Yarraman railway station

Yarraman railway station is a minor commuter railway station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines of the metropolitan railway network in Victoria, Australia, located about 27 km (17 mi) from the Melbourne CBD. It serves the neighbourhoods immediately around the boundary between southeastern Melbourne suburbs of Noble Park and Dandenong, and is named after the nearby Yarraman Creek, a first-order tributary of the lower Dandenong Creek/Patterson River system.

Yarraman
PTV commuter rail station
Station building in January 2021
General information
LocationRailway Parade,
Noble Park, Victoria 3174
City of Greater Dandenong
Australia
Coordinates37°58′41″S 145°11′29″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance29.04 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking255 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeYMN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened21 December 1976 (1976-12-21)
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006163,691[1]
2006–2007217,005[1] Increase 32.57%
2007–2008308,847[1] Increase 42.32%
2008–2009336,235[2] Increase 8.86%
2009–2010337,991[2] Increase 0.52%
2010–2011325,545[2] Decrease 3.68%
2011–2012305,602[2] Decrease 6.12%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014281,349[2] Decrease 7.93%
2014–2015302,532[1] Increase 7.52%
2015–2016341,602[2] Increase 12.91%
2016–2017326,785[2] Decrease 4.33%
2017–2018284,084[2] Decrease 13.06%
2018–2019302,072[2] Increase 6.33%
2019–2020283,350[2] Decrease 6.19%
2020–2021158,500[2] Decrease 44.06%
2021–2022140,000[3] Decrease 11.67%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Noble Park
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line Dandenong
towards Cranbourne or Pakenham
Cranbourne line
Track layout
to Noble Park
1
2
EastLink
Yarraman Creek
to Dandenong

The EastLink toll road is located near the down (southeastern) end of the station, crossing via an overpass across the railway line, Railway Parade and Hanna Street. The EastLink Trail, which follows the tollway, uses the station's entrance footbridge to traverse the railway.

The station was opened for service on 21 December, 1976.[4] To allow construction of the station, the existing track towards Flinders Street was slewed in 1974.[5] During construction, an alternative name for the station, Fotheringham, a notable local family, was suggested.[5]

In 2015, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced the grade separation of the nearby Chandler Road level crossing. Construction began in 2016,[6] with the level crossing removed and a railway overpass built over the road in 2018.[7] Unlike many train stations that are rebuilt into elevated "Skyrail" stations along the viaducts between Noble Park and Caulfield, the railway tracks between Dandenong and Noble Park largely remained at ground level, and Yarraman station was not rebuilt as it is over 500 m (550 yd) away from the Chandler Road viaduct.

Platforms and services

Yarraman station has one island platform with two faces, accessible only via only a ramped elevated footbridge at its southeastern end. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Pakenham and Cranbourne line services.[8][9] The Department of Transport has also planned to connect the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines to the Sunbury line, through the new Metro Tunnel, in late 2025.

During peak hours, limited express services towards Flinders Street, Pakenham and Cranbourne often skip the station. V/Line services on the Traralgon and Bairnsdale line also skip the station at full speed both ways.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Future services

In addition to the current services, the Network Development Plan – Metropolitan Rail proposes linking the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines to both the Sunbury line and under-construction Melbourne Airport rail link via the Metro Tunnel.[10]

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

  •  812 : Dandenong station – Brighton[11]
  •  813 : Dandenong station – Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre[12]
  • Northwest bound view from Platform 1 in March 2018
    Northwest bound view from Platform 1 in March 2018

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. "Yarraman". vicsig.net. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. "Way & Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1974. p. 115.
  6. "Crossings". levelcrossings.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. "Chandler Road, Noble Park". levelcrossings.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  8. "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. "Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "Network Development Plan Metropolitan Rail Overview" (PDF). Public Transport Victoria. December 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  11. "812 Dandenong - Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "813 Dandenong - Waverley Gardens SC". Public Transport Victoria.
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