Cranbourne railway station, Melbourne

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Cranbourne railway station Melbourne
Station information
Code CBE
Distance from
Flinders St		 44 km
Lines Cranbourne
# Platforms 2
# Tracks 2
Status Premium station
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Metcard Zone 2

Cranbourne is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Cranbourne, on the Cranbourne railway line of which it is the terminus. Classed as a Premium Station, it is Metcard Zone 2.

[edit] Facilities

The station is located at the southern end of the Camms Road level crossing and next to Station Street.

The station consists of two platforms in an island format, with access from Station Street. The island platform contains a large fibro building with a waiting room and a ticket office inside. A large Metcard machine is located inside the waiting room, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins.

[edit] History

Cranbourne station originally opened on Monday, 1st October 1888. The disused South Gippsland line continues from the station including the nearby High Street (South Gippsland Highway) level crossing, which has bells and lights. V/Line services to Leongatha were discontinued on July 21, 1993.[1] The last regular train running though and beyond Cranbourne was on January 15, 1998, when the Koala Siding (near Nyora) to Spotswood station sand train ceased operation.[2]

In November 1993 Train Order Working replaced Electric Staff safeworking to Cranbourne, then on Friday, 24th March 1995 the electrification and power signalling on the Cranbourne line was commissioned. It was a $27 million Federal Government funded project that included an upgraded Dandenong station and a new Merinda Park station.[3]

In 2008 work started on the construction of six train stabling sidings at Cranbourne station at a cost of $37 million, to enable more trains to run on the line at peak times without duplicating the line.[4][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail: pages 77 - 82. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). 
  2. ^ "Farewell - The Sand Train" (February 1998). Newsrail: pages 71-76. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). 
  3. ^ Fiddian, Mark (1997). Trains, Tracks, Travellers. A history of the Victorian Railways. South Eastern Independent Newspapers, page 154. ISBN 1 875475 12 5. 
  4. ^ Media Release: CRANBOURNE STATION TRAIN STABLING PROJECT ON TRACK. www.dpc.vic.gov.au. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  5. ^ VICSIG - Infrastructure - Cranbourne Sidings and Station. www.vicsig.net. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
Cranbourne Station, 1961
Cranbourne Station, 1961
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