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{{Short description|Railway station in Melbourne, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = McKinnon
| type = [[Public Transport Victoria|PTV]] [[commuter rail]] station
| style = Melbourne
| style2 = Frankston
| image = McKinnon railway station Platform 2 (southern view)(13 December 2024).jpg
| caption = Southbound view from Platform 2, December 2024
| address = Station Avenue, [[McKinnon, Victoria|McKinnon]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] 3204
| borough = [[City of Glen Eira]]
| country = [[Australia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|-37.9104|145.0382|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}
| distance = 15.72 kilometres from [[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross]]
| line = {{rcb|Melbourne|Frankston|croute}}
| other = {{rint|melbourne|met bus|link=List of bus routes in Melbourne}} Bus
| structure = Below ground
| platform = 3 (1 [[Side platform|side]], 1 [[Island platform|island]])
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 3
| parking = 103
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = {{start date and age|1884|09|1|df=y}}
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1976 28 June 1987 1 August 2016 ([[Level Crossing Removal Project|LXRP]])
| electrified = 1500 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[Overhead line|overhead]] (June 1922)
| accessible = Yes—step free access
| code = MCK
| owned = [[VicTrack]]
| operator = [[Metro Trains Melbourne|Metro Trains]]
| zone = [[Myki]] Zone 1/2 overlap
| status = Operational, unstaffed
| former = McKinnon Road (1884-1885)
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 356,148<ref name="patronage2005-2015">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417090904/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view |date=17 April 2022 }} Department of Transport</ref>|pass_year = 2005-2006}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 385,714<ref name=patronage2005-2015/>|pass_year = 2006-2007|pass_percent = 8.3}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 423,365<ref name=patronage2005-2015/>|pass_year = 2007-2008|pass_percent = 9.76}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 452,000<ref name="patronage2008-2014">{{cite web|title=Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV/PTV%20docs/research/PTV-Station-by-Station-Fact-Sheet-accessible-version-2015.xls|publisher=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=1 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330211628/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV/PTV%20docs/research/PTV-Station-by-Station-Fact-Sheet-accessible-version-2015.xls|archive-date=30 March 2016|url-status=dead|format=XLS|date=14 May 2015|df=dmy-all}} (access from [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/about-ptv/ptv-data-and-reports/research-and-statistics/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103220141/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/about-ptv/ptv-data-and-reports/research-and-statistics/ |date=3 November 2016 }})</ref>|pass_year = 2008-2009|pass_percent = 6.76}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 464,000<ref name=patronage2008-2014/>|pass_year = 2009-2010|pass_percent = 2.65}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 462,000<ref name=patronage2008-2014/>|pass_year = 2010-2011|pass_percent = -0.43}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 428,000<ref name=patronage2008-2014/>|pass_year = 2011-2012|pass_percent = -7.36}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = Not measured<ref name=patronage2008-2014/>|pass_year = 2012-2013}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 457,000<ref name=patronage2008-2014/>|pass_year = 2013-2014|pass_percent = 6.78}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 448,084<ref name=patronage2005-2015/>|pass_year = 2014-2015|pass_percent = -1.95}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 314,203<ref name="patronage2015-2018">[https://philipmallis.com/blog/2019/02/14/station-patronage-in-victoria-2013-2018/ Station patronage in Victoria for 2013-2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405070553/https://philipmallis.com/blog/2019/02/14/station-patronage-in-victoria-2013-2018/ |date=5 April 2022 }} Philip Mallis</ref>|pass_year = 2015-2016|pass_percent = -29.87}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 404,492<ref name=patronage2015-2018/>|pass_year = 2016-2017|pass_percent = 28.74}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 485,711<ref name=patronage2015-2018/>|pass_year = 2017-2018|pass_percent = 20.08}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 450,450<ref name="patronage2021-2022">[https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306190204/https://discover.data.vic.gov.au//dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries |date=6 March 2023 }} Data Vic</ref>|pass_year = 2018-2019|pass_percent = -7.26}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 324,500<ref name="patronage2021-2022"/>|pass_year = 2019-2020|pass_percent = -27.96}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 173,200<ref name="patronage2021-2022"/>|pass_year = 2020-2021|pass_percent = -46.7}}
{{Rail pass box|passengers = 196,050<ref name="patronage2021-2022"/>|pass_year = 2021–2022|pass_percent = 13.19}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Melbourne|line=Frankston|left=Ormond|right=Bentleigh}}
| website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1119 Public Transport Victoria]
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'''McKinnon railway station''' is a [[commuter rail]]way station on the [[Frankston line]], which is part of the [[Railways in Melbourne|Melbourne railway network]]. It serves the south-eastern suburb of [[McKinnon, Victoria|McKinnon]], in [[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia. McKinnon station is a below ground unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an [[island platform]] with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 1 September 1884, with the current station provided in August 2016.<ref name="VicsigMcKinnon">{{cite web|url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/McKinnon|title=McKinnon|website=vicsig.net|access-date=13 January 2023|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104184700/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/McKinnon|url-status=live}}</ref>

