Murrumbeena railway station

Murrumbeena
PTV commuter rail station
Murrumbeena platforms
General information
LocationNeerim Road,
Murrumbeena, Victoria 3163
City of Glen Eira
Australia
Coordinates37°53′25″S 145°04′02″E / 37.8903°S 145.0673°E / -37.8903; 145.0673
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance14.42 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking270 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeMRB
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened14 May 1879 (1879-05-14)
Rebuilt18 June 2018 (LXRP)
ElectrifiedMarch 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
Passengers (2005–2006)672,730[1]
Passengers (2006–2007)723,614[1] Increase 7.56%
Passengers (2007–2008)773,775[1] Increase 6.93%
Passengers (2008–2009)822,734[2] Increase 6.32%
Passengers (2009–2010)819,486[2] Decrease 0.39%
Passengers (2010–2011)860,538[2] Increase 5%
Passengers (2011–2012)803,638[2] Decrease 6.61%
Passengers (2012–2013)Not measured[2]
Passengers (2013–2014)800,323[2] Decrease 0.41%
Passengers (2014–2015)805,593[1] Increase 0.65%
Passengers (2015–2016)923,028[2] Increase 14.57%
Passengers (2016–2017)752,748[2] Decrease 18.44%
Passengers (2017–2018)572,257[2] Decrease 23.97%
Passengers (2018–2019)779,433[2] Increase 36.2%
Passengers (2019–2020)625,600[2] Decrease 19.73%
Passengers (2020–2021)318,600[2] Decrease 49.07%
Passengers (2021–2022)351,600[3] Increase 10.35%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Carnegie
towards Watergardens or Sunbury via Town Hall
 Cranbourne line Hughesdale
towards Cranbourne or East Pakenham
Pakenham line
Track layout
to Carnegie
1
2
to Hughesdale

Murrumbeena is a train station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines. This station and the lines are part of the Melbourne rail network. The station is in the southeastern suburb of Murrumbeena, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Like Carnegie, Murrumbeena is an elevated premium station. This means the station is on a railway viaduct (skyrail).

This station has a concourse on Murrumbeena Road and you can go to the platforms from escalators, lifts and stairs.

History

This station opened on the 14 May in 1879.[4] Murrumbeena and the suburb is named from the road next to it, called Murrumbeena Road. The name comes from an Australian Indigenous word, that could mean 'belongs to you', 'greetings', or 'frog land'.[5][6]

The concourse

Sometime in the 1990s Level crossing barriers were provided at the level crossing.[7] In 2014, the Level Crossing Removal Project was going to remove Murrumbeena Road's level crossing west to the station. During construction, the old station was relocated. It was replaced with a temporary building for the time being.[8] Finally on 18 June 2018, the new and current station opened, with trains starting to stop at the new station.[9]

Platforms

Murrumbeena station has one island platform with two faces. Murrumbeena 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.

Murrumbeena 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.

Nearby Transport

There is three bus routes stopping at the station. The 624 Kew – Oakleigh station[10], the 627 Moorabbin station – Chadstone Shopping Centre and the 822 Chadstone Shopping Centre – Sandringham 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. ↑ "Murrumbeena". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Murrumbeena". Victorian Places. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. ↑ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. ↑ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  8. ↑ "Major works start on nine level crossings". 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "624 Kew – Oakleigh via Caulfield & Carnegie & Darling and Chadstone (from 30 Jan 2023)". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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