Cardinia Road railway station

Cardinia Road station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Pakenham line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Pakenham, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Cardinia Road station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 22 April 2012.

History

Announced as part of the Victorian Transport Plan in 2008, construction works for the station officially commenced on 11 October 2010, when the then Minister for Public Transport, Martin Pakula, turned the first sod at the site. On 10 June 2011, the name for the station was confirmed as Cardinia Road. On 15 April 2012, a community open day was held prior to opening, with the station officially opening a week later, on 22 April. Due to power supply issues, only selected peak-hour services stopped at the station,with a substation built later on in that year to allow all peak-hour services to stop.
In 1978, flashing light signals were provided at the former Cardinia Road level crossing, which was located at the up end of the station, with boom barriers being installed in 1986. On 6 December 2020, as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project, the level crossing was grade separated, and replaced with a road overpass. In February 2021, the boom barriers, flashing lights and bells were dismantled.

Cardinia Road has two side platforms. It is served by Pakenham line trains.

operates List of [bus routes in Melbourne|two route]s via Cardinia Road station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: