brighton line. In practice, it was found that a high embankment obscured vision from approaching trains on both lines. To avert a disaster, it was decided that the Oakleigh line should have its own tracks into Melbourne, and soon after, a second bridge, spanning the Yarra River, was built to facilitate this. (p. 307). The construction of the South Yarra to Oakleigh line hastened the demise of the Outer Circle railway line.