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Cheltenham is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Cheltenham on the Frankston railway line. Chentenham is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.
Facilities
The station is located at the northern end of the Charman Road level crossing, which also provided platform access. Westfield Southland shopping centre is a short walk from the station.
The station consists of three platforms, two in an island format and one a side platform. The island platform (platform 1 and 2, platform 1 being the dead end platform) has a large weatherboard building with an enclosed waiting room and a ticket office, while platform 3 has a large weatherboard building. A large Metcard machine is located inside the waiting room, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 3.
History
Cheltenham Station opened on Monday, 19th December 1881.[1] There was once a siding on the eastern side of the station at the Melbourne end.[2] The signal box is inside the station building, and was installed in 1972, and enables trains to terminate in platform 1.[3]
On May 10, 2008 Australian actress and singer Jessie Jacobs tripped and fell onto the tracks, and was subsequently struck by a train and dies. On the day, Buses replaced all trains on the Frankston Line, during a major service interuption.[4]
References
- ^ "VICSIG - Infrastructure - Cheltenham". vicsig.net. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ "VICSIG - Infrastructure - Interlocking - Cheltenham". vicsig.net. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ "VICSIG - Infrastructure - Signalboxes - Cheltenham". vicsig.net. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ "Train kills teen Saddle Club actress - National - theage.com.au". www.theage.com.au. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
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