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| type = [[Public Transport Victoria|PTV]] [[commuter rail]] station
| type = [[Public Transport Victoria|PTV]] [[commuter rail]] station
| style = Melbourne
| style = Melbourne
| image = Willison Station, Camberwell.jpg
| image = Willison Station.jpg
| image_caption = Northbound view in December 2018
| caption = Northbound view of station building, June 2024
| address = Stodart Street,<br>[[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]]
| address = Stodart Street,<br>[[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] 3124
| borough = [[City of Boroondara]]
| borough = [[City of Boroondara]]
| country = [[Australia]]
| country = [[Australia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|-37.8357|145.0703|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|-37.8357|145.0703|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}
| distance = 12.15 kilometres from<br />[[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross]]
| distance = 12.15 kilometres from<br />[[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross]]
| line = [[Alamein railway line|Alamein]]
| line = {{rcb|Melbourne|Alamein|croute}}
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| structure = Ground
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| opened = {{start date and age|1908|6|8|df=y}}
| closed =
| closed =
| rebuilt = 19 December 1954
| rebuilt = 19 December 1954<br />1972
| electrified = October 1924<br />(1500 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[Overhead line|overhead]])
| electrified = October 1924<br />(1500 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[Overhead line|overhead]])
| accessible = No—steep ramp
| accessible = No—steep ramp
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| operator = [[Metro Trains Melbourne|Metro Trains]]
| operator = [[Metro Trains Melbourne|Metro Trains]]
| zone = [[Myki]] Zone 1
| zone = [[Myki]] Zone 1
| status = Operational, Unstaffed
| status = Operational, unstaffed
| former = Golf Links (1908-1936)
| former = Golf Links (1908-1936)
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| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box|passengers = 84,779<ref name="patronage2005-2015">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19] Department of Transport</ref>|pass_year = 2005–2006}}
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Melbourne|line=Alamein|left=Riversdale|right=Hartwell|to-left=Camberwell or Flinders Street}}
| website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1213 Public Transport Victoria]
| website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1213 Public Transport Victoria]
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'''Willison railway station''' is located on the [[Alamein railway line|Alamein line]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It serves the eastern [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]], and opened on 8 June 1908 as '''Golf Links'''. It was renamed '''Willison''' on 23 July 1936.<ref name="vicsigwillison">{{cite web|url=http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Willison|title=Willison|website=vicsig.net|access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref>
'''Willison railway station''' is a [[commuter rail]]way station on the [[Alamein line]], part of the [[Railways in Melbourne|Melbourne railway network]]. It serves the eastern [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]] in Victoria, Australia. Willison is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 June 1908, with the current station provided in 1954 and platforms in 1972.<ref name="vicsigwillison">{{cite web |title=Willison |url=http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Willison |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=vicsig.net}}</ref>

Initially opened as '''Golf Links''', the station was given its current name of Willison on 23 July 1936.


==History==
==History==
Willison station was not part of the original [[Outer Circle railway line|Outer Circle line]]. It was provided for the convenience of members of the Riversdale Golf Club, which was originally adjacent to the site. It has been said that influential club members did not appreciate having to walk to either [[Riversdale railway station|Riversdale]] or [[Hartwell railway station|Hartwell]], and pressed for a closer alternative.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/our-city/history/resources/outer-circle-railway/riversdale-station |title=Riversdale Station |publisher=City of Boroondara |accessdate=2013-10-06 }}</ref> That almost certainly explains why Willison was built so close to Riversdale, being only 400 metres away. The club moved from the site in 1927 and, on 23 July 1936, the station was renamed Willison, after A. J. Willison, a former member of [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell Council]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11894835 |title=News in brief |date=22 July 1936 |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |accessdate=11 September 2017 |location=Victoria, Australia|page=18|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun">{{cite web |first=Jamie |last=First |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/the-az-story-of-melbournes-suburbs/news-story/6f7611b7df20e55ad02f5e9615885e21 |title=The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs |publisher=[[Herald Sun]] |date=7 January 2014 |accessdate=18 February 2023}}</ref>
Willison station was not part of the original [[Outer Circle railway line|Outer Circle line]]. It was provided for the convenience of members of the [[Riversdale Golf Club]], which was originally adjacent to the site. It has been said that influential club members did not appreciate having to walk to either [[Riversdale railway station|Riversdale]] or [[Hartwell railway station|Hartwell]], and pressed for a closer alternative.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/our-city/history/resources/outer-circle-railway/riversdale-station |title=Riversdale Station |publisher=City of Boroondara |accessdate=2013-10-06 }}</ref> That almost certainly explains why Willison was built so close to Riversdale, being only 400 metres away. The club moved from the site in 1927 and, on 23 July 1936, the station was renamed Willison, after A. J. Willison, a former member of [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell Council]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11894835 |title=News in brief |date=22 July 1936 |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |accessdate=11 September 2017 |location=Victoria, Australia|page=18|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun">{{cite web |first=Jamie |last=First |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/the-az-story-of-melbournes-suburbs/news-story/6f7611b7df20e55ad02f5e9615885e21 |title=The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs |publisher=[[Herald Sun]] |date=7 January 2014 |accessdate=18 February 2023}}</ref>


