Patterson railway station
Patterson station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Frankston line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Bentleigh, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Patterson station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 28 May 1961, with the current station provided in 1987. While the station had been proposed in 1930s demands from local residents intensified throughout the 1950s.
Named after Patterson Road, which is located immediately south of the station and also provides access, construction of the station commenced in 1958. An island platform was provided, and provision made for another platform face on the eastern side of the station. A photo taken by Weston Langford on the day prior to the official opening clearly shows the new "middle" line about to be connected, and the easternmost line removed shortly afterwards. There was also a signal box located at the eastern side that has since been removed. On 28 June 1987, a third track was provided between Caulfield and Moorabbin, and platform 3 was constructed on the eastern side.
On 17 December 1994, a deliberately lit fire damaged parts of the station.
Platforms and services
Patterson has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services.Art installation
In 2011, Pamela Irving curated a mosaic installation named Stationary Faces, consisting of a collage of various mosaic portraits. This project was funded by government department Arts Victoria and VicTrack, and was developed in collaboration with an estimate of 750 school students and youth services from Australia and abroad, inspired by Irving's mosaic works.Stationary Faces was proposed by Irving in order to combat constant vandalism in the station's underpass, with the assistance of Rob Hudson, the Victorian parliament member for Bentleigh at the time. Irving's aims with the project were two-fold; to contribute to a "cultural sprawl" alongside the city of Melbourne's urban sprawl, and to use recycled/donated tiles and ceramics for environmental sustainability.