{{short description|Railway station in Melbourne, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox station | name = Hawksburn | type = PTV commuter rail station | style = Melbourne | style2 = Frankston | image = File:Hawksburn Railway Station (November 2023).jpg | image_caption = South-east view of the station, November 2023 | address = Luxton Road,<br />South Yarra, Victoria 3141 | borough = City of Stonnington | country = Australia | coordinates = {{coord|-37.8448|145.0023|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}} | distance = 6.63 kilometres from<br />Southern Cross | line = {{rcb|Melbourne|Frankston|croute}} | other = | structure = Below-grade | platform = 4 (2 side, 1 island) | depth = | levels = | tracks = 4 | parking = | bicycle = | opened = {{start date and age|1879|05|07|df=y}}<ref>[http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/adl/heritage-overlays/ho137-hawksburn-railway-station-citation.pdf Hawksburn Railway Station Precinct] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404103952/http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/adl/heritage-overlays/ho137-hawksburn-railway-station-citation.pdf |date=4 April 2017 }}, Hermes No 108116, Place Citation Report, 26 November 2009, Heritage citation report – City of Stonnington</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.connectstonnington.vic.gov.au/hawksburn/documents/32579/download |title=Hawksburn_Urban_Design_Final_Analysis_report_090215lr |access-date=25 September 2016 |archive-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218170316/http://www.connectstonnington.vic.gov.au/hawksburn/documents/32579/download |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/stonnington/miscellaneous/12067.html Picture:Prahran: Copy of a published photo of the approach to Hawksburn Railway Station, showing regrading work on the line. Workmen stand by the line.], PictureVictoria</ref> | closed = | rebuilt = 1914<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196240689 |title=THE CAULFIELD RAILWAY. Progress of duplication work at Hawksburn station |newspaper=The Age |issue=18,302 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=14 November 1913 |accessdate=24 September 2016 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=vhd682>[http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/682 Malvern railway station], 24 August 1999, Victorian Heritage Database, ''...The present station, designed in 1912–13 by James W Hardy, the chief architect for the Department of Way and Works...Malvern Station is one of a group of stations designed by Hardy prior to and during the First World War....Why is it significant?...The other examples which are almost identical in design are at Armadale, Camberwell, Hawksburn, Malvern and Toorak...Hardy was also responsible for the railway stations at Caulfield, Armadale, Toorak and Hawksburn, the group of stations between South Yarra and Caulfield, as well as Camberwell Station .'' ([http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/682/download-report Full VHD Report PDF])</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190607800 |title=A Shocking Accident: Fatality at Hawksburn station|newspaper=The Age |issue=12870 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=30 May 1896 |accessdate=24 September 2016 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66396095 |title=City of Prahran, Hawksburn Railway Station, showing Re-grading Works|newspaper=Malvern Standard |volume=16 |issue=12 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 March 1914 |accessdate=24 September 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9665627 |title=Hawksburn Railway Accident. |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=18,812 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=1 November 1906 |accessdate=24 September 2016 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> | electrified = March 1922<br />(1500 V DC overhead)<ref>[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070704015600/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/56593/20070704-1156/more_faq.htm FAQ:How old is the Malvern Railway Station?]{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Malvern Historical Society (Stonnington), ''...The first (steam) trains from South Yarra to Caulfield ran through Hawksburn, Toorak, Armadale and Malvern stations in 1879...in 1910, the railway cutting was excavated between Hawksburn and Malvern,...The railway line was electrified in 1922...''</ref> | accessible = No—steep ramp | code = HKN | owned = VicTrack | operator = Metro Trains | zone = Myki Zone 1 | status = Operational, unstaffed | former = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = {{Rail pass box|passengers = 555,477<ref name="patronage2008-2021">[https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021] Philip Mallis</ref>|pass_year = 2017–2018}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 507,600<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2018–2019|pass_percent = -8.62}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 369,550<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2019–2020|pass_percent = -27.2}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 201,400<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2020–2021|pass_percent = -45.5}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 231,600<ref name="patronage2021-2022">[https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)] Data Vic</ref>|pass_year = 2021–2022|pass_percent = 14.99}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 340,500<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) - 2022-2023 |url=https://opendata.transport.