{{Short description|Railway station in Melbourne, Australia}} {{redirect-distinguish|Springvale station|Springvale Station|Spring Vale railway station}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox station | name = Springvale | type = PTV commuter rail station | style = Melbourne | style2 = Pakenham | image = Springvale railway station Platform 1 (western view)(7 October 2024).jpg | caption = Westbound view from Platform 1, October 2024 | address = Springvale Road,<br />Springvale, Victoria 3171 | borough = City of Greater Dandenong | country = Australia | coordinates = {{Coord|display=inline,title|-37.9494|145.1531|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC}} | owned = VicTrack | operator = Metro Trains | line = {{plainlist| *{{rcb|Melbourne|Cranbourne|croute}} *{{rcb|Melbourne|Pakenham|croute}} }} | distance = 24.50 kilometres from<br />Southern Cross | platforms = 2 side | tracks = 2 | connections = {{rint|victoria|met bus|link=List of bus routes in Melbourne}} Bus | structure = Below ground | depth = {{Convert|6.5|m|abbr=off}} | levels = | parking = 261 spaces | bicycle = Yes | accessible = Yes—step free access | electrified = December 1922<br />(1500 V DC overhead) | status = Operational, premium station | code = SPG | zone = Myki Zone 2 | website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1183 Public Transport Victoria] | opened = {{start date and age|1880|09|01|df=y}} | closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | rebuilt = 22 April 2014 | former = Spring Vale (1880–1972) | mpassengers = {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,108,105<ref name="patronage2005-2015">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417090904/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view |date=17 April 2022 }} Department of Transport</ref>|pass_year = 2005–2006}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,257,598<ref name=patronage2005-2015/>|pass_year = 2006–2007|pass_percent = 13.49}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,370,709<ref name=patronage2005-2015/>|pass_year = 2007–2008|pass_percent = 8.99}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,608,850<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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217132046/https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ |date=17 December 2022 }} Philip Mallis</ref>|pass_year = 2008–2009|pass_percent = 17.37}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,754,276<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2009–2010|pass_percent = 9.03}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,712,614<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2010–2011|pass_percent = -2.37}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,597,795<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2011–2012|pass_percent = -6.7}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = Not measured<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2012–2013}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,392,656<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2013–2014|pass_percent = -12.83}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,715,628<ref name=patronage2005-2015/>|pass_year = 2014–2015|pass_percent = 23.19}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,972,168<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2015–2016|pass_percent = 14.95}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,694,804<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2016–2017|pass_percent = -14.06}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,495,341<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2017–2018|pass_percent = -11.76}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,509,425<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2018–2019|pass_percent = 0.94}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 1,295,050<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2019–2020|pass_percent = -14.2}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 754,300<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2020–2021|pass_percent = -41.75}} {{Rail pass box|passengers = 750,700<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)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306190204/https://discover.data.vic.gov.au//dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries |date=6 March 2023 }} Data Vic</ref>|pass_year = 2021–2022|pass_percent = -0.47}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Melbourne |line1=Cranbourne|left1=Westall|right1=Sandown Park|to-right1=Cranbourne or East Pakenham |line2=Pakenham|left2=Westall|right2=Sandown Park|to-right2=Cranbourne or East Pakenham }} | services_collapsible = | services_state = | other_services_header = Former services | other_services = {{s-rail|title=Disused}} {{rail line|col={{rcr|Australian closed station}}|route=Spring Vale Cemetery line|previous=|next={{stnlnk|Spring Vale Cemetery}}}} | other_services_state = | embedded = | route_map = {{Routemap |inline=1 |legend=track |map= STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg\STR!~MFADEg~~ ~~ ~~to {{stl|Melbourne|Westall}} STR\STR\STR \STRg\STR\STRf\STR+1!~MFADEg~~ ~~ ~~to {{BSsplit|Westall Train|Maintenance Depot}} \\STR\STR\STR\STR!~STRc2\STR3+1!~MFADEg~~ ~~ ~~to APEX Siding \\STR\STR\STR\ABZg+1\STRc4 \STR\STR\KRWgl\KRWg+r \STR\STR\KRWg+l\KRWgr \STR\KRWg+l\KRWgr\STR \STR\STR\STR\STR \STR\STR\KRWg+l\KRWr STR\KRWg+l\KRWr CSTRa@g(r)!~KRWg+l\CSTRa@g(l)!~KRWgr\ lcCSTR+L\PSTR(R)!~*1__align=l\PSTR(L)!~*2__align=r\lcCSTR+R\ lcCSTR+L\PSTR(R)\PSTR(L)\lcCSTR+R\ CSTRe@f(r)\CSTRe@f(l)\ STRg\STRf\ STR!~MFADEf\STR!~MFADEf\~~ ~~ ~~to {{stl|Melbourne|Sandown Park}} }} | map_state = expanded }}

