Prahran railway station
Prahran | |||||||||||
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 View from platform 2 looking south in October 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Porter Street, Prahran | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°50′58″S 144°59′24″E / 37.8495°S 144.9899°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sandringham | ||||||||||
| Distance | 6.72 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Tram | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Host station | ||||||||||
| Station code | PRA | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 22 December 1860 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Prahran railway station (/pɛ'ræn) is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Prahran opening on 22 December 1860 as Greville Street, being renamed Prahran on 1 January 1867.[1]
Automatic semaphore signals were replaced with light signals between Prahran and Windsor in October 1979.[2]
Platforms & services
Prahran has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains Sandringham line services travelling between Flinders Street and Sandringham.[3]
Platform 1:
- Sandringham line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Sandringham line: all stations services to Sandringham
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates one route nearby Prahran Station along Chapel Street:
References
- ^ Prahran Vicsig
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1980. p. 77.
- ^ Sandringham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 78 North Richmond - Prahran timetable Public Transport Victoria