Dandenong railway station

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Dandenong
PTV commuter and regional rail station
Dandenong Station.jpg
North-west bound view from Platform 3 looking at station concourse, January 2013
General information
LocationRudduck Street,
Dandenong, Victoria 3175
City of Greater Dandenong
Australia
Coordinates 37°59′24″S145°12′35″E / 37.9900°S 145.2098°E / -37.9900; 145.2098
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s)
Distance31.19 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks9
Train operators
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking300 spaces
Bicycle facilities12 racks
AccessibleNo — steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeDNG
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1877;146 years ago (1877-10-08)
Rebuilt1975
24 March 1995
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–20061,749,164 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Yarraman Pakenham line Hallam
towards East Pakenham
Cranbourne line Lynbrook
towards Cranbourne
Terminus Cranbourne line
Shuttle services
Future (from 2025)
Yarraman
towards Sunbury
Sunshine–Dandenong corridor
(under construction)
Hallam
towards East Pakenham
Lynbrook
towards Cranbourne
Preceding station Victoria train logo.svg V/Line Following station
Clayton Gippsland line Berwick
1 weekday peak service
towards Traralgon
Pakenham
towards Traralgon or Bairnsdale
Caulfield Gippsland line
Bairnsdale express
Pakenham
towards Bairnsdale
Former services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Line open  Orbost line   General Motors
Terminus  South Gippsland line   Lyndhurst
Track layout
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Dandenong railway station is the junction for the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of the same name, and opened on 8 October 1877. [4]

Contents

A number of train stabling sidings are located near the station, including to the north of the station on either side of the railway line, as well as parallel to the platforms. A little-used goods yard was once located to the south of the station. [4]

The disused General Motors station was situated between Dandenong and Hallam.

History

Dandenong opened as one of the original stations on the Melbourne to Sale railway line. In 1892, the South Gippsland line opened from Dandenong. Like the suburb itself, the station name derives either from an Indigenous word believed to mean "lofty mountains", [5] or the Woiwurrung word "Tanjenong", which was the name of a local creek. [6]

In 1922, the line from Oakleigh to Dandenong was electrified. [4] In 1954, electrification was extended to Warragul, then onwards to Traralgon. [4] Trains beyond Dandenong were generally hauled by L class electric locomotives, and were principally used for passenger services and briquette traffic, using coal from the large open cut coal mines in the Latrobe Valley. In 1956, the line was duplicated to Narre Warren. [4]

In 1972, the down end of Platform 1 was extended. [7] On 19 January 1975, electrified suburban services were extended to Pakenham. [8] Occurring in that year, the station buildings were reconstructed. [9]

During 1994-1995, the station was again rebuilt, as part of the Cranbourne electrification project. [10] The rebuild included the demolition of the former Southern Aurora Hotel (completed in May 1993), [11] the removal of the former timber station building (completed in April 1994), [11] and filling-in the pedestrian underpass at the down end of the station. [11] On 24 March 1995, the rebuilt station was opened by the then Prime Minister Paul Keating. [12] [13] [14]

During the 2017/2018 financial year, Dandenong was the twelfth-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with almost 2.2 million passenger movements. [15]

Facilities, platforms and services

Dandenong has one side platform and one island platform with two faces. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs and lifts from an overhead concourse. The side platform (Platform 3) has a kiosk and an enclosed waiting room, containing a customer service window and toilets.

Dandenong is served by Cranbourne and Pakenham line trains, [16] [17] and by V/Line Traralgon and Bairnsdale trains. [18] [19]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Up until mid-late 2019, the unique configuration of the tracks at both ends of the station allowed trains to depart from any platform, in any direction. Since then, Pakenham bound services can no longer depart from Platform 1.

Future services:
In addition to the current services, the PTV Network Development Plan proposes linking the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines to both the Sunbury line and the proposed Melbourne Airport rail link via the Metro Tunnel. [20]

Cranbourne Transit operates three bus routes to and from Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates twenty routes via Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

V/Line operates two coach services to and from Dandenong station:

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