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Aspendale railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Aspendale, and opened in April 1891 as Aspendale Park Racecourse. It was renamed Aspendale on 1 August 1905.[4]

History

Aspendale station opened in April 1891[4] and, like the suburb itself, the station was named after Aspen, a race-winning mare owned by James Crooke, who had purchased land east of the present-day station to build the former Aspendale Racecourse.[5][6] The first race meeting at the racecourse was in 1891, coinciding with the opening of the station.[5][6]

In 1966, a crossover at the up end of the station was abolished.[4] On 1 December 1969, the goods yard was closed to traffic.[4]

In 1977, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Groves Street level crossing, located at the down end of the station.[7][8] Occurring in that year, a control panel was provided.[4] In 1981, the current station buildings were provided.[9]

In 1992, another crossover at the station was abolished, as well as the connection to the former siding.[4] Occurring in that year, the control panel was abolished.[10]

In early 2014, a man was hit and killed by a Frankston-bound train, causing the boom gates at the level crossing to stay down, meaning that road traffic could not travel between the Nepean Highway and Station Street.[11]

In October 2022, it was announced that Aspendale would be lowered into a trench, as part of the removal of seven level crossings on the line. Further details, designs and a construction timeline are to be released closer to the opening of the new station in 2029.[12]

Platforms and services

Aspendale has two side platforms. It is served by Frankston line trains.[13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Aspendale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Gallery

  • Station building and entrance to Platform 1 viewed from Nepean Highway, October 2021
    Station building and entrance to Platform 1 viewed from Nepean Highway, October 2021

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ a b Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Aspendale". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Aspendale". Victorian Places. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1977. p. 228.
  8. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  9. ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail:1962-1983. p. 107. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  10. ^ "Minutes of March 1992 Meeting". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. May 1992. pp. 41–42.
  11. ^ Zielinski, Caroline (6 January 2014). "Man hit and killed by train at Aspendale station". The Age. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  12. ^ Tribune, The National (8 October 2022). "Making Frankston Line Level Crossing Free". The National Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ "706 Mordialloc SC - Chelsea Railway Station". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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