McKinnon | |
Type: | PTV commuter rail station |
Style: | Melbourne |
Address: | Station Avenue, McKinnon, Victoria 3204 |
Borough: | City of Glen Eira |
Country: | Australia |
Coordinates: | -37.9104°N 145.0382°W |
Distance: | 15.72 kilometres from Southern Cross |
Other: | Bus |
Structure: | Below ground |
Platform: | 3 (1 side, 1 island) |
Tracks: | 3 |
Parking: | 103 |
Bicycle: | Yes |
Rebuilt: | 1976 28 June 1987 1 August 2016 (LXRP) |
Electrified: | 1500 V DC overhead (June 1922) |
Accessible: | Yes—step free access |
Code: | MCK |
Owned: | VicTrack |
Operator: | Metro Trains |
Zone: | Myki Zone 1/2 overlap |
Status: | Operational, unstaffed |
Former: | McKinnon Road (1884-1885) |
Website: | Public Transport Victoria |
Map State: | expanded |
McKinnon 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 McKinnon, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. McKinnon station is a below ground unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 1 September 1884, with the current station provided in 2016.[1]
Initially opened as McKinnon Road, the station was given its current name of McKinnon on 14 December 1885.[2]
McKinnon station opened on 1 September 1884, almost three years after the railway line from Caulfield was extended to Mordialloc.[1] The station gets its name from McKinnon Road, which was reputedly named after a local settler.[3] [4]
In 1928, mechanically-operated boom gates were provided at the former McKinnon Road level crossing, which was located at the down end of the station.[1] [5] It was the only instance of these type of gates being used at a level crossing in Victoria.[1] In 1974, they were replaced with conventional boom barriers.[6]
During 1976, the down platform (Platform 3) at the former ground level station was provided.[7] Just over a decade later, on 28 June 1987, the up face of the former island platform was brought into use.[8]
In May 2015, the Victorian State Government announced a grade separation project to replace the McKinnon Road level crossing, immediately south of the station. This included rebuilding the station.[9] On 1 August 2016, the rebuilt station opened.
McKinnon has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. Prior to being closed for its 2016 rebuild, 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 services used Platform 2.
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:
CDC Melbourne operates one route via McKinnon station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: