North Brighton railway station

North Brighton
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1, February 2016
General information
LocationBay Street,
Brighton, Victoria 3186
City of Bayside
Australia
Coordinates37°54′17″S 145°00′09″E / 37.9046°S 145.0026°E / -37.9046; 145.0026
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sandringham
Distance13.24 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
  • SkyBus (airport bus)#Peninsula Express SkyBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking130
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeNBN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened19 December 1859; 164 years ago (1859-12-19)
ElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesBay Street (1859–1866)
Brighton (1908–1919)
Passengers
2005–2006669,180[1]
2006–2007746,442[1] Increase 11.54%
2007–2008801,042[1] Increase 7.31%
2008–2009766,105[2] Decrease 4.36%
2009–2010800,521[2] Increase 4.49%
2010–2011835,157[2] Increase 4.32%
2011–2012821,694[2] Decrease 1.61%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014650,446[2] Decrease 20.84%
2014–2015662,193[1] Increase 1.8%
2015–2016755,217[2] Increase 14.04%
2016–2017737,258[2] Decrease 2.37%
2017–2018717,895[2] Decrease 2.62%
2018–2019665,649[2] Decrease 7.27%
2019–2020554,050[2] Decrease 16.76%
2020–2021246,150[2] Decrease 55.57%
2021–2022291,000[3] Increase 18.22%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Gardenvale
towards Flinders Street
 Sandringham line Middle Brighton
towards Sandringham
Track layout
Legend
to Gardenvale
1
2
Bay Street
to Middle Brighton

North Brighton railway station is a commuter railway station on the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Brighton, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. North Brighton station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 19 December 1859.[4]

Initially opened as Bay Street, the station was renamed three times. It was renamed to North Brighton on 1 January 1867, then was renamed to Brighton on 1 December 1908. It was then given its current name and returned to the name of North Brighton on 1 January 1920.[4]

  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 "North Brighton". vicsig.net. Retrieved 20 January 2023.