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Sandringham train timetable pdf Continue SandringhamOverviewService typeCommuter railStatusOperationalLocaleMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaCurrent operator(s)Metro TrainsRouteStartFlinders StreetStops14 (excluding City Loop stations)EndSandringhamDistance travelled17.9 km (11.1 mi)Average journey time30 minutesService frequency6–11 minutes weekdays peak15 minutes weekday daytime off-peak20 minutes weekday evenings off-peak and weekends60 minutes early weekend morningsLine(s) usedCity Loop (weekends)SandringhamOn-board servicesDisabled accessYesTechnicalRolling stockComeng, SiemensTrack gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)Electrification1500 V DC overheadTrack owner(s)VicTrackRoute map Legend km Zone Multiple lines●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● via North Melbourne North East and Western linesto ● Albury, Central (Sydney) & Adelaide Parklands Southern Cross ●●●●●●● 1 Flagstaff ●●●●●■■■ 1 Melbourne Central ■■■■■■■■■■ 1 Parliament ●●■■■■■■■ 1 0.0 Flinders Street ●●●●●●●● 1 Hurstbridge lineto ● Hurstbridge & ● South Morang 2.4 Richmond ●●●●●●■ 1 Healesville line●●●● via Burnley CityLink Yarra River 4.2 South Yarra ●●●■ 1 Orbost and Stony Point lines●●●●● via Hawksburn 5.5 Prahran ■ 1 St Kilda – Windsor lineto St Kilda 6.2 Windsor ■ 1 7.8 Balaclava ■■ 1 8.6 Ripponlea 1 9.8 Elsternwick ■ 1 Rosstown Railwayto Oakleigh 11.0 Gardenvale 1 12.0 North Brighton 1/2 13.3 Middle Brighton 1/2 14.7 Brighton Beach 1/2 16.5 Hampton 2 17.9 Sandringham 2 SandringhamOverwerWesterOwnerOwnExelLocale, Victoria, Victoria, AustraliaTermin Flinders StreetSanderinghamStations14ServiceSandringhamHistory1857 (1857)Completed1859 (1859)Technical line length17.9 km (11.1 miles)Number of tracks2Track track1600 mm (5 feet 3 inches)Electification1500 V DC over the Sandringham railway line of the suburban railway line in Melbourne Australia. It branches from other south-east commuter rail lines (withdrawal as Caulfield Group) at South Yarra station. It serves the town of Bayside, and small areas cover the cities of Glen Ayr, Port Phillip, Stonnington and Yarra. Various sections of the route were opened between 1857 and 1859, and in May 1919 the entire line was electrified. Infrastructure Line is a double track throughout, although it runs close to the Frankston, Pakenham and Cranbourne lines from Flinders Street to South Yarra, making a total of six tracks in this section. There are three platforms in Brighton Beach, making it the only station to have three platforms on the Sandringham line (although a third platform is not used). The speed limit is 70km/h (43 mph) between South Yarra and Sandringham, and the line has a total of 11 level crossings between South Yarra and Sandringham. Much of the line, however, is either in or on the embankments, and there are still many bridges across or under the roads. Disruptions are being made in Elsternwick and Brighton Beach, but passenger traffic may stop in Mid Brighton to use the return option to Brighton Beach in the event of a disruption. Stabilisation services are provided in Brighton Beach and Sandringham. Brighton Beach has not been used for stabilization for many years, but the stable units were restored in 2010 after being used for the VICERS project. The power alarm is provided throughout, this is the first line in Victoria to be so equipped, and the first (along with part of the Craigieburn line) to have regular electrical service. The Sandringham Line service and patronage runs at 7-8 minutes of frequencies on weekday mornings during the peak period and during the evening peak period. Off-peak frequencies run every 15 minutes between 9am-3pm and 6.30pm-9pm and every 10 minutes between 3-5pm. After 9pm and all day on weekends, trains run every 20 minutes until the last service. This does not include Sunday mornings, when trains run every 40 minutes until 9:30 a.m. All services are stopped at all stations, with some weekday morning city services taking place in Mid Brighton. There was one city service in the afternoon rush running express from Elsternwick to South Yarra, but this has been converted into all service stations since January 2016. Services operate directly to and from Flinders Street on weekdays and for night networking services. With the exception of night networking services, services operate counterclockwise through the city loop on weekends. It's the only line in Melbourne to run at a 20-minute frequency at night, and does so seven days a week. This compares with 30-minute frequencies on all other lines. It was also the first to provide a 15-minute frequency between peak weekday periods. These frequencies are not due to its wider use, but from an experiment in 1992 to increasing frequencies to see if it attracts additional patronage, it is possible on the Sandringham line without the use of additional trains by reducing stop times at the end of the