Ripponlea railway station, Melbourne

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Ripponlea
Station information

Code	RIP
Distance from Flinders St	8.6 km
Lines	Sandringham
# Platforms	2
# Tracks	2
Status	Host station
Metlink profile	Link
Metcard Zone	1

Ripponlea railway station level crossing.

Ripponlea is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Ripponlea, on the Sandringham railway line. Ripponlea is classed as a Host Station and is in Metcard Zone 1.

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Ripponlea station is located at the northern end of the Glen Eira Road level crossing, which also provides platform access. Shops are located near the station.

The station consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 contains a large weatherboard building while platform 2 contains a small weatherboard 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 is located at DOWN end of the station.