Toorak railway station

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Toorak
PTV commuter rail station
Toorak Railway Station.jpg
Southbound view from Platform 1 in June 2014
LocationBeatty Avenue, Armadale, Victoria 3143
City of Stonnington
Australia
Coordinates37°51′04″S 145°00′50″E / 37.8510°S 145.0140°E / -37.8510; 145.0140Coordinates: 37°51′04″S 145°00′50″E / 37.8510°S 145.0140°E / -37.8510; 145.0140
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Frankston
Distance7.91 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus
Tram
Construction
Structure typeGround
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeTOR
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened7 May 1879
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Hawksburn
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Armadale
towards Frankston
     Pakenham line does not stop here
     Cranbourne line does not stop here
Track layout
Legend
to Hawksburn
1
2
4
3
to Armadale

Toorak railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Armadale, and it opened on 7 May 1879.[1]

The present station dates from 1914, when the tracks between South Yarra and Caulfield were re-graded and quadruplicated.[1]

Freight traffic was withdrawn at Toorak on 30 June 1977.[2]

In 1993, major re-signalling works occurred between Toorak, Malvern, Armadale and Caulfield stations.[1]

As the station is located in Armadale, suggestions have been raised in the past about renaming the station, including naming the station after Albert Jacka, Australia's first recipient of the Victoria Cross, and was mayor of the nearby City of St Kilda.[3]

Platforms and services[]

Toorak has two side platforms and one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[4]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platforms 3 & 4:

  • No services. Pakenham and Cranbourne line services ceased calling at the station on 31 January 2021.

Transport links[]

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Toorak station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  605 : Gardenvale – Melbourne CBD (Queen Street)[5]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Toorak station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Yarra Trams operates one route via Toorak station:

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Toorak Vicsig
  2. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1977. p. 183.
  3. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1976. p. 138.
  4. ^ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  5. ^ "605 Gardenvale - Flagstaff Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. ^ "604 Gardenvale - Alfred Hospital via Toorak Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. ^ "72 Melbourne University - Camberwell". Public Transport Victoria.

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