Middle Brighton railway station

Middle Brighton railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Brighton, and it opened on 21 December 1861 as Church Street. It was renamed Middle Brighton on 1 January 1867.[1]

Middle Brighton
PTV commuter rail station
Siemens train arriving into Platform 2 in December 2021
General information
LocationRailway Walk,
Brighton, Victoria 3186
City of Bayside
Australia
Coordinates37°54′54″S 144°59′47″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance14.52 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking107
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Host Station
Station codeMBN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened21 December 1861 (1861-12-21)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (May 1919)
Previous namesChurch Street (1861-1867)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
North Brighton
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line Brighton Beach
towards Sandringham
Track layout
to North Brighton
1
2
Church Street
Dendy Street (roundabout)
to Brighton Beach

Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Church Street level crossing, located at the Down end of the station, in 1963. The signal box was also abolished during this time.[1]

Platforms and services

Middle Brighton has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.[2]

On weekdays, two early morning services originate from Middle Brighton. These services are formed by empty trains directly from the stabling yard at Brighton Beach station.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates one route to and from Middle Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  626 : to Chadstone Shopping Centre[3]

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

Ventura Bus Lines operates three routes via Middle Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References
  1. Middle Brighton Vicsig
  2. "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  3. "626 Middle Brighton - Chadstone via McKinnon & Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria.
  4. "922 Southland SC - St Kilda Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  5. "703 Middle Brighton - Blackburn via Bentleigh & Clayton & Monash University". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. "811 Dandenong - Brighton via Heatherton Road & Springvale". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "812 Dandenong - Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.
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