journey. The frequencies, this time during peak periods, were further improved a few years later, as compensation for the withdrawal of Sandringham services from the city loop. The Cain Labor government in the 1980s proposed to restore the line as a light rail line, but since then patronage has grown significantly, and even with the 7-8-minute peak frequency of trains heavily loaded. Between the end of June and August 2016, a temporary adjustment was made to the schedule with additional peak hours in both morning and afternoon. This adjustment was made in accordance with the additional the Frankston line, due to its 37-day rail stop for work to remove rail crossings. In early January 2018, a temporary schedule adjustment services work every 6 minutes and every 10 minutes in the interspic, shoulder-shouldered evening peak period and on weekends during the day. This adjustment was made to meet the Frankston line stop between Flinders Street and Moorabbin in preparation for high-capacity Metro trains, with express buses running between Brighton Beach and Moorabbin to connect to the Frankston train line for stations beyond Moorbinab. In addition, these schedule adjustments were made several times during the year (primarily on weekends) and during the week of early January 2019. History Interactive map of the Sandringham line in Melbourne's south-east. The Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company opened its line from Princes Bridge (later merged with Flinders Street Station) to a temporary station on Punt Road in February 1859 and then to Cremorne (now closed) in December of that year. A few days later, St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company (St. C.K.B.R.C.) opened their railway line from St Kilda to Bay Street (now North Brighton) in December 1859. Twelve months later, Melbourne and Suburban Rail Company extended their line from Cremorne to Chapel Street (now Windsor) station, on the St K line. I.B.R.K., providing a second route to the city from the Brighton line. The following year, again in December, St. K. and B.R.K. expanded their line to the beach (now Brighton Beach). The link between St Kilda and Windsor, not used since 1862, was dismantled in 1867, although part of it at the end of Windsor was used as a siding for some time thereafter. In 1865, the Melbourne and Hobson Railway Company, which owned the St Kilda line, acquired the Melbourne Suburban Rail Company and became the Melbourne and Hobson Bay Joint Railway Company, and then bought the st. K. and B. R. C., which was in financial difficulty, for 99,500 pounds. The Victorian government acquired the United Railway Company in July 1878. In September 1887, the Brighton line was expanded to Sandringham. The Sandringham line was the first line in Victoria to be provided with automatic signals, with a line as far as Elsternwick converted in stages from 1915 to 1918. Then, in 1919, the Sandringham line became, with a line to Essendon, the first line in the country to be electrified (except for the test installation on the Flemington Racecourse line). Automatic alarm was provided the rest of the way to Sandringham in two stages in 1926. Service Change Services on the line originally ran across the St Kilda line, but since 1862 ran exclusively across the Cremorne route. In 1894, through services from Brighton Beach to Essendon were introduced, an agreement that lasted until 1973, when Services have been changed to run up to St Kilda and Port Melbourne lines. When the City Loop underground line was designed, it was not intended to trains on the Port Melbourne, St Kilda and Sandringham lines. However, a crossover was installed near Richmond to allow Sandringham trains to go onto the tracks used by The Frankston and Pakenham trains, which had access to an underground loop. In 1985 two Sandringham trains each way were changed to run through an underground loop, and in 1987, with port Melbourne and St Kilda lines now converted to light rail, all off-peak and many peak trains were diverted through an underground loop. However, congestion caused by the merger with Frankston and Pakenham services has led to a number of changes to Sandringham trains running through the underground loop, and today only weekend services operate this way. Some weekday rush services are across the route from Williamstown line services. Vte Sandringham Line Legend h:mm 0:00 0.0 km Flinders Street (FSS) Area 1 0:03 2.4 km Richmond (RMD) 0:08 5.5 km Prahran (PRA) 0:09 6.2 km Windsor (WIN) 0:11 7.8 km Balaclava (BCV) 0:13 8.6 km Ripponley (RIP) 0:15 9.8 km Elsternwick (ELS) 0:17 1 1.0 km Gardenvale (GVE) 0:19 12.0 km North Brighton (NBN) Areas 1 and 2 0:21 13.3 km Mid Brighton (MBN) 0:23 14.3 7 km Brighton Beach (BBH) 0:26 16.5 km Hampton (HAM) Area 2 0:29 17.9 km Sandringham (SHM) Standard travel schedule from Flinders Street City Loop On weekdays, all Sandringham services run straight to and from Flinders Street, not traveling on the city loop.