Initially opened as '''McKinnon Road''', the station was given its current name of McKinnon on 14 December 1885.<ref name="VicsigMcKinnon">{{cite web|url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/McKinnon|title=McKinnon|website=vicsig.net|access-date=13 January 2023|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104184700/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/McKinnon|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==

McKinnon station opened on 1 September 1884, almost three years after the railway line from [[Caulfield railway station|Caulfield]] was extended to [[Mordialloc railway station|Mordialloc]].<ref name=VicsigMcKinnon/> The station gets its name from McKinnon Road, which was reputedly named after a local settler.<ref name="vpmckinnon">{{cite web|url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/mckinnon|title=McKinnon|publisher=Victorian Places|accessdate=13 January 2023|archive-date=10 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210105235/https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/mckinnon|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun">{{cite web|first=Jamie|last=First|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/the-az-story-of-melbournes-suburbs/news-story/6f7611b7df20e55ad02f5e9615885e21|title=The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs|publisher=[[Herald Sun]]|date=7 January 2014|accessdate=13 January 2023|archive-date=26 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226135637/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/the-az-story-of-melbournes-suburbs/news-story/6f7611b7df20e55ad02f5e9615885e21|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1928, mechanically-operated [[boom gate]]s were provided at the former McKinnon Road [[level crossing]], which was located at the [[Rail directions#Up and down|down]] end of the station.<ref name=VicsigMcKinnon/><ref name="WestonLangford">[https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/100564/ 100564: McKinnon Manual Boom Barriers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928032046/https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/100564/ |date=28 September 2021 }} Weston Langford Railway Photography</ref> It was the only instance of these types of gates being used at a level crossing in Victoria.<ref name=VicsigMcKinnon/> In 1974, they were replaced with conventional boom barriers.<ref name="newsrailfeb75">{{cite magazine|date=February 1975|title=Way & Works|magazine=[[Newsrail]]|publisher=[[Australian Railway Historical Society]]|page=47}}</ref>

During 1976, the down platform (Platform 3) at the former ground level station was provided.<ref name="newsrailjul76">{{cite magazine|date=July 1976|title=Works|magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|page=161}}</ref> Just over a decade later, on 28 June 1987, the up face of the former [[island platform]] was brought into use.<ref name="newsrailsep87">{{cite magazine|date=September 1987|title=Works|magazine=Newsrail|publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society|page=282}}</ref>

In May 2015, the [[Government of Victoria|Victorian State Government]] announced a [[Level Crossing Removal Project|grade separation project]] to replace the McKinnon Road level crossing, immediately south of the station. This included rebuilding the station.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carey|first1=Adam|title=Level crossings in Melbourne's south-east first to go in election to-do list|url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/first-to-go-level-crossings-in-melbournes-southeast-top-andrews-election-promise-todo-list-20150519-gh4t2r.html|accessdate=2015-11-24|work=[[The Age]]|date=2015-05-19}}</ref> On 1 August 2016, the rebuilt station opened.

