Brighton Beach railway station, Melbourne
- Brighton Beach railway station, Melbourne
MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Brighton Beach
CODE=BBH
DISTANCE=14.7 km
LINES=Sandringham
PLATFORMS=3 (2 in use)
TRACKS=5 (2 in use)
STATUS=Premium station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19950 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19950#lineInformation Link]
MELWAY=
ZONE=1+2 Overlap
Brighton Beach is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Brighton on the Sandringham railway line. Brighton Beach is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zones 1+2 overlap.
Facilities
The station is located at the northern end of the South Road level crossing, with station access from South and Beach Roads and Menzies Avenue.
The station consists of three platforms, two in an island format and two on a sharp curve. The island platform (platform 1 & 2, Flinders Street bound) has a large brick building with an enclosed waiting room, ticket facilities and toilets, while platform 3 (Sandringham bound) has a smaller brick building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platforms 1 & 2, 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 3. Sidings are adjacent to the station, which are currently in use for train modifications. A footbridge is situated at the up end of the station, whilst a signal box is situated at the end of platform 2 at the Sandringham end of the station.
History
Brighton Beach station opened on December 21 1861 as "Beach". It was renamed to "Brighton Beach" in 1867. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Brighton%20Beach VICSIG Infrastructure - Brighton Beach] ] The station was upgraded to Premium Station status on November 20 1995[cite journal]
year = 1997
month = October
title = Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station
journal = Newsrail
publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)
pages = page 310 ] References
Further reading
"The Brighton Line in 1887" Gavan-Duffy, C.D. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, November, 1960 pp174-179
MelbourneStations
Line=Sandringham line
Here=Brighton Beach
Previous=Middle Brighton
Next=Hampton
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
St Kilda railway station, Melbourne — MelbourneClosedRailwayStation NAME=St Kilda IMAGELINK=St Kilda railway station.jpg CAPTION=Street side of the station building LINE=St Kilda DISTANCE=convert|4.6|km|abbr=on PLATFORMS=2 TRACKS=2 STATUS=Closed OPENED=13 May 1857 CLOSED=August 1987… … Wikipedia
Middle Brighton railway station, Melbourne — MelbourneRailwayStation1 NAME=Middle Brighton CODE=MBN DISTANCE=13.3 km LINES=Sandringham PLATFORMS=2 TRACKS=2 STATUS=Host Station FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19951 Link] TIMETABLES=… … Wikipedia
Windsor railway station, Melbourne — Windsor Station information Code WIN … Wikipedia
Hampton railway station, Melbourne — MelbourneRailwayStation1 NAME=Hampton CODE=HAM DISTANCE=16.5 km LINES=Sandringham PLATFORMS=2 TRACKS=2 STATUS=Unmanned station FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19949 Link] TIMETABLES=… … Wikipedia
Middle Brighton railway station — Middle Brighton Station information Code MBN Distance from Flinders Street 13.3 km Operator Metro Trains Melbourne … Wikipedia
Sandringham railway line, Melbourne — VictorianRailwayLineInfobox type = mel name = Sandringham yearcommenced = 1857 yearcompleted = 1859 yearclosed = fate = lengthkm = stations = tracks = Double track users = Connex Melbourne servicepattern = Stopping all stations RollingStock =… … Wikipedia
St Kilda - Windsor railway line, Melbourne — VictorianRailwayLineInfobox type = mel name = St Kilda Windsor yearcommenced = yearopened = 1859 yearcompleted = yearclosed = 24 November 1860 fate = Parkland, private ownership lengthkm = stations = None tracks = Single track users =… … Wikipedia
Deer Park railway station — Deer Park Station information Code DEK … Wikipedia
Craigieburn railway line, Melbourne — VictorianRailwayLineInfobox type = mel name = Craigieburn yearcommenced = 1860 yearcompleted = 1872 yearclosed = fate = lengthkm = stations =15 tracks = Double track throughout users = Connex Melbourne, V/Line, freight servicepattern = Stopping… … Wikipedia
Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company — Main article: Railways in Melbourne The Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia. The company opened a line from Princes Bridge railway station in Melbourne, Australia to Punt Road (Richmond) and South… … Wikipedia
