Moorabbin railway station is located on the

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. It serves the south-eastern

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suburb of Moorabbin, and opened on 19 December 1881 as South Brighton. It was renamed Moorabbin on 1 May 1907.

History

Moorabbin station opened on 19 December 1881, when the line from Caulfield was extended to

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. Like the suburb itself, the station's name was derived from an Indigenous

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meaning 'mother's milk'. In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic. In that same year, former sidings "A" and "B" were booked out of use. In late 1958, the original station was relocated and placed in a deep cutting, coinciding with the construction of road overpasses for South Road and the

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. At that time, provision was made for a third platform on the eastern side of the cutting. On 28 June 1987, the third platform finally came into use, when a third track from Caulfield was provided. In the early hours of 6 December 1994, a fire destroyed all shops in the concourse. The concourse was rebuilt and new shops were constructed. In 1998, Moorabbin was upgraded to a

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. In 2014, the Station Street entrance and the

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was re-built, as part of an upgrade program on the Frankston line.

Platforms and services

Moorabbin has one

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with two faces, and one

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. All platforms are accessible from the concourse via a ramp. The concourse contains a ticket office, toilets and shops. In the morning peak hour, Frankston-bound services use Platform 3, with Flinders Street-bound trains using Platforms 1 and 2. At other times, Frankston-bound trains use Platform 2. Two morning peak hour services from Flinders Street terminate at Moorabbin and return to the city. The station is served by

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

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and Williamstown Platform 2: * all stations services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown; all stations services to Frankston Platform 3: * morning peak-hour all stations services to Frankston

Transport links

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operates six routes via Moorabbin station, under contract to

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: * : to

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* : Dandenong station –

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* : Dandenong station – Brighton * : North Brighton station –

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* : to

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* : to Westfield Southland

Gallery

File:Moorabbin Train Station in 1930.jpg, View of the station (at upper right), looking south-east, in 1930 File:Trains at Moorabbin.jpg, A rare sight: three trains at Moorabbin during the Family Fun Day in November 2016

References

External links

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