Hallam railway station is located on the Pakenham line in

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. It serves the south-eastern

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suburb of Hallam, and it opened on 1 December 1880 as Hallam's Road. It was renamed Hallam on 2 May 1904.Hallam
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History

Hallam opened on 1 December 1880 as a single platform, just over three years after the line from

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was extended to Pakenham. The station gets its name from Hallam's Road, itself named after William Hallam, who settled in the area in 1856 and operated a general store and hotel on the present day corner of the

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and Hallam Road.Hallam
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at the station was closed. Between 1955 and 1956, the present platforms were provided, when the line between Dandenong and

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was duplicated. In 1959, flashing light signals replaced hand gates at the former Hallam South Road

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, which was located at the Down end of the station, with boom barriers provided later on in 1985. On 16 July 1990, the station officially operated for passenger business only. As part of the

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, the Hallam South Road level crossing was abolished on 2 April 2022,Hallam Road level crossing gone for good
- Level Crossing Removal Project and was replaced with a rail bridge over the road, which included a new, rebuilt elevated station.Hallam Road, Hallam
Level Crossing Removal Project The rebuilt station opened on 2 May 2022.Hallam Station is now open!
- Level Crossing Removal Project Disused station

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is located between Hallam and Dandenong stations.

Platforms and services

Hallam has two side platforms. It is serviced by

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' Pakenham line services. Platform 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to Pakenham By late 2025, it is planned that trains on the Pakenham line will be

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with those on the

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, via the new

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Transport links

Cranbourne Transit Cranbourne Transit is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operates 16 routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It is a subsidiary of the Pulitano Group. History In August 1953, Phillips Bus Service purchased Woods Bus Service ...

operates three routes via Hallam station, under contract to

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: * :

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–

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* :

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– Dandenong station * : to Amberley Park ( Narre Warren South)

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operates two routes via Hallam station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * : Endeavour Hills Shopping Centre – Hampton Park Shopping Centre * : Dandenong station – Cranbourne (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)

Gallery

Hallam Railway Station, Melbourne.JPG, Eastbound view from the former ground level Platform 2 in April 2015

References

External links

Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Pakenham=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Melbourne Railway stations in Australia opened in 1880 Railway stations in the City of Casey