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Burke Road & Cookson Street, Camberwell 3124
The Camberwell railway station is located
beside Burke Road in Camberwell, in a cut-out section of
land. The station was built in 1919 from red brick in classic
Federation style, and features brick arches, cantilever cast-iron
verandas and gently-sloping ramps which lead from the platforms
to the ticket
office. Surrounding the railway station are red brick
retaining walls and well-landscaped gardens. The railway station is
in a relatively intact state, but requires restoration in some
places. As one of the images below
demonstrates, the current Camberwell railway station complex
was a replacement for an earlier set of buildings dating from
the period when the three railway lines were level with Burke
Road (the Palace Hotel can be seen in the background on the
right) and there was no central platform. The photograph dates from 1913, but the date of
construction for the earlier buildings is unknown. Camberwell
railway station is an important example of the "Malvern
Group" of architecturally similar stations, another prime
example being South Yarra Railway Station. Camberwell station has been the centre of recent controversy
regarding a proposal by the State Government to allow
redevelopment of the site.
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