HAWKSBURN RAILWAY STATION, MELBOURNE

'Hawksburn' is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of South Yarra, on the Pakenham, Frankston and Cranbourne lines. It is in Metcard Zone 1.
Trains running on the Frankston line often run express through Hawksburn on weekday mornings.
Hawksburn is unmanned.

Contents

Location

Facilities

History

Location

The station is located between Luxton Road and Oban Street.

Facilities

The station consists of four platforms, two in an island format. Platform 1 contains a semi-large brick building, platforms 2&3 contains a large brick building, while platform 4 contains a semi-large brick building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platforms 2&3, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. Small Metcard machine's are located at the entrance to platforms 1&4. A footbridge is located at DOWN end of the station.
Both platforms can be accessed via Luxton Road and Oban Street.

History

Hawksburn station originally opened on Tuesday, 7th May 1889.