Aspendale railway station

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]

Aspendale
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2 in November 2007
General information
LocationNepean Highway,
Aspendale, Victoria 3195
City of Kingston
Australia
Coordinates38°01′38″S 145°06′07″E
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 (1891-04)
Rebuilt1981
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (August 1922)
Previous namesAspendale Park Racecourse
(1891-1905)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Mordialloc
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Edithvale
towards Frankston
Track layout
to Mordialloc
1
2
Groves Street
to Edithvale

History

Aspendale, like the suburb itself, was named after Aspen, a race winning mare owned by James Crooke, who purchased land east of the present day station to build the former Aspendale Racecourse. The first race meeting at the racecourse was in 1891, coinciding with the station's opening.[2]

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.[3] In 1981, the station buildings were rebuilt.[4]

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.[5]

Platforms and services

Aspendale has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

  •  706 : Mordialloc – Chelsea station (Off Peak only)[7]
  • Station front and entrance to Platform 1 in October 2021

References
  1. Aspendale Vicsig
  2. Aspendale Victorian Places
  3. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1977. p. 228.
  4. Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail:1962-1983. p. 107. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  5. "Man hit by train" by Caroline Zielinski, 6 Jan 2014
  6. "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "706 Mordialloc - Aspendale - Edithvale - Chelsea". Public Transport Victoria.
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