Berwick railway station, Melbourne

Berwick is a railway station in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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, Australia

Australia

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, located in the suburb of Berwick

Berwick, Victoria

Berwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Berwick had a population of 36,420....

, on the Pakenham railway line. Berwick is classed as a Premium Station

Premium station

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 and is in Metcard

Metcard

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 Zone 2.

Facilities

Berwick is located between Melville Park Drive and Kangan Drive, with station access from both.

The station consists of two platforms, in an island format

Island platform

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, with a large fibro

Fibro

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 building at the Flinders Street

Flinders Street Station

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 end of the station. The building houses an enclosed waiting area, ticket facilities and toilets. A large Metcard

Metcard

"OneLink" redirects here. For the computer/cable company, see OneLink Communications.Metcard is the brand name of an integrated ticketing system used to access public transport in Melbourne, Australia. It is a universal ticket which allows users to ride on the city's Metlink network, consisting of...

 ticket vending machine is located inside the waiting area, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins, as well as a myki

Myki

myki is the contactless smartcard ticketing system being introduced on public transport in Victoria, Australia. myki is designed to replace a number of ticket systems in Victoria, primarily the Metcard and V/Line ticketing systems...

 ticket vending machine.

Berwick receives, on average, two off-peak services per hour traveling to/from Melbourne on weekdays (with more services during peak hours) and one every 40 minutes on weekends.

History

Berwick station opened on 8 October 1877. It was upgraded to a Premium Station in 1998.

Platforms

Platform 1:

• Pakenham line - all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street.
• Gippsland line - interurban services to Southern Cross
  Southern Cross Station
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   (one service per day - set down only).

Platform 2:

• Pakenham line - all stations services to Pakenham.
• Gippsland line - interurban services to Traralgon (one service per day - pick up only).