Officer railway station
Officer | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view in August 2011 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Station Street, Officer Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°03′58″S 145°24′40″E / 38.0662°S 145.4110°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gippsland line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 51.45 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 20 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||
| Station code | OFC | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 August 1881 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 13 May 1956 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2013/14 | 19,287 thousand  65.2% | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Officer railway station is located on the Gippsland line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Officer, and opened on 4 August 1881 as Officer's Siding. It was renamed Officer on 13 February 1899. On 13 May 1956, a new station opened east of the original site.[1]
Flashing signals were provided at the nearby Station Street/Officer South Road level crossing in 1976.[2] A decade later, in 1986, boom barriers were added.[3]
The former goods siding was taken out of service in 1988.[4] The main line points leading into the siding were spiked, and were removed at a later date.[4]
In 2011/12, it was the 2nd least used station in Melbourne's metropolitan system, with 55,000 passenger movements.[5]
Platforms & services
Officer has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham line services.[6]
Platform 1:
- Pakenham line: all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Pakenham line: all stations services to Pakenham
It is planned to connect the Pakenham line to the Sunbury line through the new Metro Tunnel in late 2025.
References
- ^ Officer Vicsig
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1976. p. 160.
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 1987. p. 91.
- ^ a b "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1988. p. 186.
- ^ Station Patronage Research Public Transport Victoria
- ^ "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
External links
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au