Dandenong railway station

Dandenong railway station is the junction station for the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Dandenong, and it opened on 8 October 1877.[2]

Dandenong
PTV commuter and regional rail station
North-west bound view from Platform 3 in January 2013
General information
LocationRudduck Street,
Dandenong, Victoria 3175
City of Greater Dandenong
Australia
Coordinates37°59′24″S 145°12′35″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance31.19 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms3 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks9
Train operators
Connections25 bus routes
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking300 spaces
Bicycle facilities12 racks
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeDNG
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1877 (1877-10-08)
Rebuilt1975
March 1995
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(December 1922)
Passengers
2014-2015Not measured[1]
2015-20162.33 million[1]  2.54%
2016-20172.37 million[1]  1.65%
2017-20182.19 million[1]  7.5%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Yarraman
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line Hallam
towards Pakenham
Cranbourne line Lynbrook
towards Cranbourne
Preceding station V/Line Following station
Clayton
Limited services
towards Southern Cross
 Bairnsdale line Pakenham
towards Bairnsdale
Caulfield
towards Southern Cross
Clayton
towards Southern Cross
 Traralgon line Berwick
1 weekday peak service
towards Traralgon
Pakenham
towards Traralgon
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Line open   Orbost line   General Motors
Terminus   South Gippsland line   Lyndhurst
Track layout
to Yarraman
1
3
2
Webster Street
(Removing by 2025)
to Lynbrook
to Hallam

The station is also serviced by V/Line's Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services.

A number of train stabling sidings are located near the station, including to the north of the station on either side of the railway line, as well as parallel to the platforms. A little used goods yard is located to the south of the station.

History

Dandenong station opened on 8 October 1877, as one of the original stations on the Melbourne to Sale railway line. The South Gippsland railway line opened in 1892 from Dandenong.

Electrification from Oakleigh to Dandenong occurred in 1922.[2] Electrification beyond Dandenong occurred in 1954, first to Warragul, then eventually onwards to Traralgon.[2] Services beyond Dandenong at the time were generally used by electric L class locomotives, both for passenger services and also for briquettes traffic from the large open cut coal mines in the Latrobe Valley. In 1956, the line was duplicated to Narre Warren.[2]

On 19 January 1975, electrified suburban services were extended to Pakenham.[3] Also in the same year, the station buildings were rebuilt.[4]

The station was again rebuilt in 1994/95, as part of the Cranbourne electrification project.[5] The rebuild included the demolition of the former Southern Aurora Hotel (completed in May 1993),[6] the removal of the former wooden station building (completed in April 1994),[6] and filling in the former pedestrian underpass at the Down end of the station.[6] The new station was opened in March 1995 by former Prime Minister Paul Keating.[7][8]

In 2017/2018, it was the twelfth-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 2.7 million passenger movements.[9]

Disused station General Motors is located between Dandenong and Hallam stations.

Facilities, platforms and services

Dandenong has one side platform and one island platform with two faces. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs and lifts from an overhead concourse. The side platform (Platform 3) features a kiosk and an enclosed waiting room, containing a customer service window and toilets.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line services,[10][11] and by V/Line's Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services.[12][13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Up until mid-late 2019, the unique configuration of the tracks at both ends of the station allowed trains to depart from any platform, in any direction. Since then, Pakenham bound services can no longer depart from Platform 1.

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

Cranbourne Transit operates three routes to and from Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  890 : to Lynbrook station[14]
  •  892 : to Casey Central Shopping Centre[15]
  •  893 : to Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre[16]

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

Ventura Bus Lines operates 21 routes via Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

V/Line operates two coach services to and from Dandenong station:

  • Station front and entrance in November 2005

References
  1. "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. Dandenong Vicsig
  3. "Improved Suburban Services". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1975. p. 33.
  4. Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962–1983. p. 106. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  5. Fiddian, Mark (1997). Trains, Tracks, Travelers. A history of the Victorian Railways. South Eastern Independent Newspapers. p. 154. ISBN 1-875475-12-5.
  6. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1994. p. 252.
  7. "Cranbourne Electrification Opened" Railway Digest May 1995 page 16
  8. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  9. Station Patronage Research Archived 23 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
  10. "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. Traralgon – Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  13. Bairnsdale – Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  14. "890 Dandenong Station - Lynbrook Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "892 Casey Central SC - Dandenong Station via Hampton Park SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "893 Cranbourne Park SC - Dandenong Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "800 Dandenong - Chadstone via Princes Highway & Oakleigh". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. "802 Dandenong - Chadstone via Mulgrave & Oakleigh". Public Transport Victoria.
  20. "804 Dandenong - Chadstone via Wheelers Hill & Oakleigh". Public Transport Victoria.
  21. "811 Dandenong - Brighton via Heatherton Road & Springvale". Public Transport Victoria.
  22. "812 Dandenong - Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.
  23. "813 Dandenong - Waverley Gardens SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  24. "814 Springvale South - Dandenong via Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre & Springvale". Public Transport Victoria.
  25. "815 Dandenong - Noble Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  26. "828 Hampton - Berwick Station via Southland SC & Dandenong". Public Transport Victoria.
  27. "843 Dandenong Station - Endeavour Hills via Endeavour Hills SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  28. "844 Dandenong - Doveton via McCrae Street". Public Transport Victoria.
  29. "845 Dandenong - Mossgiel Park via John Fawkner Drive". Public Transport Victoria.
  30. "848 Dandenong - Brandon Park Shopping Centre via Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.
  31. "850 Dandenong - Glen Waverley via Mulgrave & Brandon Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  32. "857 Chelsea - Dandenong via Patterson Lakes". Public Transport Victoria.
  33. "861 Dandenong - Endeavour Hills via Thomas Mitchell Drive". Public Transport Victoria.
  34. "862 Dandenong - Chadstone via North Dandenong & Oakleigh". Public Transport Victoria.
  35. 978 Clayton Station - Dandenong Station via Mulgrave Public Transport Victoria
  36. 979 Clayton Station - Dandenong Station via Keysborough Public Transport Victoria
  37. 981 Dandenong Station - Cranbourne via Berwick Public Transport Victoria
  38. 982 Dandenong Station - Cranbourne via Endeavour Hills & Hampton Park Public Transport Victoria
  39. Cowes & Inverloch – Melbourne timetable Public Transport Corporation
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