Willison railway station is located on the Alamein line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell, and opened on 8 June 1908 as Golf Links. It was renamed Willison on 23 July 1936.[4]
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]
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willison, railway, station, located, alamein, line, victoria, australia, serves, eastern, melbourne, suburb, camberwell, opened, june, 1908, golf, links, renamed, willison, july, 1936, willisonptv, commuter, rail, stationnorthbound, view, december, 2018general. Willison railway station is located on the Alamein line in Victoria Australia It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell and opened on 8 June 1908 as Golf Links It was renamed Willison on 23 July 1936 4 WillisonPTV commuter rail stationNorthbound view in December 2018General informationLocationStodart Street Camberwell Victoria 3124City of BoroondaraAustraliaCoordinates37 50 09 S 145 04 13 E 37 8357 S 145 0703 E 37 8357 145 0703Owned byVicTrackOperated byMetro TrainsLine s AlameinDistance12 15 kilometres fromSouthern CrossPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConstructionStructure typeGroundParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleNo steep rampOther informationStatusOperational unstaffedStation codeWSNFare zoneMyki Zone 1WebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened8 June 1908 115 years ago 1908 06 08 Rebuilt19 December 1954ElectrifiedOctober 1924 1500 V DC overhead Previous namesGolf Links 1908 1936 Passengers2005 200684 779 1 2006 200796 596 1 13 93 2007 2008102 947 1 6 57 2008 200996 312 2 6 44 2009 201096 346 2 0 035 2010 201197 112 2 0 79 2011 201287 210 2 10 19 2012 2013Not measured 2 2013 201487 614 2 0 46 2014 201587 730 1 0 13 2015 201694 688 2 7 93 2016 201797 248 2 2 7 2017 2018104 182 2 7 13 2018 2019102 600 2 1 51 2019 202080 300 2 21 73 2020 202132 400 2 59 65 2021 202235 750 3 10 34 ServicesPreceding station Metro Trains Following stationRiversdaletowards Camberwell or Flinders Street Alamein line Hartwelltowards AlameinTrack layoutLegendto Riversdale12to Hartwell Contents 1 History 2 Platforms and services 3 References 4 External linksHistory editWillison 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 editWillison has two side platforms It is served by Alamein line trains 11 Platform 1 Alamein line weekday all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street all stations shuttle services to CamberwellPlatform 2 Alamein line all stations services to AlameinReferences edit a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005 2006 to 2018 19 Department of Transport 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 Annual metropolitan train station patronage station entries Data Vic a b Willison vicsig net Retrieved 18 February 2023 Riversdale Station City of Boroondara Retrieved 6 October 2013 News in brief The Argus Melbourne Victoria Australia 22 July 1936 p 18 Retrieved 11 September 2017 via National Library of Australia First Jamie 7 January 2014 The A Z story of Melbourne s suburbs Herald Sun Retrieved 18 February 2023 News of the Day The Age 29 June 1948 p 2 Way and Works Divisional Diary Australian Railway Historical Society March 1972 p 6 Mallis Philip Which were the least and most used stations in Victoria before COVID Victorian Department of Transport Retrieved 27 June 2022 Alamein Line Public Transport Victoria External links edit nbsp Media related to Willison railway station Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons Melway map at street directory com au Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Willison railway station amp oldid 1159943159, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
