Cranbourne railway station

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Cranbourne
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Coordinates 38°06′00″S 145°16′52″E / 38.1000°S 145.2811°E / -38.1000; 145.2811Coordinates: 38°06′00″S 145°16′52″E / 38.1000°S 145.2811°E / -38.1000; 145.2811
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code CBE
Owned by VicTrack
myki zone 2
Station status Premium Station
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Cranbourne is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Cranbourne, on the Cranbourne railway line. Classed as a Premium Station, it is in Public Transport Victoria Zone 2, and is the terminus for the line.

Station overview

Facilities

Cranbourne is located on Station Street and between the Camms Road and South Gippsland Highway level crossings, with station access from Station Street and South Gippsland Highway.

The station consists of two platforms, in an island format, with a large fibro building at the Leongatha end of the station. The building houses an enclosed waiting area, ticket facilities and toilets. A myki ticket vending machine is located inside the waiting area.

Six stabling sidings are provided north-west of the station, at the location of the former goods yards, for overnight storage of suburban trains. The sidings opened in November 2008 and are accessible by trains from platform 2 only.

History

Cranbourne station opened on 1 October 1888. The disused South Gippsland line continues from the station including the nearby High Street (South Gippsland Highway) level crossing, which has bells and lights. V/Line services to Leongatha were discontinued on 24 July 1993.[1] However, the Victorian government still has plans to reintroduce rail services to Leongatha in the near future as well as extending the Melbourne Suburban railway system to Cranbourne East, a further 3.5km along the existing disused South Gippsland railway line. The last regular train running though and beyond Cranbourne was on January 15, 1998, when the Koala Siding (near Nyora) to Spotswood station sand train ceased operation.[2]

In November 1993 Train Order Working replaced Electric Staff safeworking to Cranbourne, then on 24 March 1995 the electrification and power signalling on the Cranbourne line was commissioned. It was a $27 million Federal Government funded project that included an upgraded Dandenong station and a new railway station.[3]

In April 2008 work started on the construction of six train stabling sidings at Cranbourne station at a cost of $37 million, to enable more trains to run on the line at peak times without duplicating the line. The station was also upgraded to include more seating, bicycle facilities, shelters and Myki equipment. The works were completed in November of the same year.[4][5]

Platforms, services and connecting bus services

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Bus services:

Gallery

  • Platform 2 extension.

  • Cranbourne station in 1961.

References

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  1. ↑ Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): pages 77–82. 
  2. ↑ "Farewell - The Sand Train". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): pages 71–76. February 1998. 
  3. ↑ Fiddian, Mark (1997). Trains, Tracks, Travellers. A history of the Victorian Railways. South Eastern Independent Newspapers. p. 154. ISBN 1-875475-12-5. 
  4. ↑ "Media Release: CRANBOURNE STATION TRAIN STABLING PROJECT ON TRACK". Minister for Public Transport Media Release. www.dpc.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2008-04-24. 
  5. ↑ "VICSIG - Infrastructure - Cranbourne Sidings and Station". www.vicsig.net. Retrieved 2008-04-24. 
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