Clayton railway station, Melbourne

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Clayton
Clayton
PTV commuter and regional rail station
	Clayton station viewed from Clayton Road, September 2023
General information
Location	274 Clayton Road,; Clayton, Victoria 3168; City of Monash; Australia
Coordinates	37°55′28″S 145°07′12″E / 37.9245°S 145.1201°E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Pakenham Cranbourne; Gippsland;
Distance	20.51 kilometres from; Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Train operators	Metro Trains; V/Line;
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	260 spaces
Bicycle facilities	12 racks
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	CLA
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	6 January 1880; 144 years ago
Rebuilt	16 April 2018 (LXRP)
Electrified	December 1922; (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Clayton's Road (1880–1891)
Passengers
2005–2006	1,047,064
2006–2007	1,185,964 13.26%
2007–2008	1,373,910 15.85%
2008–2009	1,720,328 25.21%
2009–2010	1,749,175 1.67%
2010–2011	1,711,528 2.15%
2011–2012	1,721,420 0.57%
2012–2013	Not measured
2013–2014	1,495,192 13.14%
2014–2015	1,618,549 8.25%
2015–2016	1,944,934 20.16%
2016–2017	1,803,536 7.27%
2017–2018	1,432,893 20.55%
2018–2019	1,612,702 12.54%
2019–2020	1,388,700 13.89%
2020–2021	796,650 42.63%
2021–2022	853,500 7.13%
Services
Future services
Future
Victorian Heritage Register
Official name	Clayton Railway Station
Criteria	C, D, E
Designated	20 August 1982
Reference no.	H1667
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Clayton railway station is a commuter railway station located in the suburb of Clayton, in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[5] The station originally opened in 1880 as "Clayton's Road".^[6] It did not receive its current name until 1890.^[6] The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station concourse on Clayton Road via escalators, lifts and a staircase.^[5] The station was previously at grade; however, in 2018, a new elevated station was rebuilt as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project.^[7]

Clayton station is currently served by the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines which are both part of the Melbourne railway network. Additionally, the station is also served by the Gippsland line, which is a part of the Victorian regional railway network, and eight bus routes, including SmartBus route 703.^[5] The station is approximately 17 kilometres (11.8 mi), or around a 33 minute train ride away, from Flinders Street.^[8]^[9]

^ ^a ^b "Clayton Railway Station". Victorian Heritage Database. Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19". Department of Transport. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021". Philip Mallis. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022.
^ "Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)". Data Vic. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Anderson, Rick (2010). Stopping all stations : Melbourne's unfinished rail network/opportunities lost. Clunes, Victoria.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).