Sandown Park railway station, Melbourne

Sandown Park railway station is a railway station on the Gippsland line in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the boundary of the south-eastern suburbs of Springvale and Noble Park, opening in 1889 as Oakleigh Racecourse. It was renamed to Sandown Park in 1892.[2]

Sandown Park
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view in June 2014
Location	Lightwood Road Springvale, Victoria 3171 Australia
Coordinates	37°57′24″S 145°09′48″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Gippsland line
Distance	25.68 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Train operators	Metro Trains
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	250 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	SNP
Fare zone	2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1889 (1889)
Rebuilt	19 June 1965
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead
Previous names	Oakleigh Racecourse
Traffic
Passengers (2008–2009)	404,269[1]
Passengers (2009–2010)	440,579[1]  8.98%
Passengers (2010–2011)	443,853[1]  0.74%
Passengers (2011–2012)	411,211[1]  7.35%
Passengers (2012–2013)	Not measured[1]
Passengers (2013–2014)	526,464[1]  28.03%
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Springvale towards Flinders Street Pakenham line Noble Park towards Pakenham Cranbourne line Noble Park towards Cranbourne

The station was built to service Sandown Racecourse. In addition to the two main lines, there was a signal box and booking office, and two sidings each over 600 metres long on the eastern side of the tracks, for the stabling of special race trains. The station had no platform on the up track, instead having an island platform on the down track, the other face serving one of the sidings on the eastern side.[3]

The station was only used for racecourse traffic and closed in May 1955. In June 1965 it reopened for general passenger traffic as an island platform.[2] The station once had a second exit and subway at the up end of the platform but that has since been closed and filled in. Nearby towards Noble Park, the Corrigan Road's level crossing removal in 2018 was part of the Victorian Government's Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP).