North Brighton railway station

North Brighton railway station is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Brighton, and it opened on 19 December 1859 as Bay Street. It was renamed North Brighton on 1 January 1867, renamed Brighton on 1 December 1908, and renamed North Brighton on 1 January 1920.[4]

North Brighton
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1 in February 2016
General information
LocationBay Street,
Brighton, Victoria 3186
City of Bayside
Australia
Coordinates37°54′17″S 145°00′09″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance13.24 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
  • SkyBus (airport bus)#Peninsula Express SkyBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking130
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeNBN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1859 (1859-12-19)
ElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesBay Street (1859–1866)
Brighton (1908–1919)
Passengers
2005–2006669,180[1]
2006–2007746,442[1] Increase 11.54%
2007–2008801,042[1] Increase 7.31%
2008–2009766,105[2] Decrease 4.36%
2009–2010800,521[2] Increase 4.49%
2010–2011835,157[2] Increase 4.32%
2011–2012821,694[2] Decrease 1.61%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014650,446[2] Decrease 20.84%
2014–2015662,193[1] Increase 1.8%
2015–2016755,217[2] Increase 14.04%
2016–2017737,258[2] Decrease 2.37%
2017–2018717,895[2] Decrease 2.62%
2018–2019665,649[2] Decrease 7.27%
2019–2020554,050[2] Decrease 16.76%
2020–2021246,150[2] Decrease 55.57%
2021–2022291,000[3] Increase 18.22%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Gardenvale
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line Middle Brighton
towards Sandringham
Track layout
to Gardenvale
1
2
Bay Street
to Middle Brighton

History

North Brighton station opened on 19 December 1859, when the railway line was extended from Windsor.[4] It remained a terminus until 21 December 1861, when the line was extended to Brighton Beach.[4]

In 1956, the station was closed to goods services.[4] In 1959, a crossover at the station was abolished.[4] In 1963, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Bay Street level crossing,[5] located at the down end of the station, with the signal box also abolished at the same time.[5]

On 4 May 2010, as part of the 2010/2011 State Budget, $83.7 million was allocated to upgrade North Brighton to a premium station, along with nineteen others.[6][7] However, in March 2011, this was scrapped by the Baillieu Government.[8]

Platforms and services

North Brighton has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.[9]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates one bus route via North Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  626 : Middle Brighton station – Chadstone Shopping Centre[10]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via North Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via North Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

SkyBus also operates a service to Melbourne Airport via North Brighton station.[14]

  • Southbound view from Platform 1 in October 2014
    Southbound view from Platform 1 in October 2014

References
  1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
  3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. "North Brighton". vicsig.net. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  6. "New premium stations for Metro". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 2010. p. 165.
  8. Gardiner, Ashley; Wright, Anne (25 March 2011). "Premier Ted Baillieu says armed guards will create 'culture of safety'". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  9. "Sandringham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "626 Middle Brighton – Chadstone via McKinnon & Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  11. "922 Southland SC - St Kilda Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "703 Middle Brighton - Blackburn via Bentleigh & Clayton & Monash University". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. "823 North Brighton - Southland via Moorabbin". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "Peninsula Express locations". SkyBus. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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