Patterson railway station

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Patterson
PTV commuter rail station
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Station building on Platform 3, May 2022
General information
LocationNorth Avenue,
Bentleigh, Victoria 3204
City of Glen Eira
Australia
Coordinates 37°55′29″S145°02′07″E / 37.9248°S 145.0354°E / -37.9248; 145.0354
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Frankston
Distance17.39 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking48
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codePAT
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened28 May 1961;63 years ago (1961-05-28)
Rebuilt28 June 1987
ElectrifiedJune 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005-2006162,671 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Bentleigh
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
Frankston line Moorabbin
towards Frankston
Track layout
Legend
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Patterson railway station is a commuter railway station on the Frankston line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Bentleigh, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Patterson station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 28 May 1961, with the current station provided in 1987. [5]

Contents

While the station had been proposed in 1930s [6] [7] [8] demands from local residents intensified throughout the 1950s. [9]

Named after Patterson Road, which is located immediately south of the station and also provides access, construction of the station commenced in 1958. [10] An island platform was provided, and provision made for another platform face on the eastern side of the station. A photo taken by Weston Langford(1941-2014) on the day prior to the official opening clearly shows the new "middle" line about to be connected (see below), and the easternmost line removed shortly afterwards. There was also a signal box located at the eastern side (down line) that has since been removed. On 28 June 1987, a third track was provided between Caulfield and Moorabbin, and platform 3 was constructed on the eastern side. [11]

On 17 December 1994, a deliberately lit fire damaged parts of the station. [12] [13]

Platforms and services

Patterson has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services. [14]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Art installation

Art installation under the staton's rail corridor bridge Patterson Station mosaic installation "Stationary Faces".jpg
Art installation under the staton's rail corridor bridge

In 2011, Pamela Irving curated a mosaic installation named Stationary Faces, consisting of a collage of various mosaic portraits. This project was funded by government department Arts Victoria (now Creative Victoria) and VicTrack, and was developed in collaboration with an estimate of 750 school students and youth services from Australia and abroad, inspired by Irving's mosaic works. [15]

Stationary Faces was proposed by Irving in order to combat constant vandalism in the station's underpass, with the assistance of Rob Hudson, the Victorian parliament member for Bentleigh at the time. Irving's aims with the project were two-fold; to contribute to a "cultural sprawl" alongside the city of Melbourne's urban sprawl, [16] and to use recycled/donated tiles and ceramics for environmental sustainability.

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  13. ↑ "Kids queried on fire". Herald Sun . 18 December 1994. p. 15.
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  15. ↑ Irving, Pamela. "Patterson Station Mosaic". Pamela Irving. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  16. ↑ Nancarrow, Kate. "Station's pieces de resistance". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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