Dandenong railway station
Dandenong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Northbound view from Platform 3 in January 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rudduck Street, Dandenong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°59′24″S 145°12′35″E / 37.9900°S 145.2098°ECoordinates: 37°59′24″S 145°12′35″E / 37.9900°S 145.2098°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Cranbourne Pakenham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 31.19 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island, 1 side) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | DNG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1877 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traffic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers (2012) |
2.658 million[1]  4.4% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dandenong railway station is located on the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Dandenong opening on 8 October 1887.[2] In 2011/12 it was the 9th busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 2.7 million passenger movements.[3]
A number of train stabling sidings are near the station, as is a little used goods yard to the south of the station. Stabling facilities are located north of the station on either side of the track, trains are also stabled on tracks parallel to the platforms.
History
Dandenong station opened on 8 October 1877 as one of the original stations on the Melbourne to Sale railway line. The South Gippsland Railway Line opened in 1892 from Dandenong. The station buildings were rebuilt in 1975,[4] and again in 1994/95, as part of the Cranbourne electrification project.[5] The new station was opened in March 1995 by Prime Minister Paul Keating.[6][7]
Facilties, platforms & services
Dandenong has one side platform and one island platform with two sides. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs and lifts from an overhead concourse. The side platform (platform 3) features a kiosk and an enclosed waiting room containing a customer service window and toilets. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Cranbourne and Pakenham line services,[8][9] and by V/Line's Traralgon and Bairnsdale services.[10][11]
Platform 1:
- Cranbourne line: all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
- Pakenham line: all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Cranbourne line: all stations and limited express services to Cranbourne
- Pakenham line: all stations and limited express services to Pakenham
- Gippsland line: V/Line services to Southern Cross
Platform 3:
- Gippsland line: V/Line services to Traralgon & Bairnsdale
Due to the unique configuration of the tracks on either ends of the station, trains can depart from any platform in any direction when necessary (mostly seen in peak time or disruptions).
Transport links
 Station front. |
Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Dandenong station:
Ventura Bus Lines operate 18 routes to and from Dandenong station:
- 800: to Chadstone Shopping Centre[13]
- 802: to Chadstone Shopping Centre[14]
- 804: to Chadstone Shopping Centre[15]
- 811: to Brighton[16]
- 812: to Brighton[17]
- 813: to Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre[18]
- 814: to Springvale South[19]
- 815: to Noble Park station[20]
- 828: Hampton station - Berwick station[21]
- 843: to Mossgiel Park[22]
- 844: to Doveton[23]
- 845: to Mossgiel Park[24]
- 848: to Brandon Park Shopping Centre[25]
- 849: to Mossgiel Park[26]
- 850: to Glen Waverley station[27]
- 857: to Chelsea station[28]
- 861: to Endeavour Hills[29]
- 862: to Chadstone Shopping Centre[30]
Cranbourne Transit operates two routes from Dandenong station:
- 892: to Casey Central Shopping Centre[31]
- 893: to Cranbourne[32]
V/Line operate two coach services to and from Dandenong station:
References
- ↑ Research and statistics PTV Retrieved 2014-11-10
- ↑ Dandenong Vicsig
- ↑ Station Patronage Research Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962-1983. p. 106. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
- ↑ Fiddian, Mark (1997). Trains, Tracks, Travelers. A history of the Victorian Railways. South Eastern Independent Newspapers. p. 154. ISBN 1-875475-12-5.
- ↑ "Cranbourne Electrification Opened" Railway Digest May 1995 page 16
- ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society): page 310. October 1997.
- ↑ Cranbourne Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Pakenham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Traralgon - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Bairnsdale - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 800 Dandenong - Chadstone timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 802 Dandenong - Chadstone timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 804 Dandenong - Chadstone timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 811 Dandenong - Brighton timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 812 Dandenong - Brighton timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 813 Dandenong - Waverley Gardens timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 814 Springvale South - Dandenong timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 815 Dandenong - Noble Park timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 828 Hampton - Berwick timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 843 Dandenong - Mossgiel Park timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 844 Dandenong - Doveton timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 845 Dandenong - Mossgiel Park timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 848 Dandenong - Brandon Park Shopping Centre timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 849 Dandenong - Mossgiel Park timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 850 Dandenong - Glen Waverley timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 857 Chelsea - Dandenong timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 861 Dandenong - Endeavour Hills timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 862 Dandenong - Chadstone timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 892 Casey Central Shopping Centre - Dandenong timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 893 Cranbourne - Dandenong timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Cowes & Inverloch - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Corporation
External links
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Media related to Dandenong railway station at Wikimedia Commons - Melway