'''Springvale station''' is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, which are part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Springvale, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Springvale station is a below ground premium station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 September 1880, with the current station provided in 2014.<ref name="vicsigspringvale">{{cite web|url=http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Springvale|title=Springvale|website=vicsig.net|access-date=21 January 2023|archive-date=10 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210111716/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Springvale|url-status=live}}</ref>

Initially opened as '''Spring Vale''', the station was given its current name of Springvale on 29 February 1972.<ref name="vicsigspringvale">{{cite web|url=http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Springvale|title=Springvale|website=vicsig.net|access-date=21 January 2023|archive-date=10 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210111716/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Springvale|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==

Springvale station opened on 1 September 1880, almost three years after the railway line from Oakleigh was extended to Dandenong.<ref name=vicsigspringvale/> Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the ''Spring Vale Hotel'', the proprietor inspired by the natural springs in the area for travellers and stock between Melbourne and Dandenong.<ref name="vpspringvale">{{cite web|url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/springvale|title=Springvale|publisher=Victorian Places|accessdate=21 January 2023|archive-date=2 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302233617/https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/springvale|url-status=live}}</ref> The name was also inspired by a place near the Bog of Allen in the proprietor's native Ireland.<ref name=vpspringvale/>

In 1964, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Springvale Road level crossing, which was located at the up end of the station.<ref name="somersaultjan90">{{cite magazine|date=January 1990|title=Level Crossing Protection|author=John Sinnatt|magazine=Somersault|publisher=Signalling Record Society Victoria|pages=9–17}}</ref>

In 1975, the signal box was provided with a new relay interlocking system.<ref>{{cite book|author=Vincent Adams Winter|title=VR and VicRail: 1962–1983|year=1990|isbn=0-9592069-3-0|page=106 }}</ref> Also occurring in that year, a crossover was abolished at the up end of the station, with a new crossover provided at the down end.<ref name=vicsigspringvale/> In 1976, the goods platform was abolished.<ref name="newsrailapr76">{{cite magazine|date=April 1976|title=Works|magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|page=92}}</ref>

On 7 June 1996, Springvale was upgraded to a premium station.<ref name="newsrailoct97">{{cite magazine|date=October 1997|title=Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station|magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|pages=303–315}}</ref>

The remnant of a former branch line, which operated to Spring Vale Cemetery station, was located at the down end of the station. In 1922, it was provided with overhead wiring.<ref name=vicsigspringvale/> In 1952, the majority of the line was dismantled,<ref name=vicsigspringvale/> with the remaining portion of the line becoming a siding.<ref name=vicsigspringvale/> In October 2002, it was booked out of use<ref name="somersaultjan03">{{cite magazine|date=January 2003|title=Signalling Alterations|magazine=Somersault|publisher=Signalling Record Society Victoria|page=3}}</ref> and, in August 2008, the associated points and signals, the crossover and overhead wiring were removed.<ref name="newsrailsep08">{{cite magazine|date=September 2008|title=Works|magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|pages=278–282}}</ref>

