Dandenong railway station is the junction for the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern

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suburb of

Dandenong Dandenong is a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about from the Melbourne CBD. It is the council seat of the City of Greater Dandenong local government area, with a recorded population of 30,127 at the . Situated ma ...

, and it opened on 8 October 1877.Dandenong
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and

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line services. A number of train stabling sidings are located near the station, including to the north of the station on either side of the railway line, as well as parallel to the platforms. A little used

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is located to the south of the station.

History

Dandenong station opened on 8 October 1877, as one of the original stations on the Melbourne to Sale railway line. The

South Gippsland railway line The South Gippsland railway line is a partially closed railway line in Victoria, Australia. It was first opened in 1892, branching from the Orbost line at Dandenong, and extending to Port Albert. Much of it (the section up to Leongatha) rema ...

opened in 1892 from Dandenong. Like the suburb itself, the station is named after an Indigenous word believed to mean 'lofty mountains'.Dandenong
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, then eventually onwards to

. Services beyond Dandenong at the time were generally used by electric L class locomotives, both for passenger services and also for

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traffic from the large

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in the

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. In 1956, the line was duplicated to Narre Warren. In 1972, the

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end of Platform 1 was extended. On 19 January 1975, electrified suburban services were extended to Pakenham. Also in that year, the station buildings were rebuilt. The station was again rebuilt in 1994/95, as part of the Cranbourne electrification project. The rebuild included the demolition of the former Southern Aurora Hotel (completed in May 1993), the removal of the former timber station building (completed in April 1994), and filling in the former pedestrian underpass at the Down end of the station. The new station was opened in March 1995 by former

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. In 2017/2018, it was the twelfth-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 2.7 million passenger movements. Disused station General Motors is located between Dandenong and Hallam stations.

Facilities, platforms and services

Dandenong has one

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and one

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with two faces. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs and lifts from an overhead concourse. The side platform (Platform 3) features a kiosk and an enclosed waiting room, containing a customer service window and toilets. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line services, and by

and

line services. Platform 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street * all stations services to Cranbourne Platform 2: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street *

services to

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(set down only) Platform 3: * all stations services to Pakenham * all stations services to Cranbourne * V/Line services to

and

(pick up only) Up until mid-late 2019, the unique configuration of the tracks at both ends of the station allowed trains to depart from any platform, in any direction. Since then, Pakenham bound services can no longer depart from Platform 1. 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 three routes to and from Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * : to Lynbrook station * : to Casey Central Shopping Centre * : to Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre

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operates one SmartBus route via Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * : Frankston station –

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operates 21 routes via Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * : to

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* : to Chadstone Shopping Centre * : to Chadstone Shopping Centre * : to Brighton * : to Brighton * : to Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre * : to Springvale South * : to Noble Park station *: Hampton station – Berwick station * : to Mossgiel Park (

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) * : to Doveton * : to Mossgiel Park (Endeavour Hills) * : to Brandon Park Shopping Centre * : to Glen Waverley station * : to Chelsea station * : to Endeavour Hills * : to Chadstone Shopping Centre * : to Clayton station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only) * : to Clayton station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only) * : to Cranbourne station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only) * : to Cranbourne station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)982 Dandenong Station - Cranbourne via Endeavour Hills & Hampton Park
Public Transport Victoria

operates two coach services to and from Dandenong station: *

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Cowes & Inverloch – Melbourne timetable
Public Transport Corporation * Inverloch

Gallery

File:Dandenong station rain.jpg, Station front and entrance in November 2005

References

External links

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Melway map
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