Merinda Park railway station

Merinda Park
Station information
Code MPK
Distance from
Flinders Street
42.5 km
Operator Metro Trains Melbourne
Lines Cranbourne
# Platforms 1
# Tracks 1
Status Unmanned Station
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Metlink ticket zone 2

Merinda Park is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Cranbourne North, on the Cranbourne railway line. Merinda Park is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 2.

Contents

Station overview

Facilities

Merinda Park is located at the northern end of the Thompsons Road level crossing, which provides station access.

The station consists of one platform, in an island format (space provided for a second track), with a small steel shelter at the Cranbourne end of the station. A large Metcard ticket vending machine is located at the entrance to the platforms, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins, as well as a myki ticket vending machine.

History

Merinda Park station opened on 24 March 1995 as part of the electrification of the Cranbourne line, a $27 million Federal Government funded project.[1]

Platforms

Platform 1:

References

  1. ^ Fiddian, Mark (1997). Trains, Tracks, Travelers. A history of the Victorian Railways. South Eastern Independent Newspapers. p. 154. ISBN 1 875475 12 5. 

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