Mordialloc railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Mordialloc


CODE=MOR
DISTANCE=26 km
LINES=Frankston
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=3
STATUS=Premium Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19863 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19863#lineInformation Link]
MELWAY=
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.

Facilities

The station is located at the northern end of the Bear Street level crossing and south of the McDonald Street level crossing, with station access from Nepean Highway and Bear and McDonald Streets.

The station consists of two side platforms: Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a large weatherboard building with an enclosed waiting room, a ticket office and toilets, while platform 2 (Frankston bound) has a smaller weatherboard building. A large Metcard machine is located inside the waiting room, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small coin-only Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2. Stabling facilities are located at the DOWN 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. An underpass is also situated at the Flinders Street end of the station.

History

Mordialloc station opened on December 19 1881. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Mordialloc VICSIG Infrastructure - Mordialloc] ] It was upgraded to Premium Station status on December 5 1995.cite journal
year = 1997
month = October
title = Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station
journal = Newsrail
publisher = Australian Railway Heritage Society (Victorian Division)
pages = page 310 ]

References

External links

* http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/329.htm