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{{Short description|Passenger rail service in Melbourne, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name            = Sandringham line
| color           = {{rcr|Melbourne|Sandringham}}
| logo            = {{ric|Melbourne|Sandringham|size=100px}}
| image           = Comeng running a down Sandringham service at Prahran Station.jpg
| image_width     = 250px 
| image_alt       = Comeng train on the Sandringham line at Prahran station.
| caption         = [[Comeng (train)|Comeng train]] on the Sandringham line at [[Prahran railway station|Prahran station]], December 2019
| type            = [[Commuter rail]]
| status          = Operational
| system          = [[Railways in Melbourne|Melbourne railway network]]
| locale          = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
| predecessor     = {{Plainlist|
* Windsor – North Brighton (1859–1860)
* Princes Bridge – Cremorne (1859–1860)
* Princes Bridge – North Brighton (1860–1861)
* Brighton Beach (1861–1887)
}}
| first           = {{Start date and age|1859|12|19|df=y}}
| last            = <!--{{End date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}}-->
| successor       = 
| operator        = [[Metro Trains Melbourne|Metro Trains]]
| formeroperator  = {{Plainlist|
* [[St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company|St Kilda and Brighton Railway]] (1859–1862)
* [[Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company|Melbourne and Suburban Railway]] (1859–1862)
* [[Melbourne Railway Company]] (1862–1865)
* [[Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company|Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway]] (1865–1878)
* [[Victorian Railways|Victorian Railways (VR)]] (1878–1974)
* VR as VicRail (1974–1983)
* [[Metropolitan Transit Authority (Victoria)|MTA (The Met)]] (1983–1989)
* [[Public Transport Corporation|PTC (The Met)]] (1989–1998)
* [[M-Train|Bayside Trains]] (1998–2000)
* [[M-Train|M>Train]] (2000–2004)
* [[Connex Melbourne]] (2004–2009)
}}
| ridership       = 
| ridership2      = 
| website         = 
| start           = {{rwsa|Flinders Street}}
| stops           = 14
| end             = {{rwsa|Sandringham}}
| distance        = {{Convert|18.090|km|abbr=on}}
| journeytime     = 30 minutes
| frequency       = {{blist|7-8 minutes weekdays peak|15 minutes weekdays off-peak|20 minutes at nights and during the day on weekends|40 minutes early Sunday morning|60 minutes [[Night Network (Melbourne)|overnight on Friday and Saturday nights]]}}
| line_used       = Sandringham
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| seating         = 
| baggage         = 
| otherfacilities = 
| stock           = [[Comeng (train)|Comeng]], [[Siemens Nexas|Siemens]]
| gauge           = {{Track gauge|1600 mm}}
| el              = 1500 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[Overhead line|overhead]]
| owners          = [[VicTrack]]
| routenumber     = 
| maintenance     = 
| map             = {{Sandringham Metro Service|inline=yes}}
| map_state       = collapsed
}}
The '''Sandringham line''' is a [[commuter rail]]way line in the city of [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandringham Line |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907155122/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Operated by [[Metro Trains Melbourne]], it is the city's fourth shortest metropolitan railway line at {{convert|17.9|km}}. The line runs from [[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street station]] in central Melbourne to [[Sandringham railway station|Sandringham station]] in the south-east, serving 14 stations via [[South Yarra railway station|South Yarra]], [[Balaclava railway station, Melbourne|Balaclava]], [[Elsternwick railway station|Elsternwick]], and Brighton.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2017 |title=Metro's paper timetables mess |url=https://www.danielbowen.com/2017/09/04/metro-paper-timetable-issues/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209095505/https://www.danielbowen.com/2017/09/04/metro-paper-timetable-issues/ |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=Daniel Bowen}}</ref> The line operates from approximately 5am to 12am, daily, with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. Services run every 7–8 minutes during peak hour, with services running every 15 minutes during the inter-peak period on weekdays, and every 20 minutes at night and during the day on weekends (with the exception of early Sunday mornings when services run every 40 minutes). Additionally, services run every 60 minutes overnight on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the Night Network.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |date=1 March 2021 |title=New timetable train line information – Public Transport Victoria |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/?line=cranbourne-and-pakenham |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301102536/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/?line=cranbourne-and-pakenham |archive-date=1 March 2021 |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=}}</ref> Trains on the Sandringham line run with a two three-car formations of [[Comeng (train)|Comeng]] or [[Siemens Nexas]] trainsets.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Adam |date=2014-11-07 |title=Trains are working better but seating not guaranteed |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/trains-are-working-better-but-seating-not-guaranteed-20141107-11ifm4.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206070133/https://www.smh.com.au/national/trains-are-working-better-but-seating-not-guaranteed-20141107-11ifm4.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sections of the Sandringham line opened as early as 1859, with the line fully extended to Sandringham in 1887. A limited number of stations were first opened, with infill stations progressively opened between 1860 and 1912.<ref name=":11222">{{Cite web |title=What year did your railway station open? {{!}} Public Transport Users Association (Victoria, Australia) |date=3 August 2018 |url=https://www.ptua.org.au/2018/08/03/railway-stations-years-opened/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209095505/https://www.ptua.org.au/2018/08/03/railway-stations-years-opened/ |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> The line was built to connect [[Melbourne]] with the suburbs of [[Balaclava, Victoria|Balaclava]], [[Elsternwick, Victoria|Elsternwick]], [[Brighton, Victoria|Brighton]], and [[Sandringham, Victoria|Sandringham]], amongst others. Minor upgrades have occurred since its opening, including historical level crossing removal works and regular infrastructure upgrades.<ref name= ":0" />

== History ==

=== 19th century ===
The [[Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company]] opened their line from [[Princes Bridge railway station|Princes Bridge]] (later amalgamated with [[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street station]]) to a temporary station on Punt Road in February 1859, then to [[Cremorne railway station|Cremorne]] (now closed) in December of that year. Shortly after, the [[St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company]] opened their railway line from [[St Kilda railway station|St Kilda]] to [[North Brighton railway station|Bay Street]] (now North Brighton) in December 1859. Twelve months after that, the [[Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company]] extended their line from Cremorne to [[Chapel Street, Melbourne|Chapel Street]] (now [[Windsor, Victoria|Windsor]]) station, on the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company's line, providing a second route to the city from the Brighton line. The following year, again in December, the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company extended their line to [[Brighton Beach railway station|Beach]] (now Brighton Beach).

The [[St Kilda - Windsor railway line|link between St Kilda and Windsor]], disused since 1862, was dismantled in 1867, although part of it at the Windsor end was used as a [[rail siding|siding]] for some time afterwards. In 1865, the [[Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company]], who owned the St Kilda line, purchased the Melbourne Suburban Railway Company and became the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company, and subsequently bought the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company, which was in financial difficulties, for £99,500. The [[Victorian Government]] acquired the United railway company in July 1878.

In September 1887, the Brighton line was extended to [[Sandringham railway station|Sandringham]].

=== 20th century ===
[[File:Windsor station signal box and level crossing.jpg|alt=Old signals with a level crossing in the background|thumb|The new signalling system present at Windsor station, 1918|left]]
The Sandringham line became the first line in Victoria to be provided with automatic [[railway signal|signals]], with the line as far as [[Elsternwick, Melbourne|Elsternwick]] converted in stages from 1915 to 1918. Then in 1919, the Sandringham line became, with the line to [[Essendon railway station|Essendon]], the first line in the country to be electrified (apart from a test installation on the [[Flemington Racecourse railway line|Flemington Racecourse line]]).<ref name=":15">Fisher, Peter (2007). ''Victorian Signalling: by Accident or Design?''. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). {{isbn|978-1-920892-50-0}}</ref> Automatic signalling was provided the rest of the way to Sandringham in two stages in during 1926.<ref name=":15" />

