History
Upper Ferntree Gully station opened on 4 December 1889. From December 1900 it was the break of gauge station between the broad-gauge used through most of Victoria, and the narrow-gauge Gembrook line (now the Puffing Billy Railway), one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways. The narrow gauge line as far as Belgrave was later rebuilt as a broad-gauge electrified line.
On 4 August 1975 the station name was subtly altered to Upper Fern Tree Gully, although in more recent times most references have reverted to the original name. Boom barriers were provided at Hilltop Road in 1985.
Upper Ferntree Gully was upgraded to a Premium Station on 2 July 1996.
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