Moorabbin railway station

Moorabbin railway station is a commuter railway station on the Frankston line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Moorabbin, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Moorabbin station is a ground-level premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 19 December 1881, with the current station provided in 1958.<ref name="VicsigMoorabbin">Template:Cite web</ref>

Initially opened as South Brighton, the station was given its current name of Moorabbin on 1 May 1907.<ref name="VicsigMoorabbin">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Moorabbin station opened on 19 December 1881, when the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Mordialloc.<ref name=VicsigMoorabbin/> Like the suburb itself, the station's name was derived from an Indigenous word meaning 'mother's milk'.<ref name="vpmoorabbin">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="heraldsun">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic.<ref name=VicsigMoorabbin/> In that same year, former sidings "A" and "B" were booked out of use.<ref name=VicsigMoorabbin/>

In late 1958, the original station was relocated and placed in a deep cutting, coinciding with the construction of road overpasses for South Road and the Nepean Highway.<ref name=VicsigMoorabbin/> At that time, provision was made for a third platform on the eastern side of the cutting. On 28 June 1987, the third platform finally came into use, when a third track from Caulfield was provided.<ref>City of Kingston Heritage Study Stage 1 pages = 39, 42 City of Kingston</ref><ref name="newsrailsep87">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In the early hours of 6 December 1994, a fire destroyed all shops in the concourse.<ref name="theage">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="hs2">Template:Cite news</ref> The concourse was rebuilt and new shops were constructed. In 1998, Moorabbin was upgraded to a premium station.<ref name="newsrailoct97">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 2014, the Station Street entrance and the bus interchange was re-built, as part of an upgrade program on the Frankston line.

Platforms and services

Moorabbin has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. All platforms are accessible from the concourse via a ramp. The concourse contains a ticket office, toilets and shops.

Until 2023, in the morning peak-hour, Frankston-bound services used Platform 3, with Flinders Street-bound services using Platforms 1 and 2. At other times, Frankston-bound trains used Platform 2. Two morning peak-hour services from Flinders Street terminated at Moorabbin and return to the city.

Following the re-construction of Glen Huntly station in July 2023, Frankston-bound services use Platform 3, while Platform 2 is not regularly used and non-stopping express trains pass the platform in the peak hour.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street, Werribee, Williamstown	Flinders Street	All stations and limited express services
2	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street		Select all stations services
3	Template:RouteBox	Frankston		All stations

From 1 February 2026

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |Moorabbin platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
2	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street		Select all stations services
3	Template:RouteBox	Frankston		All stations

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates six routes via Moorabbin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Template:Color box: to Chadstone Shopping Centre<ref name="cite PTV route|824">Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• Template:Color box: Dandenong station – Brighton<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• Template:Color box: Dandenong station – Brighton<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• Template:Color box: North Brighton station – Westfield Southland<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• Template:Color box: to Parkmore Shopping Centre<ref name="cite PTV route|824"/>
• Template:Color box: to Westfield Southland<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Gallery

• 
  Aerial view of the station (at upper right), looking south-east, 1930
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  Southbound view from Platform 2, June 2014
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  A rare sight: three trains at Moorabbin during the Family Fun Day, November 2016
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  Station shelters on Platform 1, November 2017

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au