| Cardinia Road | |
| Type: | PTV commuter rail station |
| Style: | Melbourne |
| Address: | The Parkway, Pakenham, Victoria 3810 |
| Borough: | Shire of Cardinia |
| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: | -38.0711°N 145.4375°W |
| Distance: | 53.68 kilometres from Southern Cross |
| Other: | Bus |
| Structure: | Ground |
| Platform: | 2 side |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Parking: | 450 |
| Bicycle: | Yes |
| Electrified: | July 1954 (1500 V DC overhead) |
| Accessible: | Yes—step free access |
| Code: | CDA |
| Owned: | VicTrack |
| Operator: | Metro Trains |
| Zone: | Myki Zone 2 |
| Status: | Operational, unstaffed |
| Web: | Public Transport Victoria |
| Map State: | expanded |
Cardinia Road railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Pakenham, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Cardinia Road station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 22 April 2012.[1]
Announced as part of the Victorian Transport Plan in 2008,[2] [3] construction works for the station officially commenced on 11 October 2010, when the then Minister for Public Transport, Martin Pakula, turned the first sod at the site.[4] On 10 June 2011, the name for the station was confirmed as Cardinia Road.[1] [5] On 15 April 2012, a community open day was held prior to opening,[6] with the station officially opening a week later, on 22 April.[1] Due to power supply issues, only selected peak-hour services stopped at the station,[1] [6] with a substation built later on in that year to allow all peak-hour services to stop.[6] [7]
In 1978, flashing light signals were provided at the former Cardinia Road level crossing, which was located at the up end of the station, with boom barriers being installed in 1986.[8] On 6 December 2020, as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project, the level crossing was grade separated, and replaced with a road overpass.[9] In February 2021, the boom barriers, flashing lights and bells were dismantled.[10]
Cardinia Road has two side platforms. It is served by Pakenham line trains.[11]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
By June 2025, it is planned that trains on the Pakenham line will be through-routed with those on the Sunbury line, via the new Metro Tunnel.
Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via Cardinia Road station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: