North Brighton railway station

North Brighton railway station is a commuter railway station on the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Brighton, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. North Brighton station is a ground level host station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 19 December 1859.^[4]

North Brighton
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1, February 2016
General information
Location	Bay Street, Brighton, Victoria 3186 City of Bayside Australia
Coordinates	37°54′17″S 145°00′09″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Sandringham
Distance	13.24 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus SkyBus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	130
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, host station
Station code	NBN
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	19 December 1859; 165 years ago (1859-12-19)
Electrified	May 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Bay Street (1859–1866) Brighton (1908–1919)
Passengers
2005–2006	669,180[1]
2006–2007	746,442[1]  11.54%
2007–2008	801,042[1]  7.31%
2008–2009	766,105[2]  4.36%
2009–2010	800,521[2]  4.49%
2010–2011	835,157[2]  4.32%
2011–2012	821,694[2]  1.61%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	650,446[2]  20.84%
2014–2015	662,193[1]  1.8%
2015–2016	755,217[2]  14.04%
2016–2017	737,258[2]  2.37%
2017–2018	717,895[2]  2.62%
2018–2019	665,649[2]  7.27%
2019–2020	554,050[2]  16.76%
2020–2021	246,150[2]  55.57%
2021–2022	291,000[3]  18.22%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Gardenvale towards Flinders Street Sandringham line Middle Brighton towards Sandringham
Track layout Legend to Gardenvale 1 2 Bay Street to Middle Brighton
Location

Initially opened as Bay Street, the station was renamed three times. It was renamed to North Brighton on 1 January 1867, then was renamed to Brighton on 1 December 1908. It was then given its current name and returned to the name of North Brighton on 1 January 1920.^[4]

History

North Brighton station opened on 19 December 1859, when the railway line was extended from Windsor.^[4] It remained a terminus until 21 December 1861, when the line was extended to Brighton Beach.^[4]

In 1956, the station was closed to goods services.^[4] In 1959, a crossover at the station was abolished.^[4] In 1963, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Bay Street level crossing,^[5] located at the down end of the station, with the signal box also abolished at the same time.^[5]

On 4 May 2010, as part of the 2010/2011 State Budget, $83.7 million was allocated to upgrade North Brighton to a premium station, along with nineteen others.^[6][7] However, in March 2011, this was scrapped by the Baillieu Government.^[8]

Platforms and services

North Brighton has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sandringham line services.^[9]

Platform 1:

•  Sandringham line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Sandringham line  all stations services to Sandringham

Transport links

CDC Melbourne operates one bus route via North Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  626 : Middle Brighton station – Chadstone Shopping Centre^[10]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via North Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  922 : Westfield Southland – St Kilda station^[11]

Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via North Brighton station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• SmartBus  703 : Middle Brighton station – Blackburn station^[12]
•  823 : to Westfield Southland^[13]

SkyBus also operates a service to Melbourne Airport via North Brighton station.^[14]

Gallery

• 
  Southbound view from Platform 1, October 2014
• 
  Northbound view from Bay St, October 2024