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.^[4]

Sandringham
PTV commuter rail station
Station building and entrance, July 2022
General information
Location	Station Street, Sandringham, Victoria 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
Accessible	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; 136 years ago (1887-09-02)
Electrified	May 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	467,871[1]
2006–2007	519,695[1]  11.07%
2007–2008	558,439[1]  7.45%
2008–2009	606,219[2]  8.55%
2009–2010	628,113[2]  3.61%
2010–2011	637,832[2]  1.54%
2011–2012	628,605[2]  1.44%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	684,135[2]  8.83%
2014–2015	711,458[1]  3.99%
2015–2016	940,831[2]  32.24%
2016–2017	940,819[2]  0.001%
2017–2018	904,339[2]  3.87%
2018–2019	875,538[2]  3.18%
2019–2020	813,600[2]  7.07%
2020–2021	350,400[2]  56.93%
2021–2022	423,250[3]  20.79%
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 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.^[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Sandringham House, which was inspired by landowner and parliamentarian Charles H. Jones who, between 1864–1871 and 1886–1889, was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.^[5][6]

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.^[4]

In 1967, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Abbott Street level crossing, located at the up end of the station.^[7] On 16 January 1968, a collision involving two Tait train sets occurred between Hampton and Sandringham.^[8][9]

On 17 June 1988, No. 5 road was abolished, leaving the platform road and three siding roads.^[4] 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:

•  Sandringham line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates three bus 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:

•  822 : to Chadstone Shopping Centre^[18]

References

1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
4. "Sandringham". Vicsig. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
5. "Sandringham". Victorian Places. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
6. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
7. John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
8. "MAN HURT WHEN TRAINS HIT". The Age. 17 January 1968. p. 6.
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. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
14. "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
15. "600 Southland Shopping Centre – St Kilda Station". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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.

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au