Carnegie railway station

Carnegie
PTV commuter rail station
South-east bound view from Platform 2, June 2018
General information
LocationMorton Avenue,
Carnegie, Victoria 3163
City of Glen Eira
Australia
Coordinates37°53′11″S 145°03′31″E / 37.8863°S 145.0585°E / -37.8863; 145.0585
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance13.53 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking120 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeCNE
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened2 April 1879 (1879-04-02)
Rebuilt18 June 2018 (LXRP)
ElectrifiedMarch 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesRosstown (1879–1909)
Passengers
Passengers (2005–2006)613,043[1]
Passengers (2006–2007)667,653[1] Increase 8.9%
Passengers (2007–2008)746,242[1] Increase 11.77%
Passengers (2008–2009)831,026[2] Increase 11.36%
Passengers (2009–2010)860,100[2] Increase 3.49%
Passengers (2010–2011)894,113[2] Increase 3.95%
Passengers (2011–2012)829,079[2] Decrease 7.27%
Passengers (2012–2013)Not measured[2]
Passengers (2013–2014)950,645[2] Increase 14.66%
Passengers (2014–2015)1,010,382[1] Increase 6.28%
Passengers (2015–2016)1,217,932[2] Increase 20.54%
Passengers (2016–2017)910,282[2] Decrease 25.26%
Passengers (2017–2018)764,922[2] Decrease 15.96%
Passengers (2018–2019)991,272[2] Increase 29.59%
Passengers (2019–2020)833,000[2] Decrease 15.96%
Passengers (2020–2021)460,850[2] Decrease 44.67%
Passengers (2021–2022)510,850[3] Increase 10.85%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Caulfield
towards Watergardens or Sunbury via Town Hall
 Cranbourne line Murrumbeena
towards Cranbourne or East Pakenham
Pakenham line
Track layout
to Caulfield
1
2
to Murrumbeena

Carnegie is a train station on the Cranbourne and Pakenham line. This station and its lines are part of the Melbourne train network, controlled by Metro Trains Melbourne.[4] It serves the suburb of the same name, in southeastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[4] Carnegie is an elevated premium station. This means the station is on a railway viaduct (skyrail).

Carnegie has a concourse on Koornang Road and you can go to the platforms from escalators, lifts and stairs.[4]

History

Carnegie station first opened on 2 April 1879. Carnegie station was named after Andrew Carnegie.[5] But it wasn't always that way, the original name was Rosstown, after William Ross. But his poorly built railway line and housing estate failed and soon after he died. The Rosstown railway closed, the houses never went ahead and furthermore his sugar factory was demolished. The name "Rosstown" went very unpopular.[6] People living there changed the station and suburb name to Carnegie.

In March 2014, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the Koornang Road level crossing west of Carnegie station was closing. On 18 June 2018, Carnegie was opened as a skyrail station, and the level crossing was pulled down.[7]

Platforms

Carnegie station has one island platform with two faces. Carnegie serves Pakenham and Cranbourne trains. Services to East Pakenham and Cranbourne go southeast towards Dandenong before splitting up. Services to the city run express to Anzac from Malvern and continues to Sunbury station.

Carnegie platform arrangement
Platform Line Where to? Using Stopping Pattern
1  Cranbourne line 
 Pakenham line 		 Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray Town Hall Limited express trains: Trains not stopping at Armadale to Hawksburn.
2  Cranbourne line 
 Pakenham line 		 East Pakenham, Cranbourne, Westall Trains stop all stations.


Carnegie has four bus routes. The 623 from Glen Waverley to St Kilda and the 626 to Middle Brighton to Chadstone Shopping Centre go from Koorang Road.

Meanwhile the 624 Kew to Oakleigh station stops from Neerim Road, and the Princes Highway has the SmartBus 900 from Stud Park Shopping Centre in Rowville to Caulfield station.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  3. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. 1 2 3 "Carnegie". Metro Trains Melbourne. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Anderson, Rick (2010). Stopping all stations : Melbourne's unfinished rail network/opportunities lost. Clunes, Victoria.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ↑ "Carnegie". Victorian Places. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Every Caulfield to Dandenong level crossing gone". Victoria's Big Build. 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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