Prahran_railway_station

Prahran railway station

Prahran railway station

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Prahran railway station (/pɛ'ræn) is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Prahran, and opened on 22 December 1860 as Greville Street. It was renamed Prahran on 1 January 1867.[4]

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History

Prahran station opened on 22 December 1860, when the railway line from South Yarra was extended to Windsor.[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named from the Indigenous word ‘purraran’, believed to mean ‘almost surrounded by water’.[5][6]

In 1962, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Greville Street level crossing, located at the up end of the station.[7] The signal box that protected the level crossing was also abolished during that time.[4]

In October 1979, automatic semaphore signals were replaced with light signals between Prahran and Windsor.[8]

On 4 May 2010, as part of the 2010/2011 State Budget, $83.7 million was allocated to upgrade Prahran to a premium station, along with nineteen others.[9][10] However, in March 2011, this was scrapped by the Baillieu Government.[11]

Platforms and services

Prahran has two side platforms. It is served by Sandringham line trains.[12]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Yarra Trams operates three routes via Prahran station:

References

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    Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
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    Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
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    Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
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    "Prahran". vicsig.net. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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    "Prahran". Victorian Places. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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    First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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    John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
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    "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1980. p. 77.
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    "New premium stations for Metro". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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    "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 2010. p. 165.
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    Gardiner, Ashley; Wright, Anne (25 March 2011). "Premier Ted Baillieu says armed guards will create 'culture of safety'". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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    "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
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    "6 Moreland - Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
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    "72 Melbourne University - Camberwell". Public Transport Victoria.
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    "78 North Richmond - Balaclava via Prahran". Public Transport Victoria.
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