Hawksburn railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Hawksburn


CODE=HKN
DISTANCE=5.4 km
LINES=Cranbourne,
Frankston,
Pakenham
PLATFORMS=4
TRACKS=4
STATUS=Unmanned Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19947 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19947#linkInfomation Link]
MELWAY= [http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/genmap.cgi?x=145.001992835086&y=-37.8446385617647&sizex=650&sizey=650&level=7&star=5&circle= Link]
ZONE=1

Hawksburn is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of South Yarra, on the Pakenham, Frankston and Cranbourne lines. Hawksburn is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 1.

Facilities

The station is located between Luxton Road and Oban Street, with station access from both.

The station consists of four platforms, two in an island format, with the other two being side platforms. Platforms 1 & 4 (side platforms) have semi-large brick building's, while platforms 2 & 3 (island platform) have a large brick building, all in the middle of their respective platforms. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platforms 2 & 3, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. Small coin-only Metcard machine's are located at the entrance to platforms 1 & 4. A footbridge is situated at DOWN end of the station.

Trains running on the Frankston line often run express through Hawksburn on weekday mornings.

History

Hawksburn station opened on May 7 1889. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Hawksburn VICSIG Infrastructure - Hawksburn] ]

References

External links

* [http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=luxton+road+south+yarra&sll=-37.845011,145.002173&sspn=41.979855,56.25&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.845011,145.002173&spn=0.009117,0.013733&z=16&layer=c&cbll=-37.845011,145.002173&panoid=eEBNCAWHRXtFo5Mp1UYhOA&cbp=1,358.9220227872792,,0,5 Google Street View - Station entrance in Luxton Road]