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries/resource/62c72e09-8bfd-4d15-a2e2-a14c706eaf4d}}</ref> |pass_year = 2022–2023|pass_percent = 47.02}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 378,250<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) - 2023-2024 |url=https://opendata.transport.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries/resource/57faf356-36a3-4bbe-87fe-f0f05d1b8996}}</ref> |pass_year = 2023–2024|pass_percent = 11.09}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 447,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) - 2024-2025 |url=https://opendata.transport.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries/resource/c9507eb5-aa48-4a43-aa09-c10a24d1f2fe}}</ref>|pass_year = 2024–2025|pass_percent = 18.18}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Melbourne |line1=Frankston|left1=South Yarra|right1=Toorak |line2=Pakenham|nonstop2=yes |line3=Cranbourne|nonstop3=yes }} | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Melbourne |line1=Pakenham|left1=South Yarra|right1=Toorak|to-left1=Flinders Street|to-right1=Pakenham or Cranbourne |line2=Cranbourne|left2=South Yarra|right2=Toorak|to-left2=Flinders Street|to-right2=Pakenham or Cranbourne }} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1089 Public Transport Victoria] | route_map = {{Routemap |inline=1 |legend=track |map= STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg~~ ~~ ~~to {{stl|Melbourne|South Yarra}} tSTRq!~MFADEgq\tSTRfq\tSTRq\eKRZt\tSTR2+r!~STR\STR!~tSTRc3\STR\\\~~ ~~ ~~{{BSsplit||to {{stl|Melbourne|Anzac}}}} tSTRq!~MFADEgq\tSTRgq\tSTRq\eKRZt\tSTR2+r!~STR!~tSTRc1\tSTR2+4!~STR!~tSTRc3\STR!~tSTRc3\\\ STRc2\STR3!~STRc2\STR3!~STRc2!~tSTRc1\tSTR+4!~STR3!~tSTRc1\tSTR+4!~STR2\STRc3 STR+1\STR+1!~STRc4\STR+1!~STRc4\TUNNEL1-l!~MASKa!~tKSTRe!~STRc4\TUNNEL1-r!~MASKa!~tKSTRe!~STRc1\STR+4 STR\STR\STR\CSTR(r)\CSTR(l)\STR STR2\STR2!~STRc3\STR2!~STRc3\CSTRe@f(r)!~STRc3\CSTRe@f(l)!~STRc2\STR3 STRc1\STR+4!~STRc1\STR+4!~STRc1\ABZg+4\ABZg+1\STRc4 STRg\STRf\STRg\STRf STR\STR\KRWg+l\KRWgr hSTRae(r)\STR\STR\hSTRae(l) STR\STR\KRWgl\KRWg+r PSTR(R)!~*1__align=l\PSTR(L)!~*2__align=r\ePSTR(R)\ePSTR(L)!~*4__align=r PSTR(R)\PSTR(L)\ePSTR(R)!~*3__align=l\ePSTR(L) STRg\STRf\STRg\STRf STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~to {{stl|Melbourne|Toorak}} }} | map_state = expanded }} '''Hawksburn station''' is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Frankston line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the southern Melbourne suburb of South Yarra in Victoria, Australia.<ref name=":1" /> Hawksburn is a below ground unstaffed station, featuring four platforms with an island platform and two side platforms accessible by a pedestrian bridge.<ref name=":3" /> The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, and was opened on 7 May 1879.
The stations' namesake is the locality of Hawksburn, situated 600 metres from the station. The station is only partially accessible due to multiple steep access ramps.<ref name=":2" />
There are two principal station buildings, one of which is located on the stations central island platform (platforms 2 and 3) consisting of a small two story brick building, whilst the other is a one story brick structure situated on platform 4.<ref name=":4" /> These buildings were provided for the station in 1914, as ticketing and staff offices.<ref name=":2" />
Although Cranbourne and Pakenham lines do run through the station, these services are express and do not stop. The journey to Flinders Street station is approximately 5.3 kilometres (3.29 mi) and takes 9 minutes.<ref name=":5" />
== Description == Hawksburn railway station is located in the suburb of South Yarra, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Victoria |first=Public Transport |title=Hawksburn Station |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB}}</ref> The station is located nearby to the Hawksburn shopping precinct and the Prahran Housing Commission Estate. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and the station is operated by Metro Trains.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Hawksburn |url=https://www.metrotrains.com.au/stations/hawksburn/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=www.metrotrains.com.au |language=en-US}}</ref> The station is approximately 5.3 kilometres (3.29 mi), or an 9-minute train journey, from Flinders Street station.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=rome2rio Pty |title=Hawksburn to Flinders Street Station – 3 ways to travel via, and train |url=https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Hawksburn/Flinders-Street-Station |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=Rome2rio |language=en}}</ref> The adjacent stations are South Yarra station up towards Melbourne, and Toorak station down towards Frankston.<ref name=":1" />
