Watergardens railway station

Watergardens
PTV commuter and regional rail station
North-west bound view from Platform 1,
December 2017
General information
Other namesSydenham
LocationWatergardens Circular Road,
Sydenham, Victoria 3037
City of Brimbank
Australia
Coordinates37°42′03″S 144°46′26″E / 37.7008°S 144.7738°E / -37.7008; 144.7738
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance23.18 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks3
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking588
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeWGS
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 March 1859; 165 years ago (1859-03-01)
Rebuilt26 January 2002
1 November 2022
ElectrifiedJanuary 2002
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesKeilor Road (1859-1887)
Sydenham (1887-2002)
Passengers
2005–2006891,461[1]
2006–20071,000,667[1] Increase 12.25%
2007–20081,324,815[1] Increase 32.39%
2008–20091,495,998[2] Increase 12.92%
2009–20101,593,798[2] Increase 6.53%
2010–20111,618,270[2] Increase 1.53%
2011–20121,530,111[2] Decrease 5.44%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–20141,354,502[2] Decrease 11.47%
2014–20151,533,562[1] Increase 13.22%
2015–20161,710,458[2] Increase 11.53%
2016–20171,523,124[2] Decrease 10.95%
2017–20181,672,481[2] Increase 9.8%
2018–20191,689,500[2] Increase 1.01%
2019–20201,300,950[2] Decrease 22.99%
2020–2021528,500[2] Decrease 59.37%
2021–2022587,400[3] Increase 11.14%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Keilor Plains
towards Flinders Street
 Sunbury line Diggers Rest
towards Sunbury
Terminus
Preceding station Railways in Victoria V/Line Following station
Footscray
towards Southern Cross
 Bendigo line
Limited weekday peak services
 Sunbury
towards Bendigo
Swan Hill line Gisborne
towards Swan Hill
Track layout
Legend
to Keilor Plains
1
3
2
Sydenham Drain
Victoria Road Drain
Calder Park Drive
(Removing by 2025)
Taylors Creek
to
Calder Park
Stabling Yard
to Diggers Rest

Watergardens railway station is a commuter railway station on the Sunbury line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the western suburb of Sydenham, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Watergardens station is a ground level premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 1 March 1859, with the current station location provided in 2002 and the platforms extension in 2022.[4]

Initially opened as Keilor Road, this station was renamed to Sydenham on 1 April 1887, then was given its current name of Watergardens on 26 January 2002.[5][6]

A stabling yard is located at the down (Sunbury) end of the station.

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ "Watergardens (Sydenham)". vicsig.net. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference waugh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).