Moorabbin railway station

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Moorabbin
PTV commuter rail station
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Southbound view with the station in the distance viewed from South Road, October 2021
General information
LocationStation Street,
Moorabbin, Victoria 3189
City of Kingston
Australia
Coordinates 37°56′03″S145°02′12″E / 37.9343°S 145.0367°E / -37.9343; 145.0367
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Frankston
Distance18.45 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks3
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking30
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeMRN
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1881;142 years ago (1881-12-19)
Rebuilt21 December 1958
ElectrifiedJune 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesSouth Brighton (1881–1907)
Passengers
2005–2006572,244 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Patterson
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
Frankston line Highett
towards Frankston
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Legend
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Moorabbin railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, and opened on 19 December 1881 as South Brighton. It was renamed Moorabbin on 1 May 1907. [5]

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History

Moorabbin station opened on 19 December 1881, when the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Mordialloc. [5] Like the suburb itself, the station's name was derived from an Indigenous word meaning 'mother's milk'. [6] [7]

In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic. [5] In that same year, former sidings "A" and "B" were booked out of use. [5]

In late 1958, the original station was relocated and placed in a deep cutting, coinciding with the construction of road overpasses for South Road and the Nepean Highway. [5] At that time, provision was made for a third platform on the eastern side of the cutting. On 28 June 1987, the third platform finally came into use, when a third track from Caulfield was provided. [8] [9]

In the early hours of 6 December 1994, a fire destroyed all shops in the concourse. [10] [11] The concourse was rebuilt and new shops were constructed. In 1998, Moorabbin was upgraded to a premium station. [12]

In 2014, the Station Street entrance and the bus interchange was re-built, as part of an upgrade program on the Frankston line.

Platforms and services

Moorabbin has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. All platforms are accessible from the concourse via a ramp. The concourse contains a ticket office, toilets and shops.

Until 2023, in the morning peak-hour, Frankston-bound services used Platform 3, with Flinders Street-bound services using Platforms 1 and 2. At other times, Frankston-bound trains used Platform 2. Two morning peak-hour services from Flinders Street terminated at Moorabbin and return to the city.

Following the re-construction of Glen Huntly station in July 2023, Frankston-bound services use Platform 3, while Platform 2 is not regularly used and non-stopping express trains pass the platform in the peak hour.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services. [13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Ventura Bus Lines operates six routes via Moorabbin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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