Mentone railway station

Mentone is a railway station on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Mentone, and opened on 19 December 1881 as Balcombe Road.[2] It was renamed Balcombe on 1 September 1882, and took its present name on 7 January 1884. It is classed as a Premium station and it is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[3]

Mentone
Building on platform 1 prior to grade separation works
LocationComo Parade West, Mentone
Coordinates37°58′55″S 145°03′55″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Frankston
Distance24.36 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Parking300
Bicycle facilities8
Other information
StatusPremium station
Station codeMEN
Fare zoneMyki zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1881
Closed20 March 2020
Rebuilt20 July 2020
ElectrifiedYes
Previous names
  • Balcombe Road
  • Balcombe
Passengers
2008-20090.915 million[1]
2009-20100.927 million[1]  1.31%
2010-20110.980 million[1]  5.72%
2011-20121.031 million[1]  5.2%
2012-2013Not measured[1]
2013-20140.902 million[1]  12.51%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Cheltenham
towards Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Frankston line Parkdale
towards Frankston

A number of sidings and a head shunt were removed at the station in late 1984/early 1985.[4] A former siding also existed until the 1940s, running across Station Street to a timber yard.[4] The former adjacent railway crossing on Balcombe Road was the first in Melbourne to have boom gates.

Platforms & services

Mentone has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.[5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Station upgrade

Mentone Station closed from 8.15pm Friday 20 March 2020 until 20 July to allow for works to remove the three level crossings at Balcombe, Charman and Park Roads and to build a new Mentone station. The new station is now open and in operation. [6]

Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Mentone station:

Ventura Bus Lines operates four routes via Mentone station:

References
  1. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. "Mentone | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. Mentone Railway Station & Gardens Department of Transport, Planning & Local Infrastructure
  4. Works. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). January 1985. p. 28. ISSN 0310-7477.
  5. "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. Mentone Station closure Level Crossing Removal Project.
  7. "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. "708 Carrum - Hampton via Southland". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. "811 Dandenong - Brighton via Heatherton Road & Springvale". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "812 Dandenong - Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "825 Moorabbin - Southland via Black Rock & Mentone". Public Transport Victoria.
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