Beaconsfield railway station, Melbourne

Beaconsfield is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Beaconsfield, on the Pakenham railway line. Beaconsfield is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 2.

Station overview

Facilities

Beaconsfield is located between Kenilworth Avenue and Beaconsfield Avenue, with station access from both.

The station consists of two platforms, in an island format, with a semi-large weatherboard building at the Flinders Street end of the station. A large Metcard ticket vending machine is located at the entrance to the island platform, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins, as well as a myki ticket vending machine. A disused toilet block sits in the centre of the station.

History

Beaconsfield station opened on 1 December 1879, two years after the railway line opened.^[1]

Platforms, services and connecting bus services

Platform 1:

• Pakenham line - all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street.

Platform 2:

• Pakenham line - all stations services to Pakenham.

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