Carnegie railway station is a
commuter railway station located in the suburb of
Carnegie, in the southeastern suburbs of
Melbourne
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,
Victoria, Australia.
The station originally opened in 1879 as Rosstown. The station received its current name in 1909 alongside the renaming of the suburb.
Carnegie is an
elevated premium station
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, consisting of a single
island platform
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connected to the station
concourse on Koornang Road via
escalator
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s,
lifts and a
staircase
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.
Carnegie station is currently served by the
Pakenham and
Cranbourne lines which are both part of the
Melbourne railway network. Additionally, the station is served by four
bus routes, including
SmartBus route 900.
The station is approximately 17 kilometres (11.8 mi), or around a 33-minute train ride away, from
Flinders Street.
Description
Carnegie railway station is located in the suburb of Carnegie. On the south side of the station is Morton Road, and Koorang Road is to the west. The station is owned by
VicTrack, a state government agency, and is operated by
Metro Trains Melbourne.
The station is approximately 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi), or around a 21-minute train ride away, from Flinders Street.
Carnegie station consists of a single-island platform which is located above the road, and is connected to Koorang Road through stairs, a lift and escalators. The length of the platform is approximately , long enough for a Metro Trains' 7-car
HCMT.
The main
car park at the station is located on Morton Avenue, just south of the station.
The station fully complies with the
Disability Discrimination Act of 1992, as there is a lift that connects the station entrance with Platforms 1 and 2.
History
Carnegie station opened on 2 April 1879 just one month after the railway line from
Caulfield was extended to
Oakleigh, Carnegie station, like the suburb itself, gets it name from philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie ( , ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the History of the iron and steel industry in the United States, American steel industry in the late ...
.
Originally named Rosstown, after entrepreneur
William Ross,
the name change occurred in May 1909 after Ross'
failed speculative developments made the name unpopular.
Residents supported the name change to Carnegie, who were seeking to obtain funds from the philanthropist for a
library
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, which was to be unsuccessful.
In 1967,
boom barriers replaced
interlocked gates at the former Koornang Road
level crossing
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, which was located at the up end of the station.
In March 2014, the
Level Crossing Removal Authority announced a
grade separation
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project to replace the Koornang Road level crossing immediately to the west of the station. This included rebuilding the station above its previous location. On 18 June 2018, the rebuilt station opened.
Platforms and services
Carnegie station is currently served by both
Pakenham and
Cranbourne services which are both operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Services to
East Pakenham and
Cranbourne travel together southeast towards
Dandenong before splitting into two separate lines. Services to the city run express from
Caulfield (
Malvern during off-peak) to
South Yarra before stopping all stations to Flinders Street via the
City Loop.
Platform 1:
* express services to
Flinders Street
* express services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
* all stations and limited express services to
East Pakenham
* all stations services to
Cranbourne
Future services:
In addition to the current services, the
Network Development Plan – Metropolitan Rail proposes linking the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines to both the
Sunbury line and under-construction
Melbourne Airport rail link via the
Metro Tunnel.
* express services to
West Footscray and
Sunbury (2025 onwards)
* express services to
Melbourne Airport
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(2029 onwards)
Transport links
Carnegie is served by four bus routes all departing from three separate bus stops. Routes 623 and 626 both depart from the stop at Koorang Road which is just outside the station, route 624 departs from Neerim Road which is located south of the station and Smartbus route 900 departs from
Princes Highway
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(Dandenong Road) which is located north of the station.
Koorang Road
* :
Glen Waverley station –
St Kilda
* :
Middle Brighton station –
Chadstone Shopping Centre
Neerim Road
* :
Kew
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–
Oakleigh station
Princes Highway
*
SmartBus : Stud Park Shopping Centre (
Rowville) –
Caulfield station
Gallery
File:Carnegie Station 2009.JPG, Eastbound view from Platform 1 looking at station building, February 2009
File:Carnegie railway station - Melbourne (concourse entrance).jpg, Main concourse and entrance at Carnegie,
January 2021
References
External links
*
Melway mapat street-directory.com.au
{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Cranbourne=y, Pakenham=y, state=collapsed
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1879
Railway stations in the City of Glen Eira