On 30 January 2012, the signal box was abolished, with control transferred to the Dandenong signal box.<ref name="newsrailmar12">{{cite magazine|date=March 2012|title=Works|magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|page=89}}</ref> In mid-2013, construction commenced on a grade separation project to eliminate the Springvale Road level crossing, immediately adjacent to the station. As part of this project, a new station was constructed below street level, which opened on 22 April 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Springvale Station upgrade & Level Crossing removal |url=http://hmtmelptgallery.weebly.com/springvale-station.html |website=Melbourne's Public Transport Gallery |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Carey |first1=Adam |title=Split-level luxury arrives at Springvale station, at $159 million |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/splitlevel-luxury-arrives-at-springvale-station-at-159-million-20140422-372dt.html |website=The Age |language=en |date=22 April 2014}}</ref>

== Platforms, facilities and services == [[File:Springvale railway station Platform 2 PID (7 October 2024).jpg|220x220px|thumb|A PID on Platform 2 displaying an East Pakenham-bound service, October 2024]] [[File:HCMT set 57 arriving at Springvale railway station (7 October 2024).jpg|220x220px|thumb|A High Capacity Metro Train on an East Pakenham-bound service arrives at Platform 2, October 2024]]

Springvale has two side platforms, with a concourse above on ground level. The concourse features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets. Inside this enclosed waiting room there is a small coffee kiosk. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs and ramps.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line services.<ref>{{cite PTV route|Pakenham|mode=train}}</ref><ref>{{cite PTV route|Cranbourne|mode=train}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left" ! colspan="5" style="background:#{{rcr|Melbourne}};background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}); " |<span style="color:white;">Springvale platform arrangement</span> |- !Platform !Line !Destination !Via !Service Type |- |'''1''' ||{{RouteBox|Cranbourne line|Cranbourne line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Cranbourne}}|white}}<br>{{RouteBox|Pakenham line|Pakenham line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}|white}} |Sunbury, West Footscray, Watergardens |Town Hall |Limited express |- |'''2''' |{{RouteBox|Cranbourne line|Cranbourne line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Cranbourne}}|white}}<br>{{RouteBox|Pakenham line|Pakenham line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}|white}} |East Pakenham, Cranbourne, Dandenong | |All stations |}

==Transport links==

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Springvale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * SmartBus {{color box|00a54f|'''902'''|white}}: Chelsea station – Westfield Airport West<ref name="ptv902">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15279/902-chelsea-station-airport-west-shopping-centre/|title=902 Chelsea Railway Station – Airport West Shopping Centre (SMARTBUS Service)|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=4 May 2023|archive-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423022311/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15279/902-chelsea-station-airport-west-shopping-centre/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ventura Bus Lines operates five routes via Springvale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * {{color box|015aaa|'''705'''|white}}: to Mordialloc station (peak-hour only)<ref name="ptv705">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/13342/705-mordialloc-springvale-via-braeside-and-clayton-south|title=705 Mordialloc – Springvale via Braeside & Clayton South|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=4 May 2023|archive-date=4 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504125401/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/13342/705-mordialloc-springvale-via-braeside-and-clayton-south|url-status=live}}</ref> * {{color box|a62772|'''811'''|white}}: Dandenong station – Brighton<ref>{{cite PTV route|mode=bus|route=811|access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> * {{color box|015aaa|'''813'''|white}}: Dandenong station – Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre<ref>{{cite PTV route|mode=bus|route=813|access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> * {{color box|f68b1f|'''814'''|white}}: Springvale South – Dandenong station<ref>{{cite PTV route|mode=bus|route=814|access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> * {{color box|d7171f|'''885'''|white}}: to Glen Waverley station<ref>{{cite PTV route|mode=bus|route=885|access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.vicrailstations.com/Orbost/Springvale/Springvale.html Gallery of old station] * [http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd3/map.php?x=145.15388286176346&y=-37.94980424653822&l=13&mt=4 Melway map] at street-directory.com.au

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