Upper Ferntree Gully railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully, and opened on 4 December 1889.^[4]

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Upper Ferntree Gully
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 2, July 2021
General information
Other names	Upper Fern Tree Gully
Location	Burwood Highway, Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria 3156 City of Knox Australia
Coordinates	37°53′34″S 145°18′27″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Belgrave
Distance	37.66 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (island)
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	170
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	UFG
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	4 December 1889; 134 years ago (1889-12-04)
Electrified	October 1925 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Upper Ferntree Gully (1889-1975)
Passengers
2005–2006	258,755[1]
2006–2007	269,009[1]  3.96%
2007–2008	310,278[1]  15.34%
2008–2009	280,887[2]  9.47%
2009–2010	272,580[2]  2.95%
2010–2011	284,428[2]  4.34%
2011–2012	277,734[2]  2.35%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	246,301[2]  11.31%
2014–2015	248,646[1]  0.95%
2015–2016	274,809[2]  10.52%
2016–2017	219,745[2]  20.03%
2017–2018	265,508[2]  20.82%
2018–2019	264,659[2]  0.31%
2019–2020	210,850[2]  20.33%
2020–2021	95,700[2]  54.61%
2021–2022	103,250[3]  7.88%
2022–2023	145,900[3]  41.3%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Ferntree Gully towards Flinders Street Belgrave line Upwey towards Belgrave Ferntree Gully towards Ringwood Belgrave line Shuttle services
Track layout Legend to Ferntree Gully Hilltop Road 1 2 to Upwey

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A number of services each day originate and terminate at Upper Ferntree Gully. The trains are stabled overnight in six of the seven sidings opposite the station.

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. In 1954, the narrow gauge line was closed.^[4] However, the line as far as Belgrave was rebuilt as a broad gauge electrified railway, which opened on 18 February 1962.^[4]

In 1960, the current island platform and the stabling sidings to the north of the station were provided.^[4] In 1964, a signal panel was installed at the station.^[5] It controls the single-track line between Ferntree Gully and Belgrave. The station also monitors, via closed circuit television, all stations from Heathmont to Belgrave, and answers emergency calls from those stations.

On 4 August 1975, the name of the station was altered slightly to Upper Fern Tree Gully,^[6] although in more recent times most references have reverted to the original name. In 1978, a siding and a number of points and dwarf signals at the station were abolished.^[4]

In 1985, boom barriers were provided at the Hilltop Road level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station.^[6] On 2 July 1996, Upper Ferntree Gully was upgraded to a premium station.^[7]

Upper Ferntree Gully has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Belgrave line trains.^[8]

Platform 1:

•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street; all stations shuttle services to Ringwood

Platform 2:

•  Belgrave line  all stations services to Belgrave

Ventura Bus Lines operates three routes via Upper Ferntree Gully station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  688 : to Croydon station^[9]
•  693 : Belgrave station – Oakleigh station^[10]
•  732 : to Box Hill station^[11]