- Mordialloc railway station
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Mordialloc 
Station information Code MOR Distance from
Flinders Street26 km Operator Metro Trains Melbourne Lines Frankston # Platforms 2 # Tracks 3 Status Premium station Metlink profile Link Melway map Link Google map Link Metcard / Myki Zone 2 Mordialloc is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Mordialloc, on the Frankston railway line. Mordialloc is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.
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Station overview
Facilities
Mordialloc is located between the Bear and McDonald Street level crossings, with station access from Nepean Highway, Bear and McDonald Streets.
The station consists of two side platforms; Platform 1 has a large weatherboard building housing an enclosed waiting area, ticket facilities and toilets, while platform 2 has a smaller weatherboard building. A large Metcard ticket vending machine is located inside the waiting area, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins, as well as a myki ticket vending machine. A coin-only Metcard ticket vending machine and a myki ticket vending machine are located at the entrance to platform 2. An underpass is situated at the Flinders Street end of the station.
Stabling facilities are located at the Frankston end of the station, whilst a third track is located through the middle of station, but is not normally used except for the Long Island steel freight train and trains shunting into the yard.
History
Mordialloc station opened on 19 December 1881.[1] From a historic perspective, the Mordialloc Railway Station is representative of a significant period of historic growth and development of Mordialloc. The Mordialloc Railway Station precinct has a number of heritage buildings and elements including the cottage style historic Mordialloc Railway Station Buildings (1882 & 1887); and the last remaining example of Edwardian Railway Water Tower (1910) in Victoria. See [1] for pictures.[2] It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 5 December 1995.[3]
Platforms, services and connecting bus services
Platform 1:
- Suburban Metro Trains services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Suburban Metro Trains services to Frankston
- 705 Mordialloc – Springvale (Monday to Friday (peak)). Operated by Moorabbin Transit.
- 706 Mordialloc – Chelsea via Aspendale RS, Edithvale RS (Monday to Friday (offpeak)). Operated by Ventura Bus Lines.
- 708 Hampton – Carrum via Highett RS, Southland SC, Mordialloc RS (every day). Operated by Moorabbin Transit.
- 903 Altona – Mordialloc SC via Essendon, Northland SC, Box Hill, Chadstone SC (every day). Operated by Ventura Bus Lines and Westrans.
Gallery
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Entrance to the citybound platform
References
- ^ VICSIG Infrastructure - Mordialloc
- ^ http://www.kingston.vic.gov.au/Files/Part_3-Mordialloc_Structure_Plan-Precinct_1_Railway_Station.pdf
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Heritage Society (Victorian Division)): page 310. October 1997.
External links
Station Navigation Frankston line ← Previous Station Parkdale | Aspendale Next Station → Entire network Melbourne's public transport - Metlink Modes and network Ticketing Metropolitan rail operators Metro Trains Melbourne (heavy rail) • KDR Melbourne - Yarra Trams (tram/light rail)Regional rail operators V/Line (heavy rail)Metropolitan and regional bus operators Broadmeadows Bus Service • Cardinia Transit • Cranbourne Transit • Driver Bus Lines • Dyson's Bus Services • Eastrans • East West Bus Company • Grenda's • Hope Street Bus Line • Invicta Bus Services • Ivanhoe Bus Company • Kastoria Bus Lines • Martyrs Bus Service • Melbourne Bus Link • McKenzie's • Moonee Valley • Moorabbin Transit • Moreland Buslines • NationalBus • Panorama Coaches • Peninsula Bus Lines • Portsea • Reservoir • Ryan Brothers Bus Service • Sita Buslines • Skybus Super Shuttle • Sunbury Bus Service • Tullamarine Bus Lines • US Bus Lines • Ventura Bus Lines • WestransPlanned infrastructure Melbourne Metro • Regional Rail Link • Proposed Rail ExtensionsAuthorities Coordinates: 38°00′24″S 145°05′15″E / 38.0066°S 145.0875°E
Categories:- Railway stations in Melbourne
- Premium Melbourne railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1881
- Melbourne rail transport stubs
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