Jordanville railway station

Jordanville railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley, and it opened on 5 May 1930 as Kabbareng. Just over a week later, on 13 May 1930, it was renamed Jordanville.[1][2]

Jordanville
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view in February 2007
LocationWindsor Avenue, Mount Waverley, Victoria 3149
City of Monash
Australia
Coordinates37°52′25″S 145°06′43″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Glen Waverley
Distance17.61 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking155
Bicycle facilities15
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeJOR
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened5 May 1930
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Previous namesKabbareng
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Holmesglen
towards Flinders Street
 Glen Waverley line Mount Waverley
towards Glen Waverley
Track layout
to Holmesglen
1
2
to Mount Waverley

History

Jordanville was named after the Jordan family, particularly John Jordan, an early settler and shire councillor. The station's original name, Kabbareng, is an Aboriginal word meaning 'upper'.[2] The name was controversial, with a letter sent to the editor of the The Argus, dated Tuesday 4 March 1930, under the name "Anti-Kabbareng".[3][2] An article in The Age, dated Friday 21 March 1930, stated that "At the last meeting of the Mulgrave council indignation was expressed at the name of Kabbareng being selected for the railway station at Box Hill-road on the new Darling-Glen Waverley line. The council’s recommendation was Jordan. It was decided to ask the district Parliamentary representatives to take up the matter in support of the name selected by the council."[4]

The current island platform was provided in 1964, in conjunction with the duplication of the line between East Malvern and Mount Waverley.[1]

From the time the station opened until the creation of the City of Monash in 1994, Jordanville was a suburb of Melbourne, but it is now considered a "residential locality", with the former suburban area now part of the suburbs of Chadstone and Ashwood.[5]

The station also serves the adjacent Riversdale Golf Club.

Platforms and services

Jordanville has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Glen Waverley line services.[6]

Platforms 1:

Platform 2:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Jordanville station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  767 : Westfield Southland – Box Hill station[7]

References
  1. Jordanville Vicsig
  2. Station names on Melbourne's Glen Waverley line. Strange Melbourne Man (BlogSpot)
  3. 04 Mar 1930 - RAILWAY STATION NAMES Trove
  4. "Country Section". The Age. 21 March 1930. p. 16.
  5. "Jordanville". Victorian Places. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  6. "Glen Waverley Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "767 Southland - Box Hill via Chadstone & Jordanville & Deakin University". Public Transport Victoria.
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