Caulfield railway station

Caulfield railway station is a railway station on the Gippsland and Stony Point trunk lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Caulfield East, and it opened on 7 May 1879.[4] In 2017-2018, it was the 7th busiest station in Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 4.7 million passenger movements.[3]

Caulfield
PTV commuter and regional rail station
Looking east from Platform 1, January 2021.
Location1 Sir John Monash Drive[1]
Caulfield East, Victoria 3145
Australia
Coordinates37°52′38″S 145°02′32″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance11.79 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks4
Train operators
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking130 spaces
Bicycle facilities10 racks
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusPremium Station
Station codeCFD
Fare zone1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened7 May 1879 (1879-05-07)
Electrified5 March 1922[2]
Passengers
2017-20184.708 million[3]  3.6%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
South Yarra
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line Carnegie
towards Pakenham
Cranbourne line Carnegie
towards Cranbourne
Malvern
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Glenhuntly
towards Frankston
Preceding station V/Line Following station
Richmond
towards Southern Cross
 Bairnsdale line Clayton
Limited services
towards Bairnsdale
Dandenong
towards Bairnsdale
Traralgon line Clayton
towards Traralgon
Official nameCaulfield Railway Station Complex
CriteriaA, B, C, D, E
Designated20 August 1982
Reference no.H1665[1]

The station is located adjacent to the Caulfield campus of Monash University and Caulfield Racecourse. It is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[5]

The small brick building on Platform 1, near the main platform building, was provided in 1974. It originally served as a race ticket office.[6]

Caulfield was upgraded to a Premium Station on 13 June 1996, although the enclosed waiting area and ticket facilities were built in 1993 as part of the 'Travel Safe' program.[7] The station underwent a minor refurbishment in 1994.[8]

Platforms and services

Caulfield has two side platforms and one island platform with two faces. It is served by Metro Trains' Pakenham,[9] Frankston,[10] and Cranbourne[11] line trains. It is also served by V/Line's Traralgon and Bairnsdale trains.[12]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Platform 4:

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Caulfield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

CDC Melbourne and Ventura Bus Lines operate one route to and from Caulfield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Yarra Trams operates one route via Caulfield station

  • Eastbound view from platform 2 in January 2011

References
  1. "Caulfield Railway Station Complex". Victorian Heritage Database. Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. "Caulfield". Vicsig. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. "Station patronage in Victoria for 2013-2018". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. Caulfield Vicsig
  5. Caulfield Railway Station Complex Department of Transport, Planning & Local Infrastructure
  6. "Way & Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1974. p. 137.
  7. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  8. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1994. p. 184.
  9. "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. Traralgon – Melbourne Public Transport Victoria
  13. "624 Kew - Oakleigh via Caulfield & Carnegie & Darling and Chadstone (From 4-11-2018)". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "900 Stud Park SC (Rowville) - Caulfield via Monash University & Chadstone (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "3-3a Melbourne University - East Malvern". Public Transport Victoria.
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