The station was originally served by the so-called ''Deepdene Dasher'', which ran a shuttle on the remnant of the Outer Circle line between [[Ashburton railway station, Melbourne|Ashburton]] and [[Deepdene railway station, Melbourne|Deepdene]]. After the ''Deepdene Dasher'' ceased operation in 1927, the station was served by Ashburton line trains. Twelve years later, on 28 June 1948, the line was extended from Ashburton to [[Alamein railway station|Alamein]],<ref>{{cite news|title=News of the Day|date=29 June 1948|page=2|work=[[The Age]]}}</ref> the service which still exists today.
The station was originally served by the so-called ''Deepdene Dasher'', which ran a shuttle on the remnant of the Outer Circle line between [[Ashburton railway station, Melbourne|Ashburton]] and [[Deepdene railway station, Melbourne|Deepdene]]. After the ''Deepdene Dasher'' ceased operation in 1927, the station was served by Ashburton line trains. Twelve years later, on 28 June 1948, the line was extended from Ashburton to [[Alamein railway station|Alamein]],<ref>{{cite news|title=News of the Day|date=29 June 1948|page=2|work=[[The Age]]}}</ref> the service which still exists today.


In 1954, the current station platforms were provided when the line was [[Double-track railway|duplicated]] between Riversdale and Hartwell.<ref name=vicsigwillison/> In 1972, both platforms were extended at the [[Rail_directions#Up_and_down|down]] end, and a pedestrian crossing was relocated.<ref name="divisionaldiarymar72">{{cite magazine |date=March 1972 |title=Way and Works |magazine=[[Divisional Diary]]|publisher=[[Australian Railway Historical Society]] |page=6}}</ref>
In 1954, the current station platforms were provided when the line was [[Double-track railway|duplicated]] between Riversdale and Hartwell.<ref name=vicsigwillison/> In 1972, both platforms were extended at the [[Rail directions#Up and down|down]] end, and a pedestrian crossing was relocated.<ref name="divisionaldiarymar72">{{cite magazine |date=March 1972 |title=Way and Works |magazine=[[Divisional Diary]]|publisher=[[Australian Railway Historical Society]] |page=6}}</ref>


During the 2018/2019 [[fiscal year|financial year]], Willison was the sixth-least-used station on [[Railways in Melbourne|Melbourne's metropolitan network]], with 102,600 passenger movements.<ref name="201819patronage">{{cite web |last1=Mallis |first1=Philip |title=Which were the least and most used stations in Victoria before COVID? |url=https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/10/which-were-the-least-and-most-used-stations-in-victoria-before-covid/ |publisher=Victorian Department of Transport |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>
During the 2018/2019 [[Fiscal year#Australia|financial year]], Willison was the sixth-least-used station on [[Railways in Melbourne|Melbourne's metropolitan network]], with 102,600 passenger movements.<ref name="201819patronage">{{cite web |last1=Mallis |first1=Philip |title=Which were the least and most used stations in Victoria before COVID? |url=https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/10/which-were-the-least-and-most-used-stations-in-victoria-before-covid/ |publisher=Victorian Department of Transport |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>


==Platforms and services==
==Platforms and services==
Willison has two [[side platform]]s. It is served by [[Alamein railway line|Alamein line]] trains.<ref>{{cite PTV route|Alamein|mode=train}}</ref>
Willison has two [[side platform]]s. It is served by [[Alamein line]] trains.<ref>{{cite PTV route|Alamein|mode=train}}</ref>


'''Platform 1:'''
'''Platform 1:'''
* {{RouteBox|Alamein line|Alamein railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Alamein}}|white}} weekday all stations and limited express services to [[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street]]; all stations shuttle services to [[Camberwell railway station, Melbourne|Camberwell]]
* {{RouteBox|Alamein line|Alamein line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Alamein}}|white}} weekday all stations and limited express services to [[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street]]; all stations shuttle services to [[Camberwell railway station, Melbourne|Camberwell]]


