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Prahran railway station

Prahran
Prahran Railway Station.jpg
View from platform 2 looking south in October 2014
Location Porter Street, Prahran
Coordinates 37°50′58″S 144°59′24″E / 37.8495°S 144.9899°E / -37.8495; 144.9899Coordinates: 37°50′58″S 144°59′24″E / 37.8495°S 144.9899°E / -37.8495; 144.9899
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Sandringham
Distance 6.72 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Connections Tram
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Status Host station
Station code PRA
Fare zone Myki zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 22 December 1860
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Sandringham line
toward Sandringham

Prahran railway station (/pɛ'ræn) is located on the Sandringham line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Prahran opening on 22 December 1860 as Greville Street, being renamed Prahran on 1 January 1867.

Automatic semaphore signals were replaced with light signals between Prahran and Windsor in October 1979.

Prahran has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains Sandringham line services travelling between Flinders Street and Sandringham.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Yarra Trams operates one route nearby Prahran Station along Chapel Street:


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