When the [[Rapid transit|underground]] [[City Loop]] line was designed, it was not intended to cater for trains on the [[Port Melbourne]], [[St Kilda, Victoria|St Kilda]], and Sandringham lines. However, a [[crossover (rail)|crossover]] was installed near [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]] to allow Sandringham trains to cross to the tracks used by the [[Frankston railway line|Frankston]], [[Pakenham railway line|Pakenham]], and [[Cranbourne railway line|Cranbourne]] line trains, which had access to the underground loop. In 1985, two Sandringham trains each way were altered to run via the underground loop, and in 1987, with the Port Melbourne and St Kilda lines converted to [[light rail]] operation, all off-peak and many peak trains were routed via the underground loop.{{cn|date=May 2024}} The commencement of operations involved the service stopping at three new stations—[[Parliament railway station|Parliament]], [[Melbourne Central railway station|Melbourne Central]] (formally Museum), and [[Flagstaff railway station|Flagstaff]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Loop closure |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/disruptions/city-loop-closure/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114102756/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/disruptions/city-loop-closure/ |archive-date=14 January 2023 |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Loop follows [[La Trobe Street|La Trobe]] and [[Spring Street, Melbourne|Spring Streets]] along the northern and eastern edges of the [[Hoddle Grid]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Guide to navigating the City Loop {{!}} Public Transport Users Association (Victoria, Australia) |url=https://www.ptua.org.au/tips/loop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212120652/https://www.ptua.org.au/tips/loop/ |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=en-AU}}</ref> The Loop connects with Melbourne's two busiest stations, [[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street]] and [[Southern Cross railway station|Southern Cross]], via the elevated [[Flinders Street Viaduct]].<ref name=":7" /> From 2021, Sandringham line services stopped operating through the loop as part of a timetable restructure.<ref name=":113">{{Cite web |title=New timetable train line information |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204042226/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/the-new-timetable-for-victorias-train-network/new-timetable-train-line-information/ |archive-date=4 February 2021 |access-date=31 January 2021 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== 21st century ===
{{Main|Sandringham railway line#Future}}

In 2021, the metropolitan timetable underwent a major rewrite, resulting in all Sandringham line trains terminating at Flinders Street without operating through the [[City Loop]].<ref name=":113"/>

== Future ==

=== Network reconfiguration ===
When the new cross-city rail corridor being built by the [[Metro Tunnel]] opens in 2025 there will be a reorganisation of the Melbourne rail network.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |title=PTV Network Development Plan Metropolitan Rail Overview |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV-default-site/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/PTV_Network-Development-Plan_Metropolitan-Rail_Overview_2016update.pdf |access-date=18 December 2012 |website=Public Transport Victoria |archive-date=19 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919131436/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV-default-site/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/PTV_Network-Development-Plan_Metropolitan-Rail_Overview_2016update.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Department of Transport and Planning|Victorian Department of Transport and Planning]] plans to return the [[Frankston railway line|Frankston line]] to the [[City Loop]], with dedicated use of the Caulfield group tunnel track.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Planning |first=Department of Transport and Planning |title=Transport strategies and plans |url=https://dtp.vic.gov.au/about/planning/transport-strategies-and-plans |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=dtp.vic.gov.au |language=en-au |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212093612/https://dtp.vic.gov.au/about/planning/transport-strategies-and-plans |url-status=live }}</ref> This will mean Frankston line trains will no longer through-run with Werribee and Williamstown line trains, and will again stop at City Loop stations [[Flagstaff railway station|Flagstaff]], [[Melbourne Central railway station|Melbourne Central]] and [[Parliament railway station|Parliament]].<ref name=":6" /> As part of the reconfiguration, the Sandringham line would instead begin through-running services to [[Werribee line|Werribee]] and [[Williamstown line|Williamstown]] lines for the first time.<ref name=":6" />

Stage 4 of the [[Network Development Plan – Metropolitan Rail]] proposed that the [[Upfield railway line|Upfield]] and Sandringham lines be joined via a reconfigured City Loop sometime in the 2030s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Growing Our Rail Network 2018–2025 |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/ |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB |archive-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812025052/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Network and operations ==

=== Services ===
Services on the Sandringham line operates from approximately 5:00am to 12:00am (midnight) daily and all night on Friday and Saturday nights.<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |date=22 August 2022 |title=More Melburnians could hop on a train or tram every 10 minutes under ambitious Greens proposal |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-23/melbourne-train-tram-services-victorian-greens-state-election/101357298 |url-status=live |access-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217181820/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-23/melbourne-train-tram-services-victorian-greens-state-election/101357298 |archive-date=17 December 2022}}</ref> Services run every 7–8 minutes during peak hour, with services running every 15 minutes during the inter-peak period on weekdays, and every 20 minutes at night and during the day on weekends (with the exception of early Sunday mornings when services run every 40 minutes until 10:00am). Additionally, services run every 60 minutes overnight on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the Night Network.<ref name=":32"/> Services don't run via the [[City Loop]], instead they run direct to Flinders Street.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Growing Our Rail Network 2018–2025 |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/ |access-date=6 February 2023 |website=Public Transport Victoria |language=en-GB |archive-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812025052/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/legal-and-policies/growing-our-rail-network-2018-2025/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

As of December 2024, one express train during a weekday on the Sandringham line is being the 6:05pm Flinders Street service from Sandringham.