'''Platform 2:'''
'''Platform 2:'''
* {{RouteBox|Alamein line|Alamein railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Alamein}}|white}} all stations services to [[Alamein railway station|Alamein]]
* {{RouteBox|Alamein line|Alamein line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Alamein}}|white}} all stations services to [[Alamein railway station|Alamein]]

==Gallery==
[[File:Willisonstationplatforms.JPG|center|260px|thumb|Northbound view of station platforms, March 2003]]
[[File:Willison Station, Camberwell.jpg|center|260px|thumb|Northbound view of station platforms, December 2018]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations|Alamein=y|state=collapsed}}


[[Category:Railway stations in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Australia opened in 1908]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Australia opened in 1908]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the City of Boroondara]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the City of Boroondara]]

Latest revision as of 08:27, 10 September 2024

Willison
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view of station building, June 2024
General information
StandortStodart Street,
Camberwell, Victoria 3124
City of Boroondara
Australia
Coordinates37°50′09″S 145°04′13″E / 37.8357°S 145.0703°E / -37.8357; 145.0703
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Alamein
Distance12.15 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Bauwesen
Structure typeGround
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeWSN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 June 1908; 116 years ago (1908-06-08)
Rebuilt19 December 1954
1972
ElectrifiedOctober 1924
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesGolf Links (1908-1936)
Passengers
2005–200684,779[1]
2006–200796,596[1] Increase 13.93%
2007–2008102,947[1] Increase 6.57%
2008–200996,312[2] Decrease 6.44%
2009–201096,346[2] Increase 0.035%
2010–201197,112[2] Increase 0.79%
2011–201287,210[2] Decrease 10.19%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–201487,614[2] Increase 0.46%
2014–201587,730[1] Increase 0.13%
2015–201694,688[2] Increase 7.93%
2016–201797,248[2] Increase 2.7%
2017–2018104,182[2] Increase 7.13%
2018–2019102,600[2] Decrease 1.51%
2019–202080,300[2] Decrease 21.73%
2020–202132,400[2] Decrease 59.65%
2021–202235,750[3] Increase 10.34%
2022–202362,800[3] Increase 75.66%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Riversdale
towards Camberwell or Flinders Street
 Alamein line Hartwell
towards Alamein

Willison railway station is a commuter railway station on the Alamein line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell in Victoria, Australia. Willison is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 June 1908, with the current station provided in 1954 and platforms in 1972.[4]

Initially opened as Golf Links, the station was given its current name of Willison on 23 July 1936.

History

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Willison station was not part of the original Outer Circle line. It was provided for the convenience of members of the Riversdale Golf Club, which was originally adjacent to the site. It has been said that influential club members did not appreciate having to walk to either Riversdale or Hartwell, and pressed for a closer alternative.[5] That almost certainly explains why Willison was built so close to Riversdale, being only 400 metres away. The club moved from the site in 1927 and, on 23 July 1936, the station was renamed Willison, after A. J. Willison, a former member of Camberwell Council.[6][7]

The station was originally served by the so-called Deepdene Dasher, which ran a shuttle on the remnant of the Outer Circle line between Ashburton and Deepdene. After the Deepdene Dasher ceased operation in 1927, the station was served by Ashburton line trains. Twelve years later, on 28 June 1948, the line was extended from Ashburton to Alamein,[8] the service which still exists today.

In 1954, the current station platforms were provided when the line was duplicated between Riversdale and Hartwell.[4] In 1972, both platforms were extended at the down end, and a pedestrian crossing was relocated.[9]

During the 2018/2019 financial year, Willison was the sixth-least-used station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 102,600 passenger movements.[10]

Platforms and services

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Willison has two side platforms. It is served by Alamein line trains.[11]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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Northbound view of station platforms, March 2003
Northbound view of station platforms, December 2018

References

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  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. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b "Willison". vicsig.net. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Riversdale Station". City of Boroondara. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  6. ^ "News in brief". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 22 July 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 11 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  8. ^ "News of the Day". The Age. 29 June 1948. p. 2.
  9. ^ "Way and Works". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1972. p. 6.
  10. ^ Mallis, Philip. "Which were the least and most used stations in Victoria before COVID?". Victorian Department of Transport. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Alamein Line". Public Transport Victoria.
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