Carrum

Station information
Code	CAR
Distance from Flinders St	34.9 km
Line	Frankston
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Station status	Premium Station
Station facilities, connecting transport and timetables	Link
Melway map of station
Google map of station	Not available
Zone location	2+3 overlap

Carrum is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrum, on the Frankston railway line. It is in Metcard Zones 2+3 overlap. Image File history File links MetlinkSignBase_313. ... Image File history File links Carrum-station-platform. ... Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Frankston railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... A premium station is a railway station in Melbournes Metlink system that has: staff from first to last train who will sell you all ticket types and concession cards an enclosed waiting area open toilet facilities electronic, up-to-the-minute next train information The five City Loop stations... Melway (usually The Melways) is the most ubiquitous street directory for Melbourne, Australia, and its immediate surrounds. ... Screenshot of Google Maps showing a route from Toronto to Ottawa on the 400-Series highways. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... Carrum is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Frankston railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Metcard is the ticket used to access public transport in Melbourne, Australia (under the moniker Metlink). It is a universal ticket which allows commuters to ride on the citys trains, trams, and buses. ...

Carrum is classed as a Premium Station. A premium station is a railway station in Melbournes Metlink system that has: staff from first to last train who will sell you all ticket types and concession cards an enclosed waiting area open toilet facilities electronic, up-to-the-minute next train information The five City Loop stations...

Location

The station is located between the Nepean Highway and Station Street. A level crossing is located at the UP end of the station. The Nepean Highway The Nepean Highway runs south from Melbourne city in Victoria, Australia to Portsea, along the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. ...

Facilities

The station consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 contains a large brick building with an enclosed waiting room and a ticket office inside while platform 2 contains a semi-large brick building. A large Metcard machine is located inside the waiting room, 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 2. A signal box is located on the UP platform, which controls a crossover to allow trains to terminate here. Metcard is the ticket used to access public transport in Melbourne, Australia (under the moniker Metlink). It is a universal ticket which allows commuters to ride on the citys trains, trams, and buses. ...

Both platforms can be accessed via Nepean Highway and Station Street.

About 100 metres from the platform, there is a train depot which can hold up to 15 trains. Comeng and Siemens trains are stored at the Carrum train depot. X'Trapolis and Alstom trains are not heald in the storage grounds on the Frankston line which Carrum station is a part of. An Alstom-refurbished Comeng in Connex livery EDI-refurbished Comeng The Comeng train is a type of electric train that operates on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Siemens MOMO Train (Modular Metro, originally NEXAS, but more generally Siemens train) is a type of electric train that operates on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. ... The XTrapolis 100 is a single deck electric passenger train, one of Alstoms XTrapolis family of trains, used in Melbourne, Australia and Valparaiso, Chile. ...

History

Carrum station originally opened on Tuesday, 1st August 1882. 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...