Toorak railway station
Toorak railway station is a railway station on the Gippsland line in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Armadale (despite the name), opening on 7 May 1879.[1]
Toorak | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view from platform 1 in June 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Beatty Avenue, Armadale | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°51′04″S 145°00′50″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Frankston | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 7.91 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 side, 1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Tram | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | TOR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 7 May 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Freight traffic was withdrawn at Toorak on 30 June 1977.[2]
As the station is located in Armadale, suggestions have been raised in the past about renaming the station, including naming the station after Albert Jacka, Australia's first recipient of the Victoria Cross, and was mayor of the nearby City of St Kilda.[3]
Platforms & services
Toorak has four platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston[4] line services.
Platform 1:
- Frankston line all stations services to Flinders Street, Werribee and Williamstown
Platform 2:
- Frankston line : all stations services to Frankston
Platforms 3 & 4:
- No services. Pakenham and Cranbourne line services at this station ended at around 3 am on 31 January 2021.
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates one route via Toorak station:
References
- Toorak Vicsig
- "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1977. p. 183.
- "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1976. p. 138.
- "Frankston Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- "72 Melbourne University - Camberwell". Public Transport Victoria.
External links
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
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