Oakleigh railway station, Melbourne

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Oakleigh
Station information

Code
Distance from Flinders St	15.4 km
Line	Pakenham, Cranbourne
Number of platforms	3
Number of tracks	3
Station status	Premium Station
Station facilities, connecting transport and timetables	Link
Melway map of station
Google map of station	Not available
Zone location	1+2 Overlap

Oakleigh railway station building.

Oakleigh is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Oakleigh, on the Pakenham and Cranbourne railway lines. It is in Metcard Zones 1+2.

Oakleigh is classed as a Premium Station.

[edit] Location

The station is located between Haughton Road and Jones Street. Shops are located near the station.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of three platforms, 2 of them in an island layout. Platform 1 and 2 (island platform) contains a large red brick building with a waiting room (which was refurbished in approximately 2000, with excellent images of the station's history, and that has sadly become vandalised and decrepit since) and ticket office inside while platform 3 contains a small red brick building and is not used normally unless there is a disruption on platform 1. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platforms 1 and 2, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 3.

Both platforms can be accessed via Haughton Road and Jones Street, via a subway underneath the station.

[edit] History

Oakleigh station originally opened on Monday, 8th October 1877.

Since 1989 Oakleigh Railway Station has featured over 40 plywood cut-outs on its walls and surrounding the station. These illustrate the life-stories of Oakleigh residents who were aged between 15 and 70 when the murals were unveiled in September 1989. They underwent restoration in 2002. [1].