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Upper Ferntree Gully station opened on 4 December 1889, when the railway line from Ringwood was extended. [4] After December 1900, it became the break-of-gauge station between the broad gauge used in most of Victoria, and the narrow gauge Gembrook line (now the Puffing Billy Railway), one of the five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways.
Upper Ferntree Gully is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 32 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox and Shire of Yarra Ranges local government areas. Upper Ferntree Gully recorded a population of 3,417 at the 2021 census. [1]
Ferntree Gully station opened on 5 December 1889, when the railway line from Ringwood was extended to Upper Ferntree Gully. [5] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after a fern tree gully that is located nearby in the Dandenong Ranges National Park. [6]
The break-of-gauge station of Upper Ferntree Gully was a terminus for Melbourne suburban electric trains, so the line was popular with day-trippers and weekend visitors from Melbourne. Fifteen special excursion carriages, classed NBH, were built to cater for the tourist traffic.
The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Belgrave station in the city's east, serving 31 stations via Burnley, Box Hill, Ringwood, and Upper Ferntree Gully. [2] Beyond Belgrave, the narrow-gauge line has been restored as the Puffing Billy Railway , which runs tourist services to the original terminus of Gembrook .
It ran to Gembrook from Upper Ferntree Gully station, which was the terminus of the broad gauge line from Melbourne. The section of the line from Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave was rebuilt to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) gauge between 1958 and 1962 and is now operated by Metro Trains Melbourne suburban electric trains. [4]
Upper Ferntree Gully: Belgrave: 37.66 23.40 2 [257] 4 December 1889 Upper Ferntree Gully [257] Also spelt Upper Fern Tree Gully Upwey: 40.18 24.97 2 [258] 3 June 1901 Upwey [258] Originally narrow gauge Victoria Park: Hurstbridge Mernda: 5.42 3.37 1 [259] 8 May 1888 Abbotsford [259] Formerly Collingwood Watergardens: Bendigo Echuca Sunbury Swan ...
The Ferntree Gully Village at the intersection of Station Street, Alpine Street and Forest Road is the official site of Ferntree Gully Township, Railway Station and historic town centre. It contains supermarkets, green grocer's, butchers and curiosity shops as well as a selection of unique restaurants and cafes.