Carnegie railway station

Opening one month after the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Oakleigh,[4] Carnegie station, like the suburb itself, gets it name from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Originally named Rosstown, after entrepreneur William Ross,[6][7] the name change occurred in May 1909 after Ross' failed speculative developments made the name unpopular.[6] Residents supported the name change to Carnegie, who were seeking to obtain funds from the philanthropist for a library, which was to be unsuccessful.[6]

In 1911, a crossover was provided at the down end of the station.[4] In 1966, it was abolished.[4]

In 1967, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Koornang Road level crossing, which was located at the up end of the station.[8] The signal box, which protected the level crossing, was also abolished during this time.[4]

In March 2014, the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced a grade separation project to replace the Koornang Road level crossing immediately to the west of the station. This included rebuilding the station above its previous location.[9] On 18 June 2018, the rebuilt station opened.[10]

Carnegie station is currently served by both the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines which are both operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Services to Pakenham and Cranbourne travel together south-east towards Dandenong before splitting into two separate lines. Services to the city run express from Caulfield (Malvern during off-peak) to South Yarra before stopping all stations to Flinders Street via the City Loop.[11]

Platform 1:

•  Pakenham line  express services to Flinders Street
•  Cranbourne line  express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Pakenham line  all stations and limited express services to Pakenham
•  Cranbourne line  all stations services to Cranbourne

Future services:
In addition to the current services, the Network Development Plan Metropolitan Rail proposes linking the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines to both the Sunbury line and under-construction Melbourne Airport rail link via the Metro Tunnel.[12]

•  Sunbury line  express services to West Footscray and Sunbury (2025 onwards)
•  Airport line  express services to Melbourne Airport (2029 onwards)

Carnegie is served by four bus routes all departing from three separate bus stops. Route 623 and 623 both depart from the stop at Koorang Road which is just outside the station, route 624 departs from Neerim Road which is located south of the station and Smartbus route 900 departs from Princess Highway (Dandenong Road) which is located north of the station.[13][14][15]

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