The station consists of a single island platform and two side platforms with a total of four platform edges. Standard in Melbourne, the platform has an asphalt surface with concrete on the edges.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VICSIG |url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Hawksburn |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=vicsig.net}}</ref> The platforms are approximately {{Convert|160|m|ftin}} long, enough for a Metro Trains 7 car HCMT. The station features a pedestrian bridge, accessed from the centre of the platforms by a ramp. The station features two principal station buildings, both former ticketing offices which are now heritage listed staff facilities.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web | url=https://stfpbsprodapp01.blob.core.windows.net/amendmentfiles/b023c477-7070-e811-a857-000d3ad11a22_342b7369-f599-4855-aa1b-fcca2980107b_Stonnington%20C278%20Panel%20Report.pdf | title=Panel Report Stonnington Planning Scheme Amendment C278 - Hawksburn Railway Station Precinct | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227090516/https://stfpbsprodapp01.blob.core.windows.net/amendmentfiles/b023c477-7070-e811-a857-000d3ad11a22_342b7369-f599-4855-aa1b-fcca2980107b_Stonnington%20C278%20Panel%20Report.pdf | archive-date=27 December 2022 }}</ref> Distinct Edwardian architectural features of the red brick station buildings include ornate parapets, cement banding, tall chimneys with terracotta pots, tiled hip roof with terracotta finials, and stucco walls.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web| title=Toorak Village Precinct | url=http://images.heritage.vic.gov.au/attachment/65175 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910095418/http://images.heritage.vic.gov.au/attachment/65175 | archive-date=2021-09-10}}</ref>
The station building, platform, and overpass are largely the same as when originally built, with the main change being updated signage, technology, and the addition of one new platform canopy amongst other minor building and platform upgrades.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Stonnington Council says train passengers at Toorak, Armadale, Malvern and Hawksburn could be worse off with future Melbourne Metro rail tunnel {{!}} Herald Sun | url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/stonnington-council-says-train-passengers-at-toorak-armadale-malvern-and-hawksburn-could-be-worse-off-with-future-melbourne-metro-rail-tunnel/news-story/2e6384d47ed4efd0f9b545d53d8c360a | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411144458/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/stonnington-council-says-train-passengers-at-toorak-armadale-malvern-and-hawksburn-could-be-worse-off-with-future-melbourne-metro-rail-tunnel/news-story/2e6384d47ed4efd0f9b545d53d8c360a | access-date=2026-01-30 | archive-date=2018-04-11}}</ref> There is no car parking available at the station. The station is listed as an "assisted access" station on the Metro Trains website, as the access ramp is too steep and would require assistance for wheelchair customers to traverse.<ref name=":2" />
== History == Hawksburn railway station was opened on 7 May 1879 with the station consisting of a single platform and track for commuter and freight service. Like the locality itself, the station was named after Hawksburn Estate, where the station is located.<ref>{{cite news |title=Children's Aid Society, San Francisco |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198009025 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |work=The Leader |date=1 March 1879}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hawksburn Estate |url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/129844 |publisher=State Library Victoria |accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref> The first station buildings were opened on the site between 1881 and 1883 to coincide with the duplication of track between the city and Oakleigh.<ref name=":6">{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Marcus |title=More crumbling Melbourne railway stations |url=http://wongm.com/2016/09/more-crumbling-melbourne-railway-stations/ |website=Waking Up in Geelong |access-date=8 May 2022 |date=13 September 2016}} ''...The first is Hawksburn. The current station building were completed in 1914, as part of the duplication and grade separation of the railway between South Yarra and Caulfield. The main station building is located on the central island platform, with smaller structures sheltering the entrances to platforms 1 and 4.''</ref> The current station was constructed in 1914 to provide improved and additional facilities to what had become an increasingly busy and important location on the train network.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://stfpbsprodapp01.blob.core.windows.net/amendmentfiles/b023c477-7070-e811-a857-000d3ad11a22_58723827-8918-44f4-8e7a-6498b6159ba7_Stonnington%20C278%20Supporting%20Doc%20-%20Heritage%20Citation%20Report%20HO137%20Hawksburn%20Railway%20Station%20Precinct%20Exhibition%20Gazetted.pdf | title=Heritage citation report - Hawksburn Railway Station Precinct HO137 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227100442/https://stfpbsprodapp01.blob.core.windows.net/amendmentfiles/b023c477-7070-e811-a857-000d3ad11a22_58723827-8918-44f4-8e7a-6498b6159ba7_Stonnington%20C278%20Supporting%20Doc%20-%20Heritage%20Citation%20Report%20HO137%20Hawksburn%20Railway%20Station%20Precinct%20Exhibition%20Gazetted.pdf | archive-date=27 December 2022 }}</ref> The station rebuild was part of level crossing removal works that removed all level crossings, rebuilt all stations, and quadruplicated the corridor between South Yarra and Caulfield by 1914.<ref name="vhd682" /> Later in 1922, the line was electrified using 1500 V DC overhead wires with three position signalling also introduced.<ref name="VicsigHawksburn">[http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Hawksburn Hawksburn] Vicsig</ref>
