Clayton railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in

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, Australia. It serves the south-eastern

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suburb of Clayton, and opened on 6 January 1880 as Clayton's Road. It was renamed Clayton on 6 July 1891.

History

Opening on 6 January 1880, just over two years after the line from Oakleigh was extended to

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, Clayton station, like the suburb itself, gets its name from the property ''Clayton Vale'', owned by John Clayton in the 1860s and 1870s. The property was located near the present day station. In 1967, the station was closed to goods traffic, with the goods siding abolished in the same year. In 1971,

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s replaced interlocked gates at the former Clayton Road

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, which was located at the Up end of the station. In 1998, Clayton was upgraded to a

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. In March 2014, the

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announced a grade separation project to replace the Clayton Road level crossing, as well as the Centre Road level crossing, located nearby in the Down direction of the station. This included rebuilding a new Clayton station. In April 2018, the rebuilt station opened, and was built above ground level. It is located along one of the three sections of

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that were built to replace nine level crossings between Caulfield and Dandenong. The station is accessible by

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s and stairs.

Platforms and services

Clayton has one elevated

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with two faces. It is served by Pakenham and Cranbourne line trains, and by

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Traralgon line services. Platform 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street *

services to

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(set down only) Platform 2: * all stations and limited express services to Pakenham * all stations services to Cranbourne * V/Line services to

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, Sale (one Sunday morning service, pick up only) and

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(one weekday service, pick up only) By late 2025, it is planned that trains on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines will be through-routed with those on the

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, via the new

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Transport links

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operates eight routes via Clayton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * :

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* : Middle Brighton station – Blackburn station * : Oakleigh station – Westall station * : to Box Hill station * : to Westfield Southland * : Moorabbin station –

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* : to Dandenong station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only) * : to Dandenong station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)

Gallery

File:Clayton Station.jpg, South-east bound view of the former ground level station in February 2006 File:Clayton railway station - Melbourne - Concourse entrance.jpg, Station concourse and entrance in January 2021

References

External links

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Melway map
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