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North Brighton railway station

North Brighton railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Brighton, and it opened on 19 December 1859 as Bay Street. It was renamed North Brighton on 1 January 1867, renamed Brighton on 1 December 1908, and renamed North Brighton on 1 January 1920.[4]

North Brighton
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1, February 2016
General information
LocationBay Street,
Brighton, Victoria 3186
City of Bayside
Australia
Coordinates37°54′17″S 145°00′09″E / 37.9046°S 145.0026°E / -37.9046; 145.0026
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance13.24 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
  • SkyBus (airport bus)#Peninsula Express SkyBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking130
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeNBN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1859; 164 years ago (1859-12-19)
ElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesBay Street (1859–1866)
Brighton (1908–1919)
Passengers
2005–2006669,180[1]
2006–2007746,442[1] Increase 11.54%
2007–2008801,042[1] Increase 7.31%
2008–2009766,105[2] Decrease 4.36%
2009–2010800,521[2] Increase 4.49%
2010–2011835,157[2] Increase 4.32%
2011–2012821,694[2] Decrease 1.61%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014650,446[2] Decrease 20.84%
2014–2015662,193[1] Increase 1.8%
2015–2016755,217[2] Increase 14.04%
2016–2017737,258[2] Decrease 2.37%
2017–2018717,895[2] Decrease 2.62%
2018–2019665,649[2] Decrease 7.27%
2019–2020554,050[2] Decrease 16.76%
2020–2021246,150[2] Decrease 55.57%
2021–2022291,000[3] Increase 18.22%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Gardenvale
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line Middle Brighton
towards Sandringham
Track layout
Legend
to Gardenvale
1
2
Bay Street
to Middle Brighton

History edit

North Brighton station opened on 19 December 1859, when the railway line was extended from Windsor.[4] It remained a terminus until 21 December 1861, when the line was extended to Brighton Beach.[4]

In 1956, the station was closed to goods services.[4] In 1959, a crossover at the station was abolished.[4] In 1963, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Bay Street level crossing,[5] located at the down end of the station, with the signal box also abolished at the same time.[5]

On 4 May 2010, as part of the 2010/2011 State Budget, $83.7 million was allocated to upgrade North Brighton to a premium station, along with nineteen others.[6][7] However, in March 2011, this was scrapped by the Baillieu Government.[8]

Platforms and services edit

North Brighton has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.[9]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links edit

CDC Melbourne operates one bus route via North Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  626 : Middle Brighton station – Chadstone Shopping Centre[10]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via North Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via North Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

SkyBus also operates a service to Melbourne Airport via North Brighton station.[14]

Gallery edit

  •  
    Southbound view from Platform 1 in October 2014

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c d e "North Brighton". vicsig.net. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  6. ^ "New premium stations for Metro". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. ^ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 2010. p. 165.
  8. ^ Gardiner, Ashley; Wright, Anne (25 March 2011). "Premier Ted Baillieu says armed guards will create 'culture of safety'". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ "626 Middle Brighton – Chadstone via McKinnon & Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  11. ^ "922 Southland SC - St Kilda Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "703 Middle Brighton - Blackburn via Bentleigh & Clayton & Monash University". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ^ "823 North Brighton - Southland via Moorabbin". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ "Peninsula Express locations". SkyBus. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

External links edit

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