Watergardens railway station
Watergardens railway station is located on the Sunbury line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Sydenham, and particularly the adjacent Watergardens Shopping Centre.
The station originally opened as Keilor Road, at a slightly different location, on 1 March 1859, and was renamed Sydenham in April 1887.
Interlocked gates were provided at the Melton Highway level crossing in 1926, and were replaced with boom barriers in 1987. The current level crossing was provided in late 2002, in conjunction with the duplication of the Melton Highway. In 2015, the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced the grade separation of the highway and railway line. The level crossing was removed in January 2018, with the project completed in October of the same year.
As part of the extension of the electrified network from St Albans, the station was relocated southwards in 2002, and renamed Watergardens. The new station was to be called Sydenham, of which the name itself was built into the brickwork of the station building. However, naming rights were sold to the adjacent Watergardens Shopping Centre.
A stabling yard is located at the Down end of the station.Platforms & services
Watergardens has one side platform and one island platform. It is served by Metro Trains' Sunbury line services as well as a limited number of V/Line trains on the Bendigo and Swan Hill lines.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
- terminating services; all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
Platform 3:
- all stations and limited stops services to Sunbury
- V/Line services to Bendigo, Epsom and Eaglehawk
- V/Line services to Swan Hill
Transport links
operates four routes to and from Watergardens station:
Dysons operates two routes to and from Watergardens station:
Kastoria Bus Lines operates three routes via Watergardens station:
Sita Buslines operates one route to and from Watergardens station:
