Prahran railway station

Prahran
View from platform 2 looking south in October 2014
Location Porter Street, Prahran
Coordinates 37°50′58″S 144°59′24″E / 37.8495°S 144.9899°E / -37.8495; 144.9899Coordinates: 37°50′58″S 144°59′24″E / 37.8495°S 144.9899°E / -37.8495; 144.9899
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Sandringham
Distance 6.72 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Connections Tram
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Status Host station
Station code PRA
Fare zone Myki zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 22 December 1860
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2008-2009) 0.946 million[1]
Passengers (2009-2010) 1.016 million[1] Increase 16.91%
Passengers (2010-2011) 1.150 million[1] Increase 3.98%
Passengers (2011-2012) 1.154 million[1] Increase 0.35%
Passengers (2012-2013) Not measured[1]
Passengers (2013-2014) 1.286 million[1] Increase 11.44%
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Sandringham line
towards Sandringham

Prahran railway station (/pɛ'ræn) is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Prahran opening on 22 December 1860 as Greville Street, being renamed Prahran on 1 January 1867.[2]

Automatic semaphore signals were replaced with light signals between Prahran and Windsor in October 1979.[3]

Platforms & services

Prahran has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains Sandringham line services travelling between Flinders Street and Sandringham.[4]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Yarra Trams operates three routes near Prahran Station along High,Commerical Road and Chapel Streets:

  • 6: Moreland - Glen Iris[5]
  • 72: Melbourne University to Cambrewell
  • 78: North Richmond - Balaclava [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. )
  2. ↑ Prahran Vicsig
  3. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1980. p. 77.
  4. ↑ Sandringham Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  5. ↑ "Routes". www.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  6. ↑ Route 78 North Richmond - Prahran timetable Public Transport Victoria
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