Sandown Park railway station, Melbourne

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Sandown Park
PTV commuter rail station
Sandown Park Railway Station.jpg
Southbound view in June 2014
LocationLightwood Road
Springvale, Victoria 3171
City of Greater Dandenong
Australia
Coordinates37°57′24″S 145°09′48″E / 37.9568°S 145.1632°E / -37.9568; 145.1632Coordinates: 37°57′24″S 145°09′48″E / 37.9568°S 145.1632°E / -37.9568; 145.1632
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Pakenham
Cranbourne
Distance25.68 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Train operatorsMetro Trains
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking250 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeSNP
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1889 (1889)
Closed16 May 1955
Rebuilt19 June 1965
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Previous namesOakleigh Racecourse
Passengers
2008–2009404,269[1]
2009–2010440,579[1] Increase 8.98%
2010–2011443,853[1] Increase 0.74%
2011–2012411,211[1] Decrease 7.35%
2012–2013Not measured[1]
2013–2014526,464[1] Increase 28.03%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Springvale
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line Noble Park
towards Pakenham
Cranbourne line Noble Park
towards Cranbourne
Track layout
Legend
to Springvale
1
2
to Noble Park

Sandown Park railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Springvale, and it opened in 1889 as Oakleigh Racecourse. It was renamed Sandown Park in 1892.[2]

The station was built to service the nearby Sandown Racecourse. In addition to the two main lines, there was a signal box and booking office, and two sidings each over 600 metres long on the eastern side of the tracks, for the stabling of special race trains. The station had no platform on the Up track, instead having an island platform on the Down track, the other face serving one of the sidings on the eastern side.[3] By 1937, a crossover at the Down end of the station was removed,[2] and in 1943, the sidings that adjoined the back platform were abolished.[2]

The station was only used for racecourse traffic, and was closed on 16 May 1955. In June 1965, it reopened as an island platform for passengers on race days only.[2] It was opened for general passenger traffic in October of the same year.[2] The station once had a second exit and subway at the Up end of the platform, but that has since been closed and filled in. Nearby, towards Noble Park, the Corrigan Road level crossing was removed in 2018, as part of the Victorian Government's Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP).

Platforms and services[]

Sandown Park has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line services.[4][5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

It is planned to connect the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines to the Sunbury line, through the new Metro Tunnel, in late 2025.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from [1])
  2. ^ a b c d e Sandown Park Vicsig
  3. ^ Victorian Railways signalling diagram – "Sandown Park 743'09". www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  5. ^ "Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria.

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