Aspendale is a railway station in Melbourne

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, Victoria

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, Australia

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, located in the suburb of Aspendale

Aspendale, Victoria

Aspendale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston...

, on the Frankston railway line. Aspendale is unmanned and is in Metcard

Metcard

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 Zone 2.

Facilities

Aspendale is located at the northern end of the Groves Street level crossing, and between the Nepean Highway

Nepean Highway

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 and Station Street. All three provide station access.

The station consists of two side platforms; Platform 1 has a large brick building (identical to Edithvale, 1.3 km south-east), while platform 2 has a smaller brick building. A large Metcard

Metcard

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 ticket vending machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. Additional coin-only Metcard and myki

Myki

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 ticket vending machines are located at the entrances to platform 1 and platform 2.

History

Aspendale station opened in April 1891 as Aspendale Park Race-Course, and was renamed Aspendale in 1905. In 1981 the station buildings were reconstructed.

Platforms, services and connecting bus services

Platform 1:

• Suburban Metro Trains
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   services to Flinders Street
  Flinders Street Station
  Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street and covering two city...
  
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Platform 2:

• Suburban Metro Trains services to Frankston.