Cheltenham railway station, Melbourne

Cheltenham

Northbound view from Platform 3 in August 2012
Location Charman Road, Cheltenham
Coordinates 37°58′01″S 145°03′17″E / 37.9670°S 145.0547°E / -37.9670; 145.0547Coordinates: 37°58′01″S 145°03′17″E / 37.9670°S 145.0547°E / -37.9670; 145.0547
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Frankston
Distance 22.43 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 3 (2 side, 1 dock)
Tracks 3
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 300
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code CTM
Fare zone Myki zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 19 December 1881
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Frankston line
toward Frankston

Cheltenham railway station is located on the Frankston railway line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Cheltenham, and opened on 19 December 1881.[1][2] It was designated as a Premium station on 8 March 1996.[3]

There was previously a siding on the eastern side of the station, at the Flinders Street end.[4] The wiring for the siding was deactivated by 1980,[5] and was removed altogether by 1985.[6]

A signal panel was installed in the station building in 1972, to control trains terminating at Platform 1.[7]

Cheltenham station is a key part of the Cheltenham Major Activity Centre. In 2010, Kingston City Council proposed a major redevelopment of the station environs, including a new station forecourt with a terraced plaza, giving more prominence to the heritage listed buildings at the station, and a new taxi rank, similar to that at Mentone.[8] The proposal is yet to be implemented. More recently, in October 2015, the station toilets were refurbished.[9]

Accidents at Cheltenham Railway Station

On May 10, 2008 former Saddle Club star Jessica Jacobs died instantly from her injuries when she was hit by a train.[10] In 2012 four years after Jessie Jacobs died a motorist was killed after a train accidentally hit his car.[11]

Platforms & services


Cheltenham is served by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[12] It has two side platforms and one dock platform. The latter was served by one afternoon terminating service from Flinders Street, that returned empty to the city, but from 12 October 2014, extra weekday Flinders Street bound services began to use the platform.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Transdev Melbourne operates three bus routes via Cheltenham station:

Ventura Bus Lines operates four bus routes via Cheltenham station:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cheltenham Vicsig
  2. ↑ Cheltenham Railway Station Archived 13 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Kingston City Council
  3. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heritage Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  4. ↑ Cheltenham Interlocking Information Vicsig
  5. ↑ "Cheltenham". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1981. p. 114.
  6. ↑ "Glenhuntly to Parkdale 1985". The Met Signalling Diagram No 47’85. www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  7. ↑ Cheltenham Signal Box
  8. ↑ Cheltenham Structure Plan Draft Report 22 March 2010 Kingston City Council
  9. ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 2016. p. 25.
  10. ↑ Saddle Club actress killed by train
  11. ↑ Man dead after car crushed by peak-hour train at Cheltenham Station
  12. ↑ Frankston Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  13. ↑ Route 600 Southland Shopping Centre - St Kilda Station timetable Public Transport Victoria
  14. ↑ Route 922 Southland Shopping Centre - St Kilda Station timetable Public Transport Victoria
  15. ↑ Route 923 Southland Shopping Centre - St Kilda Station timetable Public Transport Victoria
  16. ↑ Route 811 Dandenong - Brighton timetable Public Transport Victoria
  17. ↑ Route 812 Dandenong - Brighton timetable Public Transport Victoria
  18. ↑ Route 822 Chadstone - Sandringham timetable Public Transport Victoria
  19. ↑ Route 828 Hampton - Berwick timetable Public Transport Victoria
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