Sandown Park railway station, Melbourne
{{short description|Railway station in Melbourne, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Sandown Park
| type = PTV commuter rail station
| style = Melbourne
| image = Sandown Park railway station Platform 2 (south-east view)(7 October 2024).jpg
| caption = South-east bound view from Platform 2, October 2024
| address = Lightwood Road,
Springvale, Victoria 3171
| borough = City of Greater Dandenong
| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{Coord|display=inline,title|-37.9568|145.1632|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC}}
| owned = VicTrack
| operator = Metro Trains
| line = {{plainlist|
- {{rcb|Melbourne|Cranbourne|croute}}
- {{rcb|Melbourne|Pakenham|croute}}
}}
| distance = 25.68 kilometres from
Southern Cross
| platforms = 2 (1 island)
| tracks = 2
| connections =
| structure = At-grade
| depth =
| levels =
| parking = 250 spaces
| bicycle = Yes
| accessible = No — steep ramp
| electrified = December 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
| status = Operational, unstaffed
| code = SNP
| zone = Myki Zone 2
| website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1172 Public Transport Victoria]
| opened = {{start date and age|1965|06|19|df=y}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| former = Oakleigh Racecourse (1889-1892)
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 415,698[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19] Department of Transport|pass_year = 2005–2006}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 466,021|pass_year = 2006–2007|pass_percent = 12.1}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 455,989|pass_year = 2007–2008|pass_percent = -2.15}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 404,270[https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021] Philip Mallis|pass_year = 2008–2009|pass_percent = -11.34}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 440,579|pass_year = 2009–2010|pass_percent = 8.98}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 443,853|pass_year = 2010–2011|pass_percent = 0.74}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 411,211|pass_year = 2011–2012|pass_percent = -7.35}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = Not measured|pass_year = 2012–2013}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 526,464|pass_year = 2013–2014|pass_percent = 28.02}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 504,513|pass_year = 2014–2015|pass_percent = -4.16}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 571,573|pass_year = 2015–2016|pass_percent = 13.29}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 607,300|pass_year = 2016–2017|pass_percent = 6.25}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 527,513|pass_year = 2017–2018|pass_percent = -13.13}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 537,382|pass_year = 2018–2019|pass_percent = 1.87}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 443,950|pass_year = 2019–2020|pass_percent = -17.38}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 178,800|pass_year = 2020–2021|pass_percent = -59.72}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 189,600[https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)] Data Vic|pass_year = 2021–2022|pass_percent = 6.04}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 315,850|pass_year = 2022–2023|pass_percent = 66.58}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Melbourne
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|line2=Cranbourne|left2=Springvale|right2=Noble Park
}}
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Sandown Park railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, which are part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Springvale, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Sandown Park station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened 19 June 1965.{{cite web|url=http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Sandown-Park|title=Sandown Park|website=vicsig.net|access-date=22 January 2023}}{{cite magazine|date=May 2005|title=Sandown Park|author=David Langley|magazine=Somersault|publisher=Signalling Record Society Victoria|pages=45–50}}
History
=1889-1955=
Sandown Park originally opened on 12 August 1889 as Oakleigh Racecourse. It was renamed Sandown Park in 1892. Named after Sandown Park in Surrey, England,{{cite web|url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/sandown-park|title=Sandown Park|publisher=Victorian Places|accessdate=22 January 2023}} the station was built to service the nearby Sandown Racecourse, and was only used for racecourse traffic.
Upon opening, the station did not feature in any timetables for the Eastern line. By 1892, it was featured in timetables for the first time.
By 1909, in addition to the two main lines, there was a signal box and booking office located at the up end of the station, and two sidings each over 600 metres long on the eastern side of the tracks, for the stabling of special race services. The station had no platform on the up track, instead having an island platform on the down track, with the other face serving one of the sidings on the eastern side.Victorian Railways signalling diagram – {{cite web|url=http://www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com/mywebpages/vr/Metropolitan/743%2709.htm|title=Sandown Park 743'09|publisher=www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com|accessdate=2009-07-12}}
By 1929, four sidings existed at the down end of the station, parallel to the main lines. In 1937, a crossover at the down end of the station was abolished and, in 1943, three sidings that adjoined the back platform road were abolished. By 1954, the back platform road and the remaining siding were placed out of use. On 16 May 1955, Sandown Park was closed.
=1965-present=
On 19 June 1965, Sandown Park reopened as an island platform, coinciding with the first race day meeting at the adjacent racecourse.{{cite news|title=Strollalong to miss at Sandown|last=Kennedy|first=Tony|date=19 June 1965|page=1|work=The Age}}{{cite news|title=Endurance Stakes at Sandown|date=21 June 1965|page=20|work=The Age}} Like the first station, it was open for passengers on race days only. On October 4 of that year, it was opened for general passenger traffic.
The station once had a second exit and a pedestrian underpass at the up end of the platform, but that has since been closed and filled in.
Nearby, towards Noble Park, the Corrigan Road level crossing was removed in 2018, as part of the Victorian Government's Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP).{{cite web|url=https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/level-crossing-removal-project/projects/corrigan-road-noble-park|title=Corrigan Road, Noble Park|website=Victoria's Big Build|access-date=25 October 2024}}
Platforms and services
File:Sandown Park railway station Platform 2 PID (7 October 2024).jpg on Platform 2 displaying an East Pakenham-bound service, October 2024]]
File:HCMT set 47 arriving at Sandown Park railway station (7 October 2024).jpg on a Flinders Street via City Loop-bound service arrives at Platform 1, October 2024]]
Sandown Park has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Cranbourne and Pakenham line services.{{cite PTV route|Pakenham|mode=train}}{{cite PTV route|Cranbourne|mode=train}}
Platform 1:
- {{RouteBox|Cranbourne line|Cranbourne line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Cranbourne}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
- {{RouteBox|Pakenham line|Pakenham railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- {{RouteBox|Cranbourne line|Cranbourne line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Cranbourne}}|white}} all stations services to Cranbourne
- {{RouteBox|Pakenham line|Pakenham line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}|white}} all stations and limited express services to East Pakenham
Future services:
In addition to the current services, the PTV Network Development Plan proposes linking the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines to both the Sunbury line and under-construction Melbourne Airport rail link via the Metro Tunnel.{{Cite web |date=December 2012 |title=Network Development Plan Metropolitan Rail Overview |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV-default-site/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/PTV_Network-Development-Plan_Metropolitan-Rail_Overview_2016update.pdf |access-date=13 February 2023 |website=Public Transport Victoria |archive-date=19 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919131436/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV-default-site/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/PTV_Network-Development-Plan_Metropolitan-Rail_Overview_2016update.pdf |url-status=live }}
- {{RouteBox|Sunbury line|Sunbury line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}|white}} express services to West Footscray and Sunbury (2025 onwards)
- {{RouteBox|Airport line|Melbourne Airport rail link|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}|white}} express services to Melbourne Airport (2033 onwards)
Gallery
File:Sandown Park Railway Station.jpg|South-east bound view from Platform 2, June 2014
File:Sandown Park railway station Platform 1 (north-west view)(7 October 2024).jpg|North-west bound view from Platform 1, October 2024
File:Sandown Park railway station Platform 2 building (7 October 2024).jpg|Station building on Platform 2, October 2024
File:V-Line VLocity 2101 passes Sandown Park railway station (7 October 2024).jpg|A V/Line VLocity set on a Traralgon-bound service passes Platform 2, October 2024
File:Sandown Park railway station entrance (7 October 2024).jpg|Station entrance and interior building to the platforms, October 2024
File:Sandown Park railway station entrance from underpass (7 October 2024).jpg|The entrance ramp to the platforms from the underpass, October 2024
File:Sandown Park railway station underpass and entrance (7 October 2024).jpg|Station entrance and underpass to the platforms, October 2024
References
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External links
- [http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd3/map.php?x=145.1625431792359&y=-37.95635662749976&l=13&mt=4 Melway map] at street-directory.com.au
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