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Moorabbin railway station

Moorabbin railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, and opened on 19 December 1881 as South Brighton. It was renamed Moorabbin on 1 May 1907.[5]

Moorabbin
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view in October 2021
General information
LocationStation Street,
Moorabbin, Victoria 3189
City of Kingston
Australia
Coordinates37°56′03″S 145°02′12″E / 37.9343°S 145.0367°E / -37.9343; 145.0367
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Frankston
Distance18.45 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks3
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking30
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeMRN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1881; 142 years ago (1881-12-19)
Rebuilt21 December 1958
ElectrifiedJune 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesSouth Brighton (1881–1907)
Passengers
2005–2006572,244[1]
2006–2007612,893[1] Increase 7.1%
2007–2008691,473[1] Increase 12.82%
2008–2009715,000[2] Increase 3.4%
2009–2010737,000[2] Increase 3.08%
2010–2011756,000[2] Increase 2.58%
2011–2012713,000[2] Decrease 5.69%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014548,000[2] Decrease 23.14%
2014–2015565,228[1] Increase 3.14%
2015–2016690,666[3] Increase 22.19%
2016–2017665,930[3] Decrease 3.58%
2017–2018744,514[3] Increase 11.8%
2018–2019717,700[4] Decrease 3.6%
2019–2020671,250[4] Decrease 6.47%
2020–2021300,700[4] Decrease 55.2%
2021–2022322,300[4] Increase 7.18%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Patterson
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Highett
towards Frankston
Caulfield
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line
Weekday peak express services
 Cheltenham
towards Frankston
Track layout
Legend
to Patterson
1
3
2
to Highett

History edit

Moorabbin station opened on 19 December 1881, when the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Mordialloc.[5] Like the suburb itself, the station's name was derived from an Indigenous word meaning 'mother's milk'.[6][7]

In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic.[5] In that same year, former sidings "A" and "B" were booked out of use.[5]

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 Nepean Highway.[5] 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.[8][9]

In the early hours of 6 December 1994, a fire destroyed all shops in the concourse.[10][11] The concourse was rebuilt and new shops were constructed. In 1998, Moorabbin was upgraded to a premium station.[12]

In 2014, the Station Street entrance and the bus interchange was re-built, as part of an upgrade program on the Frankston line.

Platforms and services edit

Moorabbin has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. All platforms are accessible from the concourse via a ramp. The concourse contains a ticket office, toilets and shops.

Until 2023, in the morning peak-hour, Frankston-bound services used Platform 3, with Flinders Street-bound services using Platforms 1 and 2. At other times, Frankston-bound trains used Platform 2. Two morning peak-hour services from Flinders Street terminated at Moorabbin and return to the city.

Following the re-construction of Glen Huntly station in July 2023, Frankston-bound services use Platform 3, while Platform 2 is not regularly used and non-stopping express trains pass the platform in the peak hour.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  • No services stop at this platform. Peak hour services run express through this station.

Platform 3:

Transport links edit

Ventura Bus Lines operates six routes via Moorabbin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Gallery edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from [1] Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  3. ^ a b c Station patronage in Victoria for 2013–2018 Philip Mallis
  4. ^ a b c d Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  5. ^ a b c d e "Moorabbin". vicsig.net. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Moorabbin". Victorian Places. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ^ City of Kingston Heritage Study Stage 1 pages = 39, 42 City of Kingston
  9. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1987. p. 282.
  10. ^ "Fire damages Moorabbin rail station". The Age. 7 December 1994. p. 9.
  11. ^ Anderson, Paul (6 December 1994). "Wind Raises Blaze Fears". Herald Sun. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
  13. ^ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ a b "824 Moorabbin - Keysborough via Clayton & Westall". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ^ "811 Dandenong - Brighton via Heatherton Road & Springvale". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. ^ "812 Dandenong - Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. ^ "823 North Brighton - Southland via Moorabbin". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. ^ "825 Moorabbin - Southland via Black Rock & Mentone". Public Transport Victoria.

External links edit

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