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Prahran

Railway station in Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Prahran railway station (/pɛ'ræn) is a commuter railway station on the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Prahran, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Prahran station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 22 December 1860.[4]

Prahran
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 1, with a Comeng train on a Sandringham bound service arriving at Platform 2, December 2019
General information
LocationPorter Street,
Prahran, Victoria 3181
City of Stonnington
Australia
Coordinates37°50′58″S 144°59′24″E / 37.8495°S 144.9899°E / -37.8495; 144.9899
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance6.72 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of Melbourne tram routes Tram
Construction
Structure typeGround
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codePRA
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened22 December 1860; 163 years ago (1860-12-22)
ElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesGreville Street (1860-1866)
Passengers
2005–2006852,273[1]
2006–2007945,184[1] Increase 10.9%
2007–20081,040,526[1] Increase 10.08%
2008–2009945,683[2] Decrease 9.11%
2009–20101,016,071[2] Increase 7.44%
2010–20111,150,068[2] Increase 13.18%
2011–20121,153,810[2] Increase 0.32%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–20141,285,541[2] Increase 11.41%
2014–20151,286,268[1] Increase 0.05%
2015–20161,341,311[2] Increase 4.27%
2016–20171,376,037[2] Increase 2.58%
2017–20181,371,597[2] Decrease 0.32%
2018–20191,156,066[2] Decrease 15.71%
2019–2020951,300[2] Decrease 17.71%
2020–2021473,550[2] Decrease 50.22%
2021–2022571,600[3] Increase 20.7%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
South Yarra
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line Windsor
towards Sandringham
Track layout
Legend
to South Yarra
Greville Street
1
2
to Windsor

Initially opened as Greville Street, the station was given its current name of Prahran on 1 January 1867.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b "Prahran". vicsig.net. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

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