Altona railway station

For the railway station in Germany, see Hamburg-Altona station.

Altona
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from the station platform, June 2019
General information
LocationRailway Street South,
Altona, Victoria 3018
City of Hobsons Bay
Australia
Coordinates37°52′02″S 144°49′48″E / 37.8672°S 144.8301°E / -37.8672; 144.8301
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Werribee
Distance17.15 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking70
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeALT
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 December 1917; 106 years ago (1917-12-01)
Electrified2 October 1926
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesAltona Beach (1917-1938)
Passengers
2005–2006325,384[1]
2006–2007337,402[1] Increase 3.69%
2007–2008363,468[1] Increase 7.72%
2008–2009409,006[2] Increase 12.52%
2009–2010391,029[2] Decrease 4.39%
2010–2011385,586[2] Decrease 1.39%
2011–2012281,536[2] Decrease 26.98%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014308,479[2] Increase 9.57%
2014–2015298,864[1] Decrease 3.11%
2015–2016303,484[2] Increase 1.54%
2016–2017311,955[2] Increase 2.79%
2017–2018315,295[2] Increase 1.07%
2018–2019302,850[2] Decrease 3.94%
2019–2020261,900[2] Decrease 13.52%
2020–2021126,100[2] Decrease 51.85%
2021–2022144,800[3] Increase 14.83%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Westona
towards Werribee
 Werribee line Seaholme
towards Frankston via Flinders Street
Track layout
Legend
to Seaholme
Pier Street
1
to Westona

Altona railway station is a commuter railway station on the Werribee line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-western suburb of the same name, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Altona station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 1 December 1917.[4][5]

Initially opened as Altona Beach, the station was given its current name of Altona on 3 October 1938.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b "Altona". vicsig.net. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Altona Station". Rail Geelong. Retrieved 14 February 2023.