Moorabbin railway station

Coordinates: 37°56′03″S 145°02′12″E / 37.9343°S 145.0367°E / -37.9343; 145.0367
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Moorabbin
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view in October 2021
General information
LocationStation Street,
Moorabbin, Victoria 3189
City of Kingston
Australia
Coordinates37°56′03″S 145°02′12″E / 37.9343°S 145.0367°E / -37.9343; 145.0367
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Frankston
Distance18.45 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks3
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking30
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeMRN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1881; 142 years ago (1881-12-19)
Rebuilt21 December 1958
ElectrifiedJune 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesSouth Brighton (1881–1907)
Passengers
2005–2006572,244[1]
2006–2007612,893[1]Increase 7.1%
2007–2008691,473[1]Increase 12.82%
2008–2009715,000[2]Increase 3.4%
2009–2010737,000[2]Increase 3.08%
2010–2011756,000[2]Increase 2.58%
2011–2012713,000[2]Decrease 5.69%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014548,000[2]Decrease 23.14%
2014–2015565,228[1]Increase 3.14%
2015–2016690,666[3]Increase 22.19%
2016–2017665,930[3]Decrease 3.58%
2017–2018744,514[3]Increase 11.8%
2018–2019717,700[4]Decrease 3.6%
2019–2020671,250[4]Decrease 6.47%
2020–2021300,700[4]Decrease 55.2%
2021–2022322,300[4]Increase 7.18%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Patterson Frankston line Highett
towards Frankston
Caulfield Frankston line
Weekday peak express services
Cheltenham
towards Frankston
Track layout
1
3
2

Moorabbin railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, and opened on 19 December 1881 as South Brighton. It was renamed Moorabbin on 1 May 1907.[5]

History[edit]

Moorabbin station opened on 19 December 1881, when the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Mordialloc.[5] Like the suburb itself, the station's name was derived from an Indigenous word meaning 'mother's milk'.[6][7]

In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic.[5] In that same year, former sidings "A" and "B" were booked out of use.[5]

In late 1958, the original station was relocated and placed in a deep cutting, coinciding with the construction of road overpasses for South Road and the Nepean Highway.[5] At that time, provision was made for a third platform on the eastern side of the cutting. On 28 June 1987, the third platform finally came into use, when a third track from Caulfield was provided.[8][9]

In the early hours of 6 December 1994, a fire destroyed all shops in the concourse.[10][11] The concourse was rebuilt and new shops were constructed. In 1998, Moorabbin was upgraded to a premium station.[12]

In 2014, the Station Street entrance and the bus interchange was re-built, as part of an upgrade program on the Frankston line.

Platforms and services[edit]

Moorabbin has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. All platforms are accessible from the concourse via a ramp. The concourse contains a ticket office, toilets and shops.

Until 2023, in the morning peak-hour, Frankston-bound services used Platform 3, with Flinders Street-bound services using Platforms 1 and 2. At other times, Frankston-bound trains used Platform 2. Two morning peak-hour services from Flinders Street terminated at Moorabbin and return to the city.

Following the re-construction of Glen Huntly station in July 2023, Frankston-bound services use Platform 3, while Platform 2 is not regularly used and non-stopping express trains pass the platform in the peak hour.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  • No services stop at this platform. Peak hour services run express through this station.

Platform 3:

Transport links[edit]

Ventura Bus Lines operates six routes via Moorabbin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from [1] Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  3. ^ a b c Station patronage in Victoria for 2013–2018 Philip Mallis
  4. ^ a b c d Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  5. ^ a b c d e "Moorabbin". vicsig.net. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Moorabbin". Victorian Places. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ^ City of Kingston Heritage Study Stage 1 pages = 39, 42 City of Kingston
  9. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1987. p. 282.
  10. ^ "Fire damages Moorabbin rail station". The Age. 7 December 1994. p. 9.
  11. ^ Anderson, Paul (6 December 1994). "Wind Raises Blaze Fears". Herald Sun. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
  13. ^ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ a b "824 Moorabbin - Keysborough via Clayton & Westall". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ^ "811 Dandenong - Brighton via Heatherton Road & Springvale". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. ^ "812 Dandenong - Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. ^ "823 North Brighton - Southland via Moorabbin". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. ^ "825 Moorabbin - Southland via Black Rock & Mentone". Public Transport Victoria.

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