Richmond railway station, Melbourne

Distance3.80 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms10 (5 island)Tracks10ConnectionsConstructionStructure typeElevatedAccessibleNo—steep rampOther informationStatusOperational, premium stationStation codeRMDFare zoneMyki Zone 1WebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened8 February 1859; 165 years ago (1859-02-08)RebuiltDecember 1859
Mid 1880s
Late 1950sElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)Previous namesPunt Road (1859)
Swan Street (1859–1866)Passengers2005–20061,452,166^[1]2006–20071,564,968^[1]  7.76%2007–20081,743,197^[1]  11.38%2008–20092,051,693^[2]  17.69%2009–20102,123,527^[2]  3.5%2010–20112,229,594^[2]  4.99%2011–20122,069,831^[2]  7.16%2012–2013Not measured^[2]2013–20143,335,505^[2]  61.14%2014–20153,477,016^[1]  4.24%2015–20163,693,069^[2]  6.21%2016–20173,814,011^[2]  3.27%2017–20184,165,248^[2]  9.2%2018–20194,226,994^[2]  1.48%2019–20202,965,500^[2]  29.84%2020–20211,292,650^[2]  56.41%2021–20221,966,800^[3]  52.15% Services

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Flinders Street or Parliament towards Flinders Street		Lilydale line		East Richmond towards Lilydale
		Belgrave line		East Richmond towards Belgrave
		Alamein line Weekday peaks only		East Richmond towards Alamein
		Glen Waverley line		East Richmond towards Glen Waverley
				Darling Weekday peak express services towards Glen Waverley
		Pakenham line		South Yarra towards Pakenham
		Cranbourne line		South Yarra towards Cranbourne
Flinders Street towards Werribee or Williamstown		Frankston line		South Yarra towards Frankston
Flinders Street Terminus		Sandringham line		South Yarra towards Sandringham
Preceding station	V/Line			Following station
Flinders Street towards Southern Cross		Gippsland line		Caulfield towards Traralgon or Bairnsdale

Track layout
Legend to Flinders Street to Parliament 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 to South Yarra to East Richmond This diagram: view talk edit

Richmond railway station is a commuter railway station and the junction point for the Alamein, Belgrave, Cranbourne, Frankston, Glen Waverley, Lilydale, Pakenham and Sandringham lines, serving the south-eastern inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Australia. Richmond is a premium status elevated structure station featuring ten platforms, with five island platforms. The stations opened on 8 February 1859 as Punt Road before being renamed Swan Street on 12 December of the same year, it was renamed Richmond on 1 January 1867.^[4]

History

Richmond station has been relocated and rebuilt four times. The first station was at ground level, and opened on 8 February 1859 as Punt Road. It closed in the same year, on 12 December. On the same day, a new station called Swan Street, also at ground level, opened. It was re-named Richmond on 1 January 1867.^[4] In 1885, an elevated station was opened just north of Swan Street, with six platforms.

By the 1930s, the station was struggling to cope with patronage. The 1940 Ashworth Improvement Plan recommended that it be rebuilt, but funding problems during World War II prevented that from happening.^[5] The station had also deteriorated to the point that it was condemned by the local council. In the 1950s, work began on a replacement, as part of Operation Phoenix, the postwar rebuilding of the Victorian Railways.^[6] However, it was not until 26 March 1960 that the present station was completed. Located slightly west of the previous station, the bridges at each end of the station, across Punt Road and Swan Street, were also rebuilt to accommodate the ten tracks. For a time, platforms at both the old and new stations were used, before the original station was closed and demolished.

In 1973, the flyover for the down Burnley local line was built at the up end of Platforms 9 and 10,^[4] with the junction to the east of Platforms 7, 8, 9 and 10 abolished in the same year.^[4]

The station was the filming location for the opening scene of the 1992 Australian film Romper Stomper. In the film's story, the station was named Footscray.

In 1994, major re-signalling works occurred between Richmond and South Yarra.^[4] On 4 December 1996, Richmond was upgraded to a premium station.^[7]

During 2015, the verandahs on all platforms were lengthened and roofs installed over the ramps leading to the pedestrian subway at the up end of the station.^[8] The additional verandahs filled in the gaps between the existing verandahs, giving passengers coverage against inclement weather and to reduce overcrowding.^[8]

During the 2018/2019 financial year, it was the ninth-busiest station in metropolitan Melbourne, with 4.17 million boardings per year.^[9]

Platforms, facilities and services

Richmond has ten platforms; five island platforms with two faces each. It is built on an embankment immediately east of Punt Road, with platforms extending west across the Punt Road railway bridge. The station is connected by three subways, with access to the platforms by ramps. There are no lifts at the station.

The station is located in Melbourne's sporting precinct. A special-events entrance at the western end is opened during events at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Park and AAMI Park.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Alamein, Belgrave, Cranbourne, Frankston, Glen Waverley, Lilydale, Pakenham and Sandringham line services, and V/Line's Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services.

Platform 1:

•  Sandringham line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Sandringham line  all stations services to Sandringham

Platform 3:

•  Frankston line  all stations services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown

Platform 4:

•  Frankston line  all stations and limited express services to Frankston

Platform 5:

•  Pakenham line  all stations services to Flinders Street
•  Cranbourne line  all stations services to Flinders Street
•  Gippsland line  V/Line services to Southern Cross (set down only)

Platform 6:

•  Pakenham line  express services to Pakenham
•  Cranbourne line  express services to Cranbourne
•  Gippsland line  V/Line services to Traralgon and Bairnsdale (pick up only)

Platform 7 and 8:

•  Lilydale line  all stations services to Flinders Street
•  Belgrave line  all stations services to Flinders Street
•  Glen Waverley line  all stations services to Flinders Street
•  Alamein line  weekday all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 9 and 10:

•  Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Lilydale
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Belgrave
•  Glen Waverley line  all stations and limited express services to Glen Waverley
•  Alamein line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Alamein

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates one bus route via Richmond station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  246 : Elsternwick station – Clifton Hill^[10]

Yarra Trams operates one route via Richmond station:

• : Docklands (Waterfront City) – Wattle Park^[11]

Gallery

• 
  Westbound view from Platform 1 in January 2021. The junction of Punt Road and Olympic Boulevard is to the left, with AAMI Park in the distance.

Notes

References

External links

Media related to Richmond railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au