Oakleigh railway station
Oakleigh | |||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view from Platform 2 in November 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Haughton Road, Oakleigh | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°54′02″S 145°05′18″E / 37.9005°S 145.0883°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Pakenham Cranbourne | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 16.59 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island, 1 side) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | 400 | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | OAK | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1/2 overlap | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1877 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||
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Oakleigh railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, opening on 8 October 1877.[1]
The station was once the eastern end of both the Outer Circle line and the Rosstown Railway. In 1975, the signal box was provided with a route setting power interlocking system,[2] which also included the demolition of signalbox A.[3]
The former goods yard was last used in October 1984,[4] with the operations of the yard moved to Westall.[4] The overhead in siding A was removed by December of the same year, along with the points and the majority of the sidings.[4]
It was upgraded to a Premium station on 12 December 1995.[5]
Since 1989, the station has featured over 40 plywood cut-outs on its walls and surrounding the station. These illustrate the life-stories of Oakleigh residents, who were aged between 15 and 70, when the murals were unveiled in September 1989. They underwent restoration in 2002.[6]
Platforms & services
Oakleigh has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line services.[7][8]
Platform 1:
- Pakenham line: all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
- Cranbourne line: all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Pakenham line: all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
- Cranbourne line: all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
- Pakenham line: all stations and limited express services to Pakenham
- Cranbourne line: all stations and limited express services to Cranbourne
Platform 3:
- Pakenham line: all stations and limited express services to Pakenham
- Cranbourne line: all stations and limited express services to Cranbourne
Transport links
CDC Melbourne operate two routes via Oakleigh station:
- 624: to Kew[9]
- 625: Elsternwick station - Chadstone Shopping Centre[10]
Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Oakleigh station:
Ventura Bus Lines operate ten routes via Oakleigh station:
- 693: to Belgrave station[12]
- 701: to Bentleigh station [13]
- 704: to East Clayton[14]
- 733: to Box Hill Central Shopping Centre[15]
- 742: Eastland Shopping Centre - Chadstone Shopping Centre[16]
- 800: Chadstone Shopping Centre - Dandenong station[17]
- 802: Chadstone Shopping Centre - Dandenong station[18]
- 804: Chadstone Shopping Centre - Dandenong station[19]
- 862: Chadstone Shopping Centre - Dandenong station[20]
- SmartBus 900: Rowville - Caulfield station (shared with Eastrans).[21]
References
- ^ Oakleigh Vicsig
- ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962-1983. p. 106. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
- ^ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1976. p. 18.
- ^ a b c Works. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). March 1985. p. 90. ISSN 0310-7477.
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Pakenham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Cranbourne Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 624 Kew - Oakleigh timetable Archived 2 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 625 Elsternwick - Chadstone timetable Archived 2 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 903 Altona - Mordialloc timetable Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 693 Belgrave - Oakleigh timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 701 Oakleigh - Bentleigh timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 704 East Clayton - Oakleigh timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 733 Oakleigh - Box Hill timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 742 Eastland -Chadstone timetable Archived 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine 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 862 Dandenong - Chadstone timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 900 Rowville - Caulfield timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to Oakleigh railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway
