Premium station

Last updated May 03, 2019

A premium station is a category of railway station on Melbourne's railway network, operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. In terms of station standards, a premium station is a high standard station that has better staffing and facilities than standard stations. Of the 207 stations in Melbourne's railway network, there are 82 premium stations, in addition to the five City Loop stations.

The Melbourne rail network is a mixed-grade commuter and freight train system in the city of Melbourne, Victoria.

Metro Trains Melbourne, often known simply as Metro, is the franchise operator of the electrified suburban passenger service on the Melbourne rail network. Metro Trains Melbourne is a joint venture between MTR Corporation (60%), John Holland Group (20%) and UGL Rail (20%).

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,992.5 km² (3,858.1 sq mi), comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also the common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of approximately 5 million, and its inhabitants are referred to as "Melburnians".

Although plans for the premium station program were unveiled in 1991 (under the guise of 'Safe Stations'),^[1] the program was commenced in 1994 by the Public Transport Corporation,^[2] with Mount Waverley being the first station given premium status.^[3]^[4] By the end of 1995 the number of staffed stations increased from 35 to 51.^[5] Further stations will be upgraded to premium status in the future.

Public Transport Corporation Former statutory authority of the government of Victoria, Australia

The Public Transport Corporation (PTC) was a Government of Victoria owned statutory authority formed under the Transport Act 1983 which operated passenger and freight trains, trams and bus services.

Mount Waverley railway station is located on the Glen Waverley line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley opening on 5 May 1930.

Features

A premium station has:^[6]

Staff available from the first to last train, providing ticket sales (including concession Myki cards and V/Line tickets), answering of customer queries and manage the running of the station (including, for example, bookings for bicycle locker hire).
Passenger amenities include male, female and disabled toilets, CCTV cameras, bicycle cages or lockers, and an enclosed waiting room.

Myki is a reloadable credit card-sized contactless smart card ticketing system used for electronic payment of fares on most public transport services in Melbourne and regional Victoria, Australia. Myki replaced the Metcard ticketing system and became fully operational at the end of 2012.

V/Line is a government-owned corporation that operates regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia. It provides passenger train services on 5 commuter lines and 8 long-distance routes from its major hub at Southern Cross railway station in Melbourne, as well as bus services across Victoria and into New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. In addition, V/Line is responsible for the maintenance of much of the Victorian freight and passenger rail network, outside of the areas managed by Metro Trains Melbourne and Australian Rail Track Corporation.

A toilet is a piece of hardware used for the collection or disposal of human urine and feces. In other words: "Toilets are sanitation facilities at the user interface that allow the safe and convenient urination and defecation". Toilets can be with or without flushing water. They can be set up for a sitting posture or for a squatting posture. Flush toilets are usually connected to a sewer system in urban areas and to septic tanks in less built-up areas. Dry toilets are connected to a pit, removable container, composting chamber, or other storage and treatment device. Toilets are commonly made of ceramic (porcelain), concrete, plastic, or wood.

Premium stations

The five City Loop stations: Flinders Street, Southern Cross, Flagstaff, Melbourne Central, and Parliament, are all premium stations.

Flinders Street railway station is a railway station on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It serves the entire metropolitan rail network. Backing onto the city reach of the Yarra River in the heart of the city, the complex covers two whole city blocks and extends from Swanston Street to Queen Street.

Southern Cross railway station railway station in Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Southern Cross railway station is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne. It is on Spencer Street, between Collins and La Trobe Streets, at the western edge of the central business district. The Docklands Stadium sports arena is 500 metres north-west of the station.

Flagstaff railway station is an underground station on the metro network in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of five stations on the City Loop, which encircles the Melbourne CBD. The station takes its name from the nearby Flagstaff Hill, a significant site in Melbourne's early history, and services Melbourne's legal district. It runs under La Trobe and William Streets, near the north western corner of the CBD.

Of the 210 stations in Melbourne's railway network, there are 83 premium stations in addition to the five City Loop stations, as follows:^[6]

Ashburton Railway Station is located on the Alamein line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ashburton, opening as Norwood on 30 May 1890, and was renamed Ashburton on 12 December 1890. It was part of the first section of the Outer Circle line.

Bayswater railway station is located on the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Bayswater, opening on 4 December 1889.

Belgrave railway station railway station in Belgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Belgrave railway station is the terminus of the Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia, and serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave. The station was called Monbulk when it opened on 18 December 1900, but was renamed Belgrave on 21 November 1904. It was upgraded to a premium station on 2 July 1996.

Future premium stations

Some twenty-seven existing stations will be upgraded from to premium or constructed in the near future to bring the total number of premium stations to one hundred.

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↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society (Victorian Division). October 1997. p. 310.
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