Aspendale railway station

Aspendale
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2, November 2007
General information
Location	Nepean Highway, Aspendale, Victoria 3195 City of Kingston Australia
Coordinates	38°01′38″S145°06′07″E / 38.0273°S 145.1020°E / -38.0273; 145.1020
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Frankston
Distance	30.31 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	100
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	ASP
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	April 1891;132 years ago (1891-04)
Rebuilt	1981
Electrified	August 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Aspendale Park Racecourse (1891-1905)
Passengers
2005–2006	267,587 [1]

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Mordialloc towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street		Frankston line		Edithvale towards Frankston

Track layout
Legend to Mordialloc 1 2 Groves Street (Removing by 2029) to Edithvale

Aspendale railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Aspendale, and opened in April 1891 as Aspendale Park Racecourse. It was renamed Aspendale on 1 August 1905. ^[4]

History

Aspendale station opened in April 1891 ^[4] and, like the suburb itself, the station was named after Aspen, a race-winning mare owned by James Crooke, who had purchased land east of the present-day station to build the former Aspendale Racecourse. ^{[5] [6]} The first race meeting at the racecourse was in 1891, coinciding with the opening of the station. ^{[5] [6]}

In 1966, a crossover at the up end of the station was abolished. ^[4] On 1 December 1969, the goods yard was closed to traffic. ^[4]

In 1977, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Groves Street level crossing, located at the down end of the station. ^{[7] [8]} Occurring in that year, a control panel was provided. ^[4] In 1981, the current station buildings were provided. ^[9]

In 1992, another crossover at the station was abolished, as well as the connection to the former siding. ^[4] Occurring in that year, the control panel was abolished. ^[10]

In early 2014, a man was hit and killed by a Frankston-bound train, causing the boom gates at the level crossing to stay down, meaning that road traffic could not travel between the Nepean Highway and Station Street. ^[11]

In October 2022, it was announced that Aspendale would be lowered into a trench, as part of the removal of seven level crossings on the line. Further details, designs and a construction timeline are to be released closer to the opening of the new station in 2029. ^[12]

Platforms and services

Aspendale has two side platforms. It is served by Frankston line trains. ^[13]

Platform 1:

•   Frankston line   all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown

Platform 2:

•   Frankston line   all stations services to Frankston

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Aspendale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  706 : Mordialloc – Chelsea station (off-peak only) ^[14]

Gallery

• 
  Station building and entrance to Platform 1, October 2021

References

1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
4. "Aspendale". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
5. "Aspendale". Victorian Places. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
6. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
7. "Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1977. p. 228.
8. John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
9. Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail:1962-1983. p. 107. ISBN   0-9592069-3-0.
10. "Minutes of March 1992 Meeting". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. May 1992. pp. 41–42.
11. Zielinski, Caroline (6 January 2014). "Man hit and killed by train at Aspendale station". The Age . Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
12. Tribune, The National (8 October 2022). "Making Frankston Line Level Crossing Free". The National Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
13. "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
14. "706 Mordialloc SC - Chelsea Railway Station". Public Transport Victoria . Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

External links

• Media related to Aspendale railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au