Prahran railway station (/pɛ'ræn) is located on the

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. It serves the south-eastern

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suburb of

Prahran Prahran (), also pronounced colloquially as Pran, is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City ...

, and opened on 22 December 1860 as Greville Street. It was renamed Prahran on 1 January 1867.Prahran
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History

Prahran station opened on 22 December 1860, when the line from

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was extended to

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. Like the suburb itself, the station was named from the Indigenous word ‘purraran’, believed to mean ‘almost surrounded by water’.Prahran
Victorian Places In 1962, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Greville Street

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, located at the Up end of the station. The

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was also abolished during that time. In October 1979, automatic

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were replaced with light signals between Prahran and Windsor.

Platforms and services

Prahran has two

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s. It is served by

trains. Platform 1: * all stations services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to

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Transport links

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operates three routes via Prahran station: * : Moreland station –

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* :

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–

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* : North Richmond – Balaclava

References

External links

Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Sandringham=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Melbourne Railway stations in Australia opened in 1860 Railway stations in the City of Stonnington