East Richmond railway station, Melbourne

East Richmond railway station is located on the Lilydale, Belgrave, Alamein, and Glen Waverley lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the inner eastern Melbourne suburb of Cremorne opening as Church Street on 24 September 1860 being renamed East Richmond on 1 January 1867.

Facilities
East Richmond station has two platforms, and a total of four tracks run through it. Due to its location at the city end of Melbourne's busiest group of railway lines a large number of services pass through East Richmond although only a limited number stop; largely because of its proximity to Richmond station, a few hundred metres down Swan Street.

Services to and from Lilydale and Belgrave do not normally stop at East Richmond. Glen Waverley trains stop in off-peak, but trains to and from Glen Waverley in peak hours do not stop at the station. Most services to and from Alamein, Blackburn and Ringwood stop at the station.

History
The line through East Richmond station was opened by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company to Hawthorn on 24 September 1860. A level crossing was once located at the southern end of the station, which was removed on 12 March 1965 along with the associated signal box. In the 1960s the line through the station was quadrupled, with the track being lowered by 1.2 metres through the station, and a new Platform 1 platform built. The first extra track was commissioned on 1 August 1966 and the second track on 9 January 1967, along with the new platform.

Platforms & services
East Richmond has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale, Belgrave, Alamein, and Glen Waverley line services.

Platform 1:
 * Lilydale line: all stations services to Flinders Street
 * Belgrave line: all stations services to Flinders Street
 * Alamein line: weekday all stations services to Flinders Street
 * Glen Waverley line: all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:
 * Lilydale line: all stations services to Lilydale
 * Belgrave line: all stations services to Belgrave
 * Alamein line: weekday all stations services to Alamein
 * Glen Waverley line: all stations services to Glen Waverley

Transport links
Yarra Trams operate two routes via East Richmond station:
 * 70: Docklands - Wattle Park
 * 78: North Richmond - Prahran