Sandringham railway station

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Sandringham
PTV commuter rail station
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Station front and entrance in July 2022
General information
LocationStation Street,
Sandringham, Victoria
City of Bayside
Australia
Coordinates 37°57′01″S145°00′16″E / 37.9503°S 145.0044°E / -37.9503; 145.0044
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Sandringham
Distance19.16 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks4
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking139
Bicycle facilities20
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeSHM
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened2 September 1887;136 years ago (1887-09-02)
ElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006467,871 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Hampton
towards Flinders Street
Sandringham line Terminus
Track layout
Legend
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Abbott Street
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Sandringham railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, and it opened on 2 September 1887. [4]

Contents

A signal box is located at the up (Flinders Street) end of the station, whilst a stabling yard is located directly opposite to the station, stabling up to four trains overnight.

History

Sandringham station opened on 2 September 1887, when the railway line from Brighton Beach was extended. [4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Sandringham House, which was inspired by landowner and parliamentarian Charles H. Jones who, between 1864–1871 and 1886–1889, was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. [5] [6]

A tram service, operated by the Victorian Railways, operated from Sandringham to Black Rock from 1919 until 1956. In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic. [4]

In 1967, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Abbott Street level crossing, located at the up end of the station. [7] On 16 January 1968, a collision involving two Tait train sets occurred between Hampton and Sandringham. [8] [9]

On 17 June 1988, No. 5 road was abolished, leaving the platform road and three siding roads. [4] On 30 October 1995, Sandringham was upgraded to a premium station. [10]

On 30 August 2002, Comeng motor carriage 500M was destroyed by fire as it travelled between Hampton and Sandringham. [11] [12]

On 9 March 2011, a Siemens Nexas train overshot one of the sidings and crashed into a branch of the Bendigo Bank. [13]

Platforms and services

Sandringham has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services. [14]

Platform 1:

Kinetic Melbourne operates three bus routes via Sandringham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Sandringham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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