==Platforms and services==
[[File:McKinnon railway station Platform 3 (southern view)(13 December 2024).jpg|thumb|left|Platform 3 at McKinnon station looking southbound, December 2024]]

McKinnon has one [[island platform]] with two faces and one [[side platform]]. Prior to being closed for its 2016 rebuild, in the morning peak-hour, [[Frankston railway station|Frankston]]-bound services used Platform 3, with [[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street]]-bound services using Platforms 1 and 2. At other times, Frankston-bound services used Platform 2.

Following the re-construction of [[Glen Huntly railway station|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 Melbourne|Metro Trains]]' [[Frankston line]] services.<ref>{{cite PTV route|Frankston|mode=train}}</ref>

===== Current =====
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left"
! colspan="6" style="background:#{{rcr|Melbourne}};background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}); " |McKinnon platform arrangement
|-
!Platform
!Line
!Destination
!Via
!Service Type
!Notes
|-
|'''1'''
|{{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
|[[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street]], [[Werribee railway station|Werribee]], [[Williamstown railway station|Williamstown]]
|[[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street]]
|All stations and limited express services
|
|-
|'''2'''
|{{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
|
|
|
|Services may occasionally stop at this platform. Peak hour services run express through this station.
|-
|'''3'''
|{{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
|[[Frankston railway station|Frankston]]
|
|All stations
|
|}

===== From 1 February 2026 =====
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left"
! colspan="6" style="background:#{{rcr|Melbourne}};background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}); " |McKinnon platform arrangement
|-
!Platform
!Line
!Destination
!Via
!Service Type
!Notes
|-
|'''1'''
|{{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
|[[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street]]
|[[City Loop]]
|All stations and limited express services
|
|-
|'''2'''
|{{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
|
|
|
|Services may occasionally stop at this platform. Peak hour services run express through this station.
|-
|'''3'''
|{{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
|[[Frankston railway station|Frankston]]
|
|All stations
|
|}

==Transport links==

[[CDC Melbourne]] operates one route via McKinnon station, under contract to [[Public Transport Victoria]]:
* {{color box|f68b1f|'''626'''|white}}: [[Middle Brighton railway station|Middle Brighton station]] – [[Chadstone Shopping Centre]]<ref>{{cite PTV route|626}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:McKinnon Railway Station.jpg|Northbound view from the former ground level Platform 3, January 2013, prior to the station's 2016 rebuild
File:Mckinnon Station August 2016 b.jpg|Northbound view from Platform 2, August 2016
File:K190 at McKinnon station Nov 2016 b.jpg|[[Victorian Railways K class|K190]] hauling heritage [[Tait (train)|Tait]] cars with [[Victorian Railways Dd class#The D3 class|D3 639]], arriving at McKinnon, November 2016

File:Mckinnonstationentrance2021 b.jpg|McKinnon station entrance, October 2021
File:McKinnon railway station concourse and entrance (13 December 2024).jpg|Station building, concourse and entrance from McKinnon Road, December 2024
File:McKinnon railway station main concourse (13 December 2024).jpg|Main concourse and entrance leading out to McKinnon Road, December 2024
File:McKinnon railway station Orange, Red and Yellow colours (13 December 2024).jpg|The red, orange and yellow of the primary colours of the station, December 2024
File:McKinnon railway station Platforms 1, 2 and 3 ramp entrances (13 December 2024).jpg|Ramp entrances to Platforms 1, 2 and 3, December 2024
File:McKinnon railway station ramp and stairs (northern exit)(13 December 2024).jpg|The ramps and stairs leading up to the concourse from Platform 3, December 2024
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd3/map.php?x=145.03827651239547&y=-37.910489960768956&l=13&mt=4 Melway map]

{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations|Frankston=y|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Australia opened in 1884]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the City of Glen Eira]]

McKinnon railway station - Revision history

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