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List Of Melbourne Railway Stations
This is a list of the 222 suburban railway stations currently operating in Melbourne, Victoria. The Melbourne railway network consists of 17 railway lines, as well as the central City Loop. There are also a further 19 stations on three heritage, volunteer-operated, tourist railways, which are not a part of the suburban network. Stations are broken up into two Myki ticketing zones (some stations are in the overlap between the two zones, where tickets for either zone may be used). On 4 March 2007, zone 3 was abolished by being incorporated into zone 2. Stations Heritage and tourist railways These lines are operated part-time (full-time in the case of Puffing Billy) by independent railway preservation groups, and are not covered by Myki ticketing. Puffing Billy Railway In this list only, an asterisk (*) indicates stations at which trains are not normally scheduled to stop, and exist primarily for heritage purposes. *Belgrave (narrow-gauge station) *Selby* *Menzies Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashburton Railway Station, Melbourne
Ashburton railway station is located on the Alamein line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ashburton, and opened on as Norwood on 30 May 1890. It was renamed Ashburton on 12 December 1890.Ashburton Vicsig History Ashburton station opened on 30 May 1890, and was on the first section of the Outer Circle line. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Ashburton Terrace in , , where[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackburn Railway Station, Melbourne
Blackburn railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Blackburn, and it opened on 25 December 1882.Blackburn Vicsig History On 1 December 1882, the railway from Melbourne to was extended to Lilydale. At this time, the Lilydale line had only a , and used a[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bittern Railway Station
Bittern railway station is located on the Stony Point line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Bittern, and it opened on 17 December 1889. History Bittern station opened on 17 December 1889, when the line from Hastings was extended to Stony Point. Like the town itself, the station was named after the bird family of the same name. Between 1921 and 1953, Bittern was the junction station for a branch line to Red Hill. On 22 June 1981, the passenger service between Frankston and Stony Point was withdrawn and replaced with a bus service, with the line between Long Island Junction and Stony Point also closing on the same day. On 16 September 1984, promotional trips for the reopening of the line began and, on 27 September of that year, the passenger service was reinstated. Also in that year, flashing light signals were provided at the nearby Woolleys Road level crossing, located in the Down direction of the station. In February 1986, the current passenger shelters w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berwick Railway Station, Melbourne
Berwick railway station is located on the Pakenham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Berwick, and it opened on 8 October 1877. History Berwick station opened on 8 October 1877, when the line from Dandenong was extended to Pakenham. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, the birthplace of Robert Gardiner, who was an early leaseholder in the area. In 1956, the line between Berwick and Officer was duplicated, with a signal panel also installed. In 1962, duplication occurred between Berwick and Narre Warren. On 12 October 1982, at around 11:15am, Hitachi carriage 137M, leading a Dandenong – Pakenham shuttle service, collided with a semi-trailer at the former Clyde Road level crossing, which was located nearby in the Up direction of the station. The collision derailed 137M, flipping it on its side. 11 people were injured in the collision. 137M was later withdrawn due to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bentleigh Railway Station
Bentleigh railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Bentleigh, and it opened on 19 December 1881 as East Brighton. It was renamed Bentleigh on 1 May 1907. History Bentleigh station opened on 19 December 1881, when the line from Caulfield was extended to Mordialloc. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Thomas Bent, former Premier of Victoria between 1904-1909. A goods siding once existed at the station. It closed in 1922, and it and the connections to the siding were removed in that same year. In 1944, a crossover at the Down end of the station was abolished. In 1974, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Centre Road level crossing, which was located at the Down end of the station. On 28 June 1987, the Up face of the former ground level island platform was brought into use. The former underpass was also provided during this time. In 1998, Bentleigh was upgraded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Railway Station, Melbourne
Bell railway station is located on the Mernda railway line, Mernda line in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Preston, Victoria, Preston, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Preston-Bell Street. It was renamed Bell on 1 August 1905. History Opening on 8 October 1889, when the Inner Circle railway line, Inner Circle line was extended from North Fitzroy railway station, North Fitzroy to Reservoir railway station, Reservoir, Bell station is named after nearby State (Bell/Springvale) Highway, Bell Street, itself named after Francis Bell, a landowner in Coburg, Victoria, Coburg who had a property named "''Bell Manor''".Bell Street Bridge City of Merri-bek, Merri-bek City Council It was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave Railway Station
Belgrave railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave, and opened on 18 December 1900 as Monbulk. It was renamed Belgrave on 21 November 1904.Belgrave Vicsig The station was originally on the – |
Beaconsfield Railway Station, Melbourne
Beaconsfield railway station is located on the Pakenham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Beaconsfield, and it opened on 1 December 1879. History Beaconsfield station opened on 1 December 1879, just over two years after the line from Dandenong was extended to Pakenham. The station gets its name from statesman Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1874–1880. In 1967, the goods siding was closed to traffic, and was removed later in that same year. In 1976, flashing light signals were provided at the nearby Station/Goff Street level crossing, located nearby in the Down direction of the station, with boom barriers provided later on in 1986. There is a car-park nearby for travellers, and a further expansion of an additional car-park of 150 spaces was completed in mid December 2020 on state-owned land. Improved lighting and CCTV has been provided, with a secure bicycle parking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayswater Railway Station, Melbourne
Bayswater railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Bayswater, and opened on 4 December 1889.Bayswater Vicsig History Bayswater station opened on 4 December 1889, when the line from Ringwood was extended to . Like the suburb itself, the station was named after "''Bayswater House''", a large property owned by |
Baxter Railway Station
Baxter railway station is located on the Stony Point line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Baxter, and it opened on 1 October 1888 as Mornington Junction. It was renamed Baxter on 6 May 1918.Baxter Vicsig Baxter was formerly the for the , which closed in 1981. The junction, which was relocated to its current location in 1962, can still be seen at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman Railway Station
Batman railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coburg North, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Bell Park. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened again on 1 October 1914 as Batman.Batman Vicsig History Batman opened on 8 October 1889, when the line was extended from to . It was named after one of the founders of Melbourne, |
