Aspendale railway station

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Aspendale
PTV commuter rail station
Station aspendale 1.jpg
Southbound view from Platform 2 in November 2007
LocationNepean Highway/Lincoln Parade, Aspendale, Victoria 3195
City of Kingston
Australia
Coordinates38°01′38″S 145°06′07″E / 38.0273°S 145.1020°E / -38.0273; 145.1020Coordinates: 38°01′38″S 145°06′07″E / 38.0273°S 145.1020°E / -38.0273; 145.1020
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Frankston
Distance30.31 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking100
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeASP
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
OpenedApril 1891
Rebuilt1981
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Previous namesAspendale Park Racecourse
Services
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
to Edithvale

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

In 1966, a crossover at the Up end of the station was abolished.[1] On 1 December 1969, the goods yard was closed.[1]

Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Groves Street level crossing, located at the Down end of the station, in 1977.[2] In 1981, the station buildings were rebuilt.[3]

In 1992, another crossover at the station was abolished, as well as the connection to the former siding.[1]

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, and preventing cars to go from Nepean Highway to Station Street.[4]

Platforms and services[]

Aspendale has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[]

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

  •  706 : Mordialloc – Chelsea station (Off Peak only)[6]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Aspendale Vicsig
  2. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1977. p. 228.
  3. ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail:1962-1983. p. 107. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  4. ^ "Man hit by train" by Caroline Zielinski, 6 Jan 2014
  5. ^ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. ^ "706 Mordialloc - Aspendale - Edithvale - Chelsea". Public Transport Victoria.

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