| Moorabbin | |
| Type: | PTV commuter rail station |
| Style: | Melbourne |
| Address: | Station Street, Moorabbin, Victoria 3189 |
| Borough: | City of Kingston |
| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: | -37.9343°N 145.0367°W |
| Distance: | 18.45 kilometres from Southern Cross |
| Other: | Bus |
| Structure: | Below ground |
| Platform: | 3 (1 side, 1 island) |
| Tracks: | 3 |
| Parking: | 30 |
| Bicycle: | Yes |
| Rebuilt: | 21 December 1958 |
| Electrified: | June 1922 (1500 V DC overhead) |
| Accessible: | No—steep ramp |
| Code: | MRN |
| Owned: | VicTrack |
| Operator: | Metro Trains |
| Zone: | Myki Zone 2 |
| Status: | Operational, premium station |
| Former: | South Brighton (1881–1907) |
| Website: | Public Transport Victoria |
| Map State: | expanded |
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 unstaffed 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.[1]
Initially opened as South Brighton, the station was given its current name of Moorabbin on 1 May 1907.[2]
Moorabbin station opened on 19 December 1881, when the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Mordialloc.[1] Like the suburb itself, the station's name was derived from an Indigenous word meaning 'mother's milk'.[3] [4]
In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic.[1] In that same year, former sidings "A" and "B" were booked out of use.[1]
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.[1] 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.[5] [6]
In the early hours of 6 December 1994, a fire destroyed all shops in the concourse.[7] [8] The concourse was rebuilt and new shops were constructed. In 1998, Moorabbin was upgraded to a premium station.[9]
In 2014, the Station Street entrance and the bus interchange was re-built, as part of an upgrade program on the Frankston line.
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.[10]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Platform 3:
Ventura Bus Lines operates six routes via Moorabbin station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: