North Brighton railway station

North Brighton
Southbound view from Platform 1, June 2026
General information
LocationBay Street,
Brighton, Victoria 3186
City of Bayside
Australia
Coordinates37°54′17″S 145°00′09″E / 37.9046°S 145.0026°E / -37.9046; 145.0026
SystemPTV commuter rail station
OwnerVicTrack
OperatorMetro Trains
LineSandringham
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 type
Ground
Parking130
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeNBN
Fare zoneMyki zone 1/2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1859 (1859-12-19)
ElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Former 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 Laverton, Werribee or Williamstown via Flinders Street
 Sandringham line Middle Brighton
towards Sandringham
Track layout
to Gardenvale
1
2
Bay Street
to Middle Brighton
Location

North Brighton station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Brighton, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was opened on 19 December 1859.[4]

Opened as Bay Street, the station was subsequently renamed three time: to North Brighton on 1 January 1867, to Brighton on 1 December 1908, and back to North Brighton on 1 January 1920.[4]

History

Bay Street level crossing, viewing to North Brighton Station, October 2024

North Brighton station opened when the railway was extended to there from Windsor. It was a terminus until 21 December 1861, when the line was further 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, located at the down end of the station, and the signal box was 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, that decision was reversed by the Baillieu Government.[8]

Platforms and services

North Brighton has two side platforms and is served by Sandringham line trains.[9]

Current

North Brighton platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type Notes Source
1  Sandringham line  Laverton, Werribee or Williamstown Flinders Street All stations Services to Laverton and Williamstown only operate on weekdays. [10]
2  Sandringham line  Sandringham All stations [10]

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

  •  626 : Middle Brighton station – Chadstone Shopping Centre[11]

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.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "North Brighton". vicsig.net. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Sinnatt, John (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  6. ↑ "New premium stations for Metro". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). 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. 1 2 "Sandringham Line timetable" (PDF). Transport Victoria. 22 August 2026. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "626 Middle Brighton – Chadstone via McKinnon & Carnegie". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "922 Southland SC - St Kilda Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ↑ "703 Middle Brighton - Blackburn via Bentleigh & Clayton & Monash University". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ↑ "823 North Brighton - Southland via Moorabbin". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ↑ "Peninsula Express locations". SkyBus. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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