Moorabbin railway station

Moorabbin
Station information
Code MRN
Distance from
Flinders Street
17.2 km
Operator Metro Trains Melbourne
Lines Frankston
# Platforms 3
# Tracks 3
Status Premium station
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Metlink ticket zone 2

Moorabbin is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Moorabbin on the Frankston railway line. Moorabbin is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.

Contents

Station overview

Facilities

Moorabbin is located in a cutting, between Nepean Highway and Station Street, with station access from both.

The station consists of an island layout and side platform, with all three platforms having semi-large steel shelters. A concourse is located above the platforms, housing an enclosed waiting area, ticket facilities and Metcard and myki ticket vending machines. Platforms 1 & 2 are used more than platform 3.

History

Moorabbin Station opened on 19 December 1881 as South Brighton, and was renamed Moorabbin in 1907.[1] It was upgraded to a Premium Station in 1998.[2]

In the 1959 the original station was relocated and placed in a deep cutting, coinciding with the construction of road overpasses for both South Road (at the northern end of the station) and Nepean Highway (at the southern end).[3]

In the early 1990s a fire destroyed all shops within the concourse. The concourse was rebuilt and new shops were constructed.

Platforms, services and connecting bus services

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

References

  1. ^ VICSIG Infrastructure - Moorabbin
  2. ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Heritage Society (Victorian Division)): page 310. October 1997. 
  3. ^ "City of Kingston Heritage Study Stage 1". City of Kingston. pp. 39, 42. http://www.kingston.vic.gov.au/Files/2heritage_study_stage_1_pages_9_to_44.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-06.