Cranbourne railway station
Cranbourne | |||||||||||
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 Station overview in August 2014 with two Comeng trains. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Station Street, Cranbourne | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°06′00″S 145°16′52″E / 38.1000°S 145.2811°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Cranbourne | ||||||||||
| Distance | 45.12 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 200 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||
| Station code | CBE | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 October 1888 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Cranbourne railway station is the terminus of the Cranbourne line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne opening on 1 October 1888.[1]
History
Cranbourne station opened on 1 October 1888 as a station on the South Gippsland line that until 24 July 1993, was serviced by V/Line services to Leongatha.[2]
However, the Victorian government still has plans to reintroduce rail services to Leongatha in the future as well as extending the electrified line 3.5 kilometres to Cranbourne East. The last regular train ran beyond Cranbourne on 15 January 1998, when the Koala Siding (near Nyora) to Spotswood station sand train ceased operation.[3]
In November 1993, Train Order Working replaced Electric Staff safeworking to Cranbourne, then on 24 March 1995 the electrification and power signalling on the line was commissioned from Dandenong station.[4][5]
In April 2008, work started on the construction of six train stabling sidings at Cranbourne station, to enable more trains to run on the line at peak times without duplicating the line. The works were completed in November 2008.[1][6] As part of these works the station & bus interchange received an upgrade.[7]
Facilities, platforms & services
Cranbourne has one island platform with two faces. The platform features a customer service window, two enclosed waiting rooms and toilets. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Cranbourne line services.[8]
Platform 1:
- Cranbourne line: terminating services to & from Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Cranbourne line: terminating services to & from Flinders Street
Transport links
Cranbourne Transit operate ten routes via Cranbourne station:
- 789: Cranbourne West - Frankston station[9]
- 790: Cranbourne West - Frankston station[10]
- 791: Cranbourne West - Frankston station[11]
- 795: to Warneet[12]
- 796: to Clyde [13]
- 797: Cranbourne town service[14]
- 798: to Selandra Rise[15]
- 896: to Cranbourne East [16]
- 897: to Central Parkway[17]
- 898: to Archers Field Drive[18]
References
- ^ a b Cranbourne Vicsig
- ^ Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 77–82.
- ^ "Farewell - The Sand Train". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1998. pp. 71–76.
- ^ "Cranbourne Electrification Opened" Railway Digest May 1995 page 16
- ^ Fiddian, Mark (1997). Trains, Tracks, Travellers. A history of the Victorian Railways. South Eastern Independent Newspapers. p. 154. ISBN 1-875475-12-5.
- ^ "Media Release: Cranbourne Station Train Stabling Project on Track". Minister for Public Transport Media Release. www.dpc.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
- ^ $37m train transformation Cranbourne News. Retrieved 2014-09-23
- ^ Cranbourne Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 789 Frankston - Cranbourne West timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 790 Frankston - Cranbourne West timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 791 Frankston - Cranbourne West timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 795 Warneet - Cranbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 796 Cranbourne - Clyde timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 797 Cranbourne Town Service timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 798 Cranbourne - Selandra Rise timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 896 Cranbrook Station - Cranbourne East timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 897 Cranbourne Station - Central Parkway timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 898 Cranbourne Station - Archers Field Drive timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to Cranbourne railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway
