Dandenong railway station
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Dandenong railway station is a commuter, regional railway station and the junction point of the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, which are both part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Dandenong, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Dandenong station is a ground level premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 8 October 1877, with the current station provided in 1995.<ref name="vicsigdandenong">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A number of train stabling sidings are located near the station, including to the north of the station on either side of the railway line, as well as parallel to the platforms. A little-used goods yard was once located to the south of the station.<ref name=vicsigdandenong/>
The disused General Motors station was situated between Dandenong and Hallam.
History
Dandenong opened as one of the original stations on the Melbourne to Sale railway line. In 1892, the South Gippsland line opened from Dandenong. Like the suburb itself, the station name derives either from an Indigenous word believed to mean "lofty mountains",<ref name="vpdandenong">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> or the Woiwurrung word "Tanjenong", which was the name of a local creek.<ref name="heraldsun">Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1922, the line from Oakleigh to Dandenong was electrified.<ref name=vicsigdandenong/> In 1954, electrification was extended to Warragul, then onwards to Traralgon.<ref name=vicsigdandenong/> Trains beyond Dandenong were generally hauled by L class electric locomotives, and were principally used for passenger services and briquette traffic, using coal from the large open cut coal mines in the Latrobe Valley. In 1956, the line was duplicated to Narre Warren.<ref name=vicsigdandenong/>
In 1972, the down end of Platform 1 was extended.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> On 19 January 1975, electrified suburban services were extended to Pakenham.<ref name="newsrailfeb75">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Occurring in that year, the station buildings were reconstructed.<ref name=vicrail6283>Template:Cite book</ref>
During 1994-1995, the station was again rebuilt, as part of the Cranbourne electrification project.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The rebuild included the demolition of the former Southern Aurora Hotel (completed in May 1993),<ref name="newsrailaug94">Template:Cite magazine</ref> the removal of the former timber station building (completed in April 1994),<ref name=newsrailaug94/> and filling-in the pedestrian underpass at the down end of the station.<ref name=newsrailaug94/> On 24 March 1995, the rebuilt station was opened by the then Prime Minister Paul Keating.<ref name="theage">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>"Cranbourne Electrification Opened" Railway Digest, May 1995, page 16</ref><ref name="newsrailoct97">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
During the 2017/2018 financial year, Dandenong was the twelfth-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with almost 2.2 million passenger movements.<ref>Station Patronage Research Template:Webarchive Public Transport Victoria</ref>
Facilities, platforms and services
Dandenong has one side platform and one island platform with two faces. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs and lifts from an overhead concourse. The side platform (Platform 3) has a kiosk and an enclosed waiting room, containing a customer service window and toilets.
Dandenong is served by Cranbourne and Pakenham line trains,<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref><ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> and by V/Line Traralgon and Bairnsdale trains.<ref>Traralgon – Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria</ref><ref>Bairnsdale – Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria</ref>
Up until mid-late 2019, the unique configuration of the tracks at both ends of the station allowed trains to depart from any platform, in any direction. Since then, Pakenham bound services can no longer depart from Platform 1.
Current
| colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr); " |Dandenong platform arrangement | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | Line | Destination | Via | Service Type |
| 1 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
Flinders Street | City Loop | All stations and limited express services |
| 2 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
Flinders Street | City Loop | All stations and limited express services |
| Template:RouteBox | Southern Cross | Flinders Street | ||
| 3 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
East Pakenham, Cranbourne | All stations | |
| Template:RouteBox | Traralgon, Bairnsdale |
From 30 November 2025 to 1 February 2026
| colspan="7" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr); " |Hallam platform arrangement | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | Line | Destination | Via | Service Pattern | Notes | Source |
| 1 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
Flinders Street | City Loop | Limited express services | ||
| Template:RouteBox (weekends only) | West Footscray, Sunbury | Town Hall | Limited express services | Between 10:00am and 7:00pm on weekends | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
Flinders Street | City Loop | Limited express services | ||
| Template:RouteBox (weekends only) | West Footscray, Sunbury | Town Hall | Limited express services | Between 10:00am and 7:00pm on weekends | <ref name=":1"/> | |
| Template:RouteBox | Southern Cross | Flinders Street | ||||
| 3 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
East Pakenham, Cranbourne | All stations | |||
| Template:RouteBox | Traralgon, Bairnsdale |
From 1 February 2026
| colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr, #Template:Rcr); " |Pakenham platform arrangement | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | Line | Destination | Via | Service Type |
| 1 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray | Town Hall | All stations and limited express services |
| 2 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
Sunbury, Watergardens, West Footscray | Town Hall | All stations and limited express services |
| Template:RouteBox | Southern Cross | Flinders Street | ||
| 3 | Template:RouteBox Template:RouteBox |
East Pakenham, Cranbourne | All stations | |
| Template:RouteBox | Traralgon, Bairnsdale |
Transport links
Cranbourne Transit operates three bus routes to and from Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
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- Template:Color box: to Casey Central<ref name="ptv892">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Color box: to Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre<ref name="ptv893">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- SmartBus Template:Color box: Frankston station – Melbourne Airport<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
Ventura Bus Lines operates twenty routes via Dandenong station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- Template:Color box: to Chadstone Shopping Centre<ref name="ptv800">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Color box: to Chadstone Shopping Centre<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Chadstone Shopping Centre<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Brighton<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Brighton<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Springvale South<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: Hampton station – Berwick station<ref name="ptv828">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Color box: to Endeavour Hills<ref name="ptv843">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Color box: to Doveton<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Endeavour Hills<ref name="ptv845">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Color box: to Brandon Park Shopping Centre<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Glen Waverley station<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: to Chelsea station<ref name="ptv857">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Color box: to Endeavour Hills<ref name="ptv861">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Color box: to Chadstone Shopping Centre<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Night Bus Template:Color box: to Clayton station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)<ref name="ptv978">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Night Bus Template:Color box: to Clayton station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)<ref name="ptv979">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Night Bus Template:Color box: to Cranbourne (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)<ref name="ptv981">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Night Bus Template:Color box: to Cranbourne (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)<ref name="ptv982">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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V/Line operates two coach services to and from Dandenong station:
- Cowes<ref name="ptv1720">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Inverloch<ref name=ptv1720/>
Gallery
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Station entrance and building, November 2005
References
External links
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