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Prahran railway station (/pɛ'ræn) is a commuter railway station on the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Prahran, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Prahran station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 22 December 1860.
Initially opened as Greville Street, the station was given its current name of Prahran on 1 January 1867.
History
Prahran station opened on 22 December 1860, when the railway line from South Yarra was extended to Windsor. Like the suburb itself, the station was named from the Indigenous word ‘purraran’, believed to mean ‘almost surrounded by water’.
In 1962, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Greville Street level crossing, located at the up end of the station. The signal box that protected the level crossing was also abolished during that time.
In October 1979, automatic semaphore signals were replaced with light signals between Prahran and Windsor.
On 4 May 2010, as part of the 2010/2011 State Budget, $83.7 million was allocated to upgrade Prahran to a premium station, along with nineteen others. However, in March 2011, this was scrapped by the Baillieu Government.
Platforms and services
Prahran has two side platforms. It is served by Sandringham line trains.
Platform 1:
Sandringham line all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
Sandringham line all stations services to Sandringham
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates three routes via Prahran station:
: Moreland station – Glen Iris
: Melbourne University – Camberwell
: North Richmond – Balaclava
Gallery
References
External links
Melway map at street-directory.com.au
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Stasiun kereta api Hawksburn
- Prahran railway station
- Prahran
- Windsor railway station, Melbourne
- PRA
- Hawksburn railway station
- South Yarra railway station
- Holmesglen railway station
- East Richmond railway station, Melbourne
- St Kilda – Windsor railway line
- Prahran Market
