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Officer railway station is located on the Pakenham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Officer, and it opened on 4 August 1881 as Officer's Siding. It was renamed Officer on 13 February 1899.[1]

Officer
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view in August 2011
General information
Location	Station Street, Officer, Victoria 3809 Shire of Cardinia Australia
Coordinates	38°03′58″S 145°24′40″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Pakenham
Distance	51.45 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	20
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Unstaffed
Station code	OFC
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	4 August 1881; 141 years ago (1881-08-04)
Rebuilt	13 May 1956
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (July 1954)
Previous names	Officer's Siding (1881-1899)
Passengers
2013/2014	19,287  65.2%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Beaconsfield towards Flinders Street Pakenham line Cardinia Road towards Pakenham
Track layout Legend to Beaconsfield Station Street (Removing by 2025) Officer South drain 1 2 Gum Scrub Creek Gum Scrub Creek floodway to Cardinia Road

In 1955, the railway line between Officer and Pakenham was duplicated.[1] On 13 May 1956, the line between Officer and Berwick was duplicated. A new station was also provided east of the original site.[1]

Flashing signals were provided at the nearby Station Street/Officer South Road level crossing, located nearby in the Up direction of the station, in 1976.[2] A decade later, in 1986, boom barriers were provided.[3]

On 8 May 1987, a collision involving a Flinders Street bound Comeng train set and V/Line locomotive N457, operating an Up Traralgon service, occurred in the Down direction of the station.[4][5] 45 people were injured in the collision.[4][5] Comeng carriage 388M was later scrapped due to the collision, however, part of the carriage was later used as a café in the underpass at Werribee station.[6]

The former goods siding was taken out of service in 1988.[7] The main line points leading into the siding were spiked, and were removed at a later date.[7]

In 2011/2012, it was the second least used station on Melbourne's metropolitan system, with 55,000 passenger movements.[8]

On 29 July 2021, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the Station Street/Officer South Road level crossing will be closed to vehicle traffic by 2025, and will be replaced with a pedestrian crossing.[9][10]

Platforms and services

Officer has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham line services.[11]

Platform 1:

•  Pakenham line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Pakenham line  all stations services to Pakenham

It is planned to connect the Pakenham line to the Sunbury line, through the new Metro Tunnel, in late 2025.

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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