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Sandringham railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, and it opened on 2 September 1887.[1]

Sandringham
PTV commuter rail station
Station front and entrance in November 2021
General information
Location	Station Street, Sandringham, Victoria 3191 City of Bayside Australia
Coordinates	37°57′01″S 145°00′16″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Sandringham
Distance	19.16 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	139
Bicycle facilities	20
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	SHM
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	2 September 1887; 135 years ago (1887-09-02)
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (May 1919)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Hampton towards Flinders Street Sandringham line Terminus
Track layout Legend to Hampton Abbott Street 1

A signal box is located at the Flinders Street end of the station, whilst a stabling yard is located directly opposite to the station, stabling up to four trains overnight.

A tram service, operated by the Victorian Railways, ran from Sandringham station to Black Rock from 1919 until 1956.

Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Abbott Street level crossing, located at the Up end of the station, in 1967.[1]

On 17 June 1988, No. 5 road was abolished, leaving the platform road and 3 siding roads.[1]

It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 30 October 1995.[2]

On 9 March 2011, a Siemens Nexas train overshot one of the sidings and crashed into a Bendigo Bank branch.[3]

Platforms and services

Sandringham has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.[4]

Platform 1:

•  Sandringham line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates three routes via Sandringham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  600 : Westfield Southland – St Kilda station[5]
•  922 : Westfield Southland – St Kilda station[6]
•  923 : Westfield Southland – St Kilda station[7]

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Sandringham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  822 : to Chadstone Shopping Centre[8]

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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