Sandringham railway station

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.[6]

Sandringham
PTV commuter rail station
Station front and entrance in July 2022
General information
LocationStation Street,
Sandringham, Victoria 3191
City of Bayside
Australia
Coordinates37°57′01″S 145°00′16″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance19.16 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking139
Bicycle facilities20
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeSHM
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened2 September 1887 (1887-09-02)
ElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005-2006467,871[1]
2006-2007519,695[1] Increase 11.07%
2007-2008558,439[1] Increase 7.45%
2008-2009606,000[2] Increase 8.51%
2009-2010628,000[2] Increase 3.63%
2010-2011638,000[2] Increase 1.59%
2011-2012629,000[2] Decrease 1.41%
2012-2013Not measured[2]
2013-2014684,000[2] Increase 8.74%
2014-2015711,458[1] Increase 4.01%
2015-2016940,832[3] Increase 32.24%
2016-2017938,242[3] Decrease 0.27%
2017-2018904,339[3] Decrease 3.61%
2018-2019875,550[4] Decrease 3.18%
2019-2020813,600[4] Decrease 7.08%
2020-2021350,400[4] Decrease 56.9%
2021–2022423,250[5] Increase 20.79%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Hampton
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line Terminus

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

History

Sandringham station opened on 2 September 1887, when the railway line from Brighton Beach was extended.[6] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Sandringham House, which was inspired by landowner and parliamentarian Charles H. Jones, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 1864-1871 and 1886-1889.[7][8]

A tram service, operated by the Victorian Railways, operated from Sandringham to Black Rock from 1919 until 1956. In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic.[6]

In 1967, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Abbott Street level crossing, located at the Up end of the station.[6] On 16 January 1968, a collision involving two Tait train sets occurred between Hampton and Sandringham.[9]

On 17 June 1988, No. 5 road was abolished, leaving the platform road and three siding roads.[6] On 30 October 1995, Sandringham was upgraded to a Premium Station.[10]

On 30 August 2002, Comeng motor carriage 500M was destroyed by fire as it travelled between Hampton and Sandringham.[11][12]

On 9 March 2011, a Siemens Nexas train overshot one of the sidings and crashed into a branch of the Bendigo Bank.[13]

Platforms and services

Sandringham has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.[14]

Platform 1:

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

  •  600 : Westfield Southland – St Kilda station[15]
  •  922 : Westfield Southland – St Kilda station[16]
  •  923 : Westfield Southland – St Kilda station[17]

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

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. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  6. "Sandringham". Vicsig. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. "Sandringham". Victorian Places. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  9. "Delays, Derailments". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1968. p. 9.
  10. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
  11. "Train fire leaves million-dollar bill". Herald Sun. 1 September 2002. p. 22.
  12. "Suburban Trains". Vicsig. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  13. Mawby, Nathan; Firkin, Katherine (10 March 2011). "Metro train ploughs into Bendigo Bank in Sandringham". Herald Sun.
  14. "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "600 Mildura City - Mildura Central SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "922 Southland SC - St Kilda Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "923 Southland SC - St Kilda Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "822 Chadstone SC - Sandringham via Murrumbeena & Southland SC (From 02-12-2018)". Public Transport Victoria.
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