Moorabbin railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, and opened on 19 December 1881 as South Brighton. It was renamed Moorabbin on 1 May 1907.[1]

Moorabbin
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view in October 2021
General information
Location	Station Street, Moorabbin, Victoria 3189 City of Kingston Australia
Coordinates	37°56′03″S 145°02′12″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Frankston
Distance	18.45 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	30
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	MRN
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	19 December 1881; 140 years ago (1881-12-19)
Rebuilt	21 December 1958
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (June 1922)
Previous names	South Brighton (1881-1907)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Patterson towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street Frankston line Highett towards Frankston
Track layout Legend to Patterson 1 3 2 to Highett

In the morning peak hour, Frankston-bound services use Platform 3, with Flinders Street-bound trains using Platforms 1 and 2. At other times, Frankston-bound trains use Platform 2. Two morning peak hour services from Flinders Street terminate at Moorabbin and return to the city.

In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic.[1] In the same year, former sidings "A" and "B" were booked out of use.[1]

In late 1958, the original station was relocated and placed in a deep cutting, coinciding with the construction of road overpasses for South Road and the Nepean Highway.[1] At that time, provision was made for a third platform on the eastern side of the cutting. The third platform finally came into use on 28 June 1987, when a third track from Caulfield was opened.[2][3]

On 6 December 1994, a fire destroyed all shops in the concourse.[4] The concourse was rebuilt and new shops were constructed. Moorabbin was upgraded to a Premium Station in 1998.[5]

The Station Street entrance and the bus interchange was re-built in 2014, as part of an upgrade program on the Frankston line.

Platforms and services

Moorabbin has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. All platforms are accessible from the concourse via a ramp. The concourse contains a ticket office, toilets and shops.

The station is served by Frankston line trains.[6]

Platform 1:

•  Frankston line  all stations services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown

Platform 2:

•  Frankston line  all stations services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown; all stations services to Frankston

Platform 3:

•  Frankston line  morning peak all stations services to Frankston

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates six routes via Moorabbin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  627 : to Chadstone Shopping Centre[7]
•  811 : Dandenong station – Brighton[8]
•  812 : Dandenong station – Brighton[9]
•  823 : North Brighton station – Westfield Southland[10]
•  824 : to Parkmore Shopping Centre[11]
•  825 : to Westfield Southland[12]

Gallery

• 
  View of the station (at upper right), looking south-east, in 1930
• 
  A rare sight: three trains at Moorabbin on the Family Fun Day in November 2016

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au