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Nunawading
Nunawading
	Westbound view from Platform 1, October 2025
General information
Location	Springvale Road,; Nunawading, Victoria 3131; City of Whitehorse; Australia
Coordinates	37°49′13″S 145°10′38″E / 37.8204°S 145.1771°E
System	PTV commuter rail station
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Lines	Lilydale; Belgrave;
Distance	20.80 kilometres from; Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Cutting
Depth	8 metres
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	NWG
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	4 June 1888; 137 years ago
Closed	18 December 2009
Rebuilt	11 January 2010
Electrified	January 1923; (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Tunstall (1888–1945)
Passengers
2005–2006	788,028
2006–2007	838,503 6.4%
2007–2008	903,848 7.8%
2008–2009	925,532 2.4%
2009–2010	802,559 13.3%
2010–2011	813,962 1.42%
2011–2012	841,240 3.35%
2012–2013	Not measured
2013–2014	996,058 18.4%
2014–2015	1,026,669 3.07%
2015–2016	1,135,520 10.6%
2016–2017	949,336 16.4%
2017–2018	1,113,940 17.34%
2018–2019	1,148,007 3.06%
2019–2020	888,900 22.57%
2020–2021	390,550 56.1%
2021–2022	421,250 7.86%
2022–2023	526,300 24.94%
2023–2024	672,750 27.83%
2024–2025	758,050 12.68%
Services
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Nunawading station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the eastern suburb of Nunawading, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Nunawading station is a ground level premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces, connected by two concourses. It opened on 4 June 1888, with the current station provided in 2010.^[4]

Initially opened as Tunstall, the station was given its current name of Nunawading on 1 November 1945.

History

Nunawading station opened almost six years after the railway line from Camberwell was extended to Lilydale.^[4] Like the suburb itself, the name of the station is from an Indigenous word, numphawading, meaning ceremonial ground or battlefield.^[5] The settlement immediately adjacent to the station was originally named after Tunstall, England, famous for its potteries.^[5]

In 1956, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Springvale Road level crossing, which was located at the up end of the station.^[6]

In 1979, the station was one of three used as trial sites for new bike lockers under the Melbourne Bicycle Strategy, available either for occasional, monthly, or quarterly hire.^[7]

On 18 December 2009, the original ground-level station closed as part of a grade separation project to replace the Springvale Road level crossing. A new station, in a cutting west of Springvale Road, opened on 11 January 2010.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Platforms and services

Nunawading is served by Lilydale and Belgrave line trains^[12]^[13] and consists of an island platform with two faces located on the western side of Springvale Road, with concourses on both sides of the road.

The main concourse, on the western side, comprises a customer service counter, an enclosed waiting room, toilets and a café. The concourse on the eastern side is linked to the platforms via an underpass beneath Springvale Road. Both concourses have stairs and lifts that provide access to the platforms. Both concourses of the station have access to the Ringwood – Box Hill bike path. On the platforms, there are metal benches, vending machines, and passenger information displays. The station car park is on the corner of Laughlin Avenue and Springvale Road.

Nunawading platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Belgrave line Lilydale line	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
2	Belgrave line Lilydale line	Ringwood, Mooroolbark, Lilydale, Upper Ferntree Gully, Belgrave		All stations and limited express services

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates two bus routes via Nunawading station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

273 : to The Pines Shopping Centre^[14]
SmartBus 902 : Chelsea station – Westfield Airport West^[15]

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Nunawading station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

735 : to Box Hill station^[16]

Gallery

Former ground-level Platform 2 building prior to demolition, September 2005
Station concourse and entrance, May 2014

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Transport Victoria
^ ^a ^b "Nunawading". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Nunawading". Victorian Places. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ Sinnatt, John (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
^ Network, Railways of Australia, September 1979, Vol.16 No.7 p.28
^ Metlink: Closure of Nunawading Station from 8pm on Friday 18 December
^ Lucas, Clay (16 September 2008). "Notorious crossing to be removed". The Age. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
^ "Springvale Road Rail Project". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^ "Springvale road and rail grade separation". Arup. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
^ "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
^ "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
^ "273 The Pines SC – Nunawading Station". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^ "902 Chelsea Railway Station – Airport West Shopping Centre (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^ "735 Box Hill to Nunawading". Public Transport Victoria.