Historical information

Upwey Station Sign;
Upwey Railway Station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. This railway serves the Eastern region of Melbourne.
Upwey Railway Station opened on the 3rd of June 1901.
Upwey Railway Station has a crossing loop in the middle of a six kilometre section of single railway track between Ferntree Gully Railway Station and Belgrave Railway Station.
The station was originally on the Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook narrow gauge line.
The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow Gauge railway line officially closed on the 30th of April 1954.
It saw further use between 1955 and early 1958, when trains were operated by the Puffing Billy Preservation Society in co-operation with the Victorian Railways.
The Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave section was converted to Broad Guage and re-opened on the 19th of February 1962.
This station sign shown here was one of a number used on the Upwey Railway Station while it was Narrow Gauge.

Significance

Historic - Victorian Railways Station sign used at Upwey Station

Physical description

Upwey
wooden rectangle Station name sign pained yellow background with black font.

Inscriptions & markings

Upwey