Darling railway station, Melbourne

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Darling

Station information
Code	DLG
Distance from Flinders St	11.4 km
Lines	Glen Waverley
# Platforms	2
# Tracks	2
Status	Premium station
Metlink profile	Link
Metcard Zone	1+2 overlap

Darling is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Malvern East, on the Glen Waverley railway line. It is in the Metcard Zones 1+2 overlap.

[edit] Facilities

Darling station is located between Clynden Avenue and the Monash Freeway, with platform access via Clynden Avenue.

The station consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 contains a large brick building with an enclosed waiting room, indoor ticket office and toilet while platform 2 contains a small brick building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2. A footbridge, signal box and a crossover are all located at the UP direction of the station.

[edit] History

Darling station originally opened on Monday, 24 March 1890. The line though the station was originally built to link Burnley station to the Outer Circle line and on to Oakleigh. The outer part of the line beyond Darling closed on December 9 1895,^[1] and was not extended to Glen Waverley until 1930.

[edit] References

Station Navigation
Metropolitan service
Glen Waverley line
← Previous Station	Glen Iris	|	East Malvern	Next Station →
Closed line
Outer Circle connection
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Entire metropolitan network
Closed stations