Aspendale railway station

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

38°01′38″S 145°06′07″E / 38.0273°S 145.1020°E / -38.0273; 145.1020Owned byVicTrackOperated byMetro TrainsLine(s)FrankstonDistance30.31 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne BusConstructionStructure typeGroundParking100Bicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYes—step free accessOther informationStatusOperational, unstaffedStation codeASPFare zoneMyki Zone 2WebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpenedApril 1891; 133 years ago (1891-04)Rebuilt1981ElectrifiedAugust 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)Previous namesAspendale Park Racecourse
(1891-1905)Passengers2005–2006267,587[1]2006–2007286,260[1] Increase 6.97%2007–2008326,891[1] Increase 14.19%2008–2009388,967[2] Increase 18.99%2009–2010380,145[2] Decrease 2.26%2010–2011355,486[2] Decrease 6.48%2011–2012305,564[2] Decrease 14.04%2012–2013Not measured[2]2013–2014229,728[2] Decrease 24.81%2014–2015227,109[1] Decrease 1.14%2015–2016227,738[2] Increase 0.27%2016–2017225,948[2] Decrease 0.78%2017–2018236,609[2] Increase 4.71%2018–2019237,924[2] Increase 0.55%2019–2020156,650[2] Decrease 34.16%2020–202184,050[2] Decrease 46.34%2021–202288,300[3] Increase 5.05%2022–2023142,800[3] Increase 61.72% Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Mordialloc
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Edithvale
towards Frankston
Track layout
Legend
to Mordialloc
1
2
Groves Street
(Removing by 2029)
to Edithvale

Aspendale railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Aspendale, and opened in April 1891 as Aspendale Park Racecourse. It was renamed Aspendale on 1 August 1905.[4]

History

Aspendale station opened in April 1891[4] and, like the suburb itself, the station was named after Aspen, a race-winning mare owned by James Crooke, who had purchased land east of the present-day station to build the former Aspendale Racecourse.[5][6] The first race meeting at the racecourse was in 1891, coinciding with the opening of the station.[5][6]

In 1966, a crossover at the up end of the station was abolished.[4] On 1 December 1969, the goods yard was closed to traffic.[4]

In 1977, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Groves Street level crossing, located at the down end of the station.[7][8] Occurring in that year, a control panel was provided.[4] In 1981, the current station buildings were provided.[9]

In 1992, another crossover at the station was abolished, as well as the connection to the former siding.[4] Occurring in that year, the control panel was abolished.[10]

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, meaning that road traffic could not travel between the Nepean Highway and Station Street.[11]

In October 2022, it was announced that Aspendale would be lowered into a trench, as part of the removal of seven level crossings on the line. Further details, designs and a construction timeline are to be released closer to the opening of the new station in 2029.[12]

Platforms and services

Aspendale has two side platforms. It is served by Frankston line trains.[13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  •  Frankston line  all stations services to Frankston

Transport links

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

Gallery

  • Station building and entrance to Platform 1, October 2021
    Station building and entrance to Platform 1, October 2021

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Aspendale". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Aspendale". Victorian Places. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1977. p. 228.
  8. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  9. ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail:1962-1983. p. 107. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  10. ^ "Minutes of March 1992 Meeting". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. May 1992. pp. 41–42.
  11. ^ Zielinski, Caroline (6 January 2014). "Man hit and killed by train at Aspendale station". The Age. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  12. ^ Tribune, The National (8 October 2022). "Making Frankston Line Level Crossing Free". The National Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ "706 Mordialloc SC - Chelsea Railway Station". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

External links

  • Media related to Aspendale railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
  • Melway map at street-directory.com.au
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