The station has mostly stayed the same since 1914, with only minor upgrades taking place. In 1972, the island platform (Platforms 2 and 3) was extended at both ends.<ref name="divisionaldiarymar72">{{cite magazine|date=March 1972|title=Way and Works|magazine=Divisional Diary|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|page=6}}</ref> In 1993, major re-signalling works occurred between South Yarra and Toorak stations.<ref name="VicsigHawksburn"/> The station underwent minor upgrades with the installation of one new shelter on Platform 1 in the 2010s. In 2021, resignalling works occurred to upgrade the corridor to high capacity signalling as part of the Metro Tunnel project.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Build |first=Victoria’s Big |date=18 March 2022 |title=High Capacity Signalling |url=https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/metro-tunnel/about/technology/high-capacity-signalling |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=Victoria’s Big Build |language=en}}</ref>
== Platforms and services == [[File:Comeng train operating a service to Flinders Street Station arriving at Platform 1 at Hawksburn Station, South Yarra (53187079413).jpg|thumb|A Comeng train on a Flinders Street-bound service arrives at Platform 1, August 2023]]
Hawksburn has two side platforms and one island platform with four faces. The station is currently served by the Frankston line—a service on the metropolitan rail network.<ref name=":0">{{cite PTV route|Frankston|mode=train}}</ref> The Frankston line runs from Frankston station south east of Melbourne, joining the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines at Caulfield station before continuing onto Flinders Street station via the City Loop<ref name=":0" />. Despite the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines operating through the station, these services no longer stop at the station due to low station patronage, instead running express through the station.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2021 |title=New timetable train line information – Public Transport Victoria |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/ |access-date=26 December 2022 |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301093547/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> However Pakenham and Cranbourne trains used to be the only trains that stopped here during off peak.
[[File:Platforms 1 and 2 at Hawksburn Station, South Yarra (53186771129).jpg|220x220px|right|thumb|Platforms 1 and 2, which are used for Frankston line services|alt=South-east bound view from Platform 2, August 2023]] [[File:Island platform at Hawksburn Station, South Yarra (53186771344).jpg|220x220px|right|thumb|Platforms 3 and 4, no services stop at these platforms, but the Gippsland, Pakenham and Cranbourne lines do pass these platforms|alt=North-west bound view from Platform 3, August 2023]]
=== Current === {| class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left" ! colspan="6" style="background:#{{rcr|Melbourne}};background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}); " |<span style="color:white;">Hawksburn platform arrangement</span> |- !Platform !Line !Destination !Via !Service Type !Notes |- |'''1''' |{{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}} |Flinders Street |City Loop |All stations | |- |'''2''' |{{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}} |Cheltenham, Mordialloc, Carrum, Frankston | |All stations |Services to Cheltenham, Mordialloc and Carrum only operate during weekday peaks. |- |'''3''' | colspan="4" rowspan="2" |No scheduled services | rowspan="2" |Services on the Cranbourne and Pakenham line will only stop here if the Frankston line is disrupted. Normally, these lines will run express through this platform. |- |'''4''' |}
== Transport links == Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Hawksburn station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * {{color box|00acdd|'''603'''|white}}: Brighton Beach station – Burnley station<ref>{{Cite web |title=603 Brighton Beach - Burnley Station via Elsternwick Station |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/ |access-date=18 July 2025 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed"> File:Hawksburn Railway Station.jpg|North-west view of all four platforms, taken from Williams Road, June 2014 File:Hawksburn Estate map.jpg|A map of the Hawksburn Estate building sites from 1886.<ref>{{Cite web |title=State Library Victoria – Viewer |url=https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=State Library Victoria}}</ref> File:Hawksburn Railway Station (October 2023).jpg|alt=A HCMT on a Cranbourne-bound service can be seen passing Platform 4. Taken from Platform 1, looking south-east, taken in October 2023|The detail of the distinct Edwardian architectural features on shelters and buildings at Platforms 2, 3 and 4 and a High Capacity Metro Train passing Platform 4 File:Hawksburn railway station - Melbourne.jpg|The detail of the heritage shelters on Platforms 2 and 3 </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1089/hawksburn-station/0/train/#StopPage:::datetime=2022-12-26T12%3A12%3A36.716Z&directionId=-1&showAllDay=false&_auth=8ad3b49b5cfc82a9ca542b7edbc526659e5e25959b84772495a22636917d9d25 Public Transport Victoria] * {{commons category-inline|Hawksburn railway station, Melbourne}} {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations|Frankston=y}}
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