Mordialloc railway station

Mordialloc railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Mordialloc, and it opened on 19 December 1881.[5][6]

Mordialloc
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 2 in October 2021
General information
LocationAlbert Street,
Mordialloc, Victoria 3195
City of Kingston
Australia
Coordinates38°00′24″S 145°05′15″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Frankston
Distance27.69 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks3
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking170
Bicycle facilities6
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeMOR
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1881 (1881-12-19)
ElectrifiedJune 1922 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005-2006521,051[1]
2006-2007550,998[1] Increase 5.74%
2007-2008584,067[1] Increase 6%
2008-2009661,000[2] Increase 13.17%
2009-2010698,000[2] Increase 5.6%
2010-2011711,000[2] Increase 1.86%
2011-2012670,000[2] Decrease 5.77%
2012-2013Not measured[2]
2013-2014679,000[2] Increase 1.34%
2014-2015711,742[1] Increase 4.82%
2015-2016696,780[3] Decrease 2.1%
2016-2017667,510[3] Decrease 4.2%
2017-2018726,019[3] Increase 8.77%
2018-2019755,550[4] Increase 4.07%
2019-2020550,700[4] Decrease 27.1%
2020-2021339,550[4] Decrease 38.34%
2021–2022284,900[4] Decrease 16.09%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Parkdale
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Aspendale
towards Frankston
Track layout
to Parkdale
McDonald Street
(Removing by 2029)
1
2
Bear Street
(Closing by 2029)
Mordialloc Creek
Station Street
(Removing by 2029)
to Aspendale

Stabling facilities are located at the Frankston (down) end of the station, whilst a third track is located through the middle of station, normally only used by Qube's Long Island steel freight train, and trains shunting into the yard.[7] A pedestrian underpass is located at the up end of the station.

History

Mordialloc station opened on 19 December 1881, when the railway line from Caulfield was extended.[5] It remained a terminus until 1 August 1882, when the line was extended to Frankston.[5] Like the suburb itself, the station gets it name from an Indigenous word meaning 'near little sea', or from either a creek named Moodi or Marida.[8][9]

The Mordialloc station precinct has a number of heritage buildings and elements, including the cottage style historic station buildings (1882 and 1887), and the last remaining example of an Edwardian railway water tower (1910) in Victoria, also known as a "Type H" water tower.[10][11]

In 1979, a new bridge was provided over the Mordialloc Creek, located nearby in the down direction of the station.[5] In 1981, the goods yard was closed to traffic, and No.4 road was abolished and baulked.[5] By 1984, the overhead lines for No.4 road and the goods sidings were removed.[5]

In 1987, boom barriers were provided at both the McDonald Street and Bear Street level crossings, located in the up and down directions of the station respectively.[12] In June 1988, the former signal box, which was located at the down end of the station, was demolished, with the signal panel relocated to the main station building on Platform 1.[13]

On 5 December 1995, Mordialloc was upgraded to a premium station.[14]

On 9 September 2013, whilst travelling through the McDonald Street level crossing, a wagon on the Long Island steel train derailed, causing lengthy delays.[15][16] In October 2015, new accessible toilets were provided at the station.[17]

On 7 October 2021, the signal panel was abolished,[7] with control transferred to the Kananook Signal Control Centre.[18]

Announced in October 2022, Mordialloc will be elevated to remove 7 level crossings on the line. Further details, designs and a construction timeline will be released closer to the opening of the rebuilt station in 2029.[19]

Platforms and services

Mordialloc has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[20] A number of services terminate at Mordialloc and stable in the sidings south of the station.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Mordialloc station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates four routes via Mordialloc station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  • Station front and entrance to Platform 1 in September 2021
    Station front and entrance to Platform 1 in September 2021
  • Southbound view from Platform 1 in October 2021
    Southbound view from Platform 1 in October 2021
  • Station front and entrance to Platform 2 in May 2022
    Station front and entrance to Platform 2 in May 2022

References
  1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  3. Station patronage in Victoria for 2013-2018 Philip Mallis
  4. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  5. "Mordialloc". vicsig.net. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  6. Establishing a Railway Line to Mordialloc City of Kingston
  7. "Mordialloc Signal Box". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  8. "Mordialloc". Victorian Places. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  9. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  10. Chris Banger (November 1986). "Remains of Servicing Facilities from the Steam Era in Victoria". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 249.
  11. Mordialloc Railway Station City of Kingston
  12. "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1986. p. 213.
  13. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1988. p. 252.
  14. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
  15. "Frankston line chaos after freight train derails" - The Age
  16. Long delays expected as freight train is derailed on Frankston line - Herald Sun
  17. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 2016. p. 25.
  18. "Kananook Signal Control Centre". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  19. Tribune, The National (8 October 2022). "Making Frankston Line Level Crossing Free". The National Tribune. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  20. "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  21. "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  22. "705 Mordialloc - Springvale via Braeside & Clayton South". Public Transport Victoria.
  23. "706 Mordialloc - Aspendale - Edithvale - Chelsea". Public Transport Victoria.
  24. "708 Carrum - Hampton via Southland". Public Transport Victoria.
  25. "709 Mordialloc - Noble Park Station via Keysborough South". Public Transport Victoria.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mordialloc railway station, Melbourne.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.