| Sandringham | |
| Type: | PTV commuter rail station |
| Style: | Melbourne |
| Address: | Station Street, Sandringham, Victoria |
| Borough: | City of Bayside |
| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: | -37.9503°N 145.0044°W |
| Distance: | 19.16 kilometres from Southern Cross |
| Other: | Bus |
| Structure: | Ground |
| Platform: | 1 |
| Tracks: | 4 |
| Parking: | 139 |
| Bicycle: | 20 |
| Electrified: | May 1919 (1500 V DC overhead) |
| Accessible: | Yes—step free access |
| Code: | SHM |
| Owned: | VicTrack |
| Operator: | Metro Trains |
| Zone: | Myki Zone 2 |
| Status: | Operational, premium station |
| Website: | Public Transport Victoria |
| Map State: | expanded |
Sandringham railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, and it opened on 2 September 1887.[1]
A signal box is located at the up (Flinders Street) end of the station, whilst a stabling yard is located directly opposite to the station, stabling up to four trains overnight.
Sandringham station opened on 2 September 1887, when the railway line from Brighton Beach was extended.[1] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Sandringham House, which was inspired by landowner and parliamentarian Charles H. Jones who, between 1864–1871 and 1886–1889, was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[2] [3]
A tram service, operated by the Victorian Railways, operated from Sandringham to Black Rock from 1919 until 1956. In 1957, the station was closed to goods traffic.[1]
In 1967, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Abbott Street level crossing, located at the up end of the station.[4] On 16 January 1968, a collision involving two Tait train sets occurred between Hampton and Sandringham.[5] [6]
On 17 June 1988, No. 5 road was abolished, leaving the platform road and three siding roads.[1] On 30 October 1995, Sandringham was upgraded to a premium station.[7]
On 30 August 2002, Comeng motor carriage 500M was destroyed by fire as it travelled between Hampton and Sandringham.[8] [9]
On 9 March 2011, a Siemens Nexas train overshot one of the sidings and crashed into a branch of the Bendigo Bank.[10]
Sandringham has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.[11]
Platform 1:
Kinetic Melbourne operates three bus routes via Sandringham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Sandringham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: