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Light rail station in Melbourne, Victoria

Middle Park
PTV tram stop
Middle Park light rail station, 2023
General information
LocationAlbert Park/Middle Park
Victoria 3206
Australia
Coordinates37°50′59″S 144°57′56″E / 37.8496°S 144.9656°E / -37.8496; 144.9656
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byYarra Trams
Line(s)St Kilda
Platforms2 (2 side)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational
Station code130
MPK (former)
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
History
Opened2 July 1883
Closed1 August 1987
Rebuilt21 November 1987
Electrified600 V DC overhead
Previous namesMiddle Park railway station
Services
Preceding station Trams in Melbourne Yarra Trams Following station
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centretowards East Brunswick Route 96 Fraser Streettowards St Kilda Beach
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Albert Park   St Kilda line   St Kilda
  List of closed railway stations in Melbourne  

Middle Park is a light rail station on the former St Kilda railway line, in the Melbourne suburb of Middle Park, on the corner of Canterbury Road and Armstrong Street. A pair of low-level side platforms now serve route 96 trams running on a light rail line. Other nearby light rail stops are at Fraser Street and Wright Street. Those and a number of other stops were added after the line was converted to light rail.

History

Middle Park station opened in 1883, well after the line opened in 1857. The St Kilda railway line closed in 1987, and was converted to light rail, with the route 96 tram now running past the former station. The last heavy rail train service ran on 31 July 1987, and the light rail service was officially commissioned on 21 November of that year. The high-level platforms used by trains were demolished to make way for the construction of lower-level platforms, but the station building remained at the original level.

In 2006, the building was redeveloped as a café called Mart 130, but it was gutted by fire on 19 February 2018, and later demolished. It has since been rebuilt and, as of 2022, houses the For Change Co. café It was not the first time fire had destroyed the station: a fire in July 1978 also gutted the station building.

Tram services

Yarra Trams operates one route via Middle Park station:

References

  1. "Middle Park". VICSIG - Infrastructure. vicsig.net. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  2. Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 77–82.
  3. Simonis, Aneeka (20 February 2018). "Middle Park railway cafe destroyed by fire". Herald Sun. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. Webb, Carolyn (15 August 2021). "All aboard for coffee with a conscience at youth charity's station cafe". The Age. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. December 1979. p. 288.
  6. "96 East Brunswick - St Kilda Beach". Public Transport Victoria.
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