Narre Warren railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Narre Warren


CODE=NWA
DISTANCE=39.5 km
LINES=Pakenham
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Premium station
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ZONE=2

Narre Warren is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Narre Warren, on the Pakenham railway line. Narre Warren is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.

Facilities

The station is located at the eastern end of the Webb Street level crossing, which provides station access.

The station consists of two platforms, in an island format, with a semi-large fibro building at the Flinders Street end of the station, with an enclosed waiting room, toilets and a ticket office. 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.

Bus routes 834, 835, 841 and 895 can be caught from the bus stop just outside the station.

Westfield Fountain Gate shopping centre is a short walk from the station.

History

Narre Warren station opened on March 10 1882 at the UP end of the level crossing. It relocated to the DOWN end of the level crossing in 1995. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Narre%20Warren VICSIG Infrastructure - Narre Warren] ] The station was upgraded to Premium Station status in October 2003 with current Metlink signage.

References

MelbourneStations
Line=Pakenham line
Previous=Hallam
Here=Narre Warren
Next=Berwick