Auburn railway station is located on the Lilydale,

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and Alamein lines in

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. It serves the eastern

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suburb of

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, and it opened on 3 April 1882 as Auburn Road. It was renamed Auburn on 1 September 1882.Auburn
Vicsig The current two-storey station building dates back to 1916, when the line between

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and

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was regraded. It features brick and

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facades punctuated by arches, and is listed on the

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. In 1963, a third line was provided between Hawthorn and Camberwell. These works included a new Up platform (Platform 1), with Platform 2 becoming a bi-directional platform.

Platforms and services

Auburn has one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

with two faces and one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

. It is serviced by

Metro Trains Metro Trains Melbourne, often known simply as Metro, is the franchise operator of the electrified suburban passenger service on the Melbourne rail network. Metro Trains Melbourne is a joint venture between Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation (6 ...

' Lilydale,

and Alamein line services. Platform 1: * weekday all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to Lilydale * all stations services to

Platform 3: * weekday all stations services to Lilydale; weekday all stations services to

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

* weekday all stations services to Belgrave; weekday all stations services to Blackburn * weekday all stations services to Alamein

Transport links

CDC Melbourne CDC Melbourne is a bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It operates 55 bus routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It is a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia. As at 2018, CDC Melbourne was the third-largest commuter b ...

operates one route via Auburn station, under contract to

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: *:

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– Oakleigh station

References

External links

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Melway map
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