Mentone railway station

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Mentone
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Station front and entrance in March 2021
General information
LocationComo Parade West,
Mentone, Victoria 3194
City of Kingston
Australia
Coordinates 37°58′55″S145°03′55″E / 37.9820°S 145.0652°E / -37.9820; 145.0652
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Frankston
Distance24.36 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
  • Melbourne skybus logo.svg SkyBus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking300
Bicycle facilities8
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeMEN
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1881;141 years ago (1881-12-19)
Closed20 March 2020
Rebuilt20 July 2020 (LXRP)
ElectrifiedJune 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names
  • Balcombe Road (1881-1882)
  • Balcombe (1882-1884)
Passengers
2005–2006759,507 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Cheltenham
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
Frankston line Parkdale
towards Frankston
Track layout
Legend
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to Cheltenham
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Latrobe Street
(Closing by 2029)
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Warrigal Road
(Removing by 2025)
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to Parkdale

Mentone railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Mentone, and it opened on 19 December 1881 as Balcombe Road. [4] [5] It was renamed Balcombe on 1 September 1882, and was renamed Mentone on 7 January 1884.

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It is classed as a premium station, and it is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. [6]

History

Mentone station opened on 1 September 1882, when the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Mordialloc. [4] Like the suburb itself, the station is named after the French Riviera resort Menton. [5] [7]

Until the 1940s, a former siding at the station existed, operating across Station Street to a timber yard. [8]

In 1959, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Balcombe Road level crossing, which was located at the up end of the station. [9]

In 1981, the goods yard was closed to traffic. [4] In late 1984/early 1985, a number of sidings and a headshunt at the station were abolished. [8] Also occurring in 1985, the signal box and interlocking were abolished. [4]

In December 2007, Mentone was upgraded to a Premium Station. [10]

On 20 March 2020, the station was closed from 8.15pm to allow for works to remove the three level crossings at Balcombe, Charman and Park Roads, and to build a new Mentone station. [11] On 20 July of that year, the rebuilt station opened. [12] The former heritage station buildings were retained as part of the project. [13]

Platforms and services

Mentone has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services. [14]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

Ventura Bus Lines operates four routes via Mentone station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

SkyBus also operates a service to Melbourne Airport via Mentone station. [20]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
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  5. 1 2 "Mentone | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Mentone Railway Station & Gardens Archived 6 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport, Planning & Local Infrastructure
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  8. 1 2 "Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division): 28. January 1985. ISSN   0310-7477.
  9. ↑ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  10. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 2008. p. 88.
  11. ↑ "Mentone Station closure". Level Crossing Removal Project. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Mentone Station to open ahead of schedule". Level Crossing Removal Project. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Party at the Mentone Station heritage deck and gardens". Level Crossing Removal Project. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ↑ "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria . Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  16. ↑ "708 Carrum - Hampton via Southland". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. ↑ "811 Dandenong - Brighton via Heatherton Road & Springvale". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. ↑ "812 Dandenong - Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. ↑ "825 Moorabbin - Southland via Black Rock & Mentone". Public Transport Victoria.
  20. ↑ "Peninsula Express locations". SkyBus. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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