==== Stopping patterns ====
'''Legend — Station status'''
* ◼ [[Premium station|Premium Station]] – Station staffed from first to last train
* ◻ [[Host station|Host Station]] – Usually staffed during morning peak, however this can vary for different stations on the network.

'''Legend — Stopping patterns'''<br>Services do not operate via the City Loop
* ● – All trains stop
* ◐ – Some services do not stop
* ▲ – Only inbound trains stop
* | – Trains pass and do not stop

{{Table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left"
! colspan="5" style="background:#{{rcr|Melbourne|Sandringham}};" |<span style="color:white;">Sandringham Services<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandringham Line |url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/timetable/12/sandringham/ |website=Public Transport Victoria |access-date=26 December 2022 |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220072731/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/timetable/12/sandringham/ |url-status=live }}</ref></span>
|+
!Station
!Zone
!Local
!Ltd Express
!Middle Brighton
|-
|◼ {{rwsa|Flinders Street}} || rowspan="9" | 1 || ● || ▲ || ▲ 
|-
|◼ {{rwsa|Richmond|m}} || ● || ▲ || ▲ 
|-
|◼ {{rwsa|South Yarra}} || ● || ▲ || ▲ 
|-
|◻ {{rwsa|Prahran}} || ● || ▲ || ▲ 
|-
|◻ {{rwsa|Windsor|m}} || ● || ▲ || ▲ 
|-
|◼ {{rwsa|Balaclava|m}} || ● || ▲ || ▲ 
|-
|◻ {{rwsa|Ripponlea}} || ● || ▲ || ▲ 
|-
|◼ {{rwsa|Elsternwick}} || ● || ▲ || ▲ 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Gardenvale}} || ● || {{Pipe}} || ▲ 
|-
|◻ {{rwsa|North Brighton}} || rowspan="3" | 1/2 || ● || {{Pipe}} || ▲ 
|-
|◻ {{rwsa|Middle Brighton}} || ● || {{Pipe}} || ▲ 
|-
|◼ {{rwsa|Brighton Beach}} || ● || {{Pipe}} || rowspan="3" | 
|-
|{{htxt|◻}} {{rwsa|Hampton|m}} || rowspan="2" | 2 || ● || {{Pipe}} 
|-
|◼ {{rwsa|Sandringham}} || ● || ▲ 
|}

=== Operators ===
The Sandringham line has had a total of 11 operators since its opening in 1859. The line was initially operated by the [[Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company]], the [[St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company]], the [[Melbourne Railway Company]], and the [[Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company]] over the course of 19 years from 1859 till nationalisation in 1878. The majority of operations throughout its history have been government run: from 1878 until the 1999 privatisation of Melbourne's rail network, four different government operators have run the line.<ref name=":102">"Melbourne's Rail Network to be Split" ''[[Railway Digest]]'' November 1997 page 12</ref> These operators, [[Victorian Railways]], the [[Metropolitan Transit Authority (Victoria)|Metropolitan Transit Authority]], the [[Public Transport Corporation]] and Bayside Trains have a combined operational length of 121 years.<ref name=":102"/>

Bayside Trains was privatised in August 1999 and later rebranded [[M-Train|M>Train]]. In 2002, M>Train was placed into receivership and the state government regained ownership of the line, with [[KPMG]] appointed as receivers to operate M>Train on behalf of the state government.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836793/National-Express-walks-out-of-Australian-rail-service.html National Express walks out of Australian rail service] ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' (London) 17 December 2002</ref><ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/23/1040511007915.html Receivers take over train, tram group] ''[[The Age]]'' 24 December 2002</ref><ref>[https://www.railexpress.com.au/victorian-passenger-services-get-new-managers/ Victorian passenger services get new managers] ''Rail Express'' 28 January 2003</ref> Two years later, rival train operator [[Connex Melbourne]] took over the M>Train operations including the Sandringham line. [[Metro Trains Melbourne]], the current private operator, then took over the operations in 2009. These private operators have had a combined operational period of {{Age|1999|08|29}} years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Mex |date=25 June 2009 |title=New train, tram operators for Melbourne |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/new-train-tram-operators-for-melbourne-20090625-cxgx.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101122206/https://www.theage.com.au/national/new-train-tram-operators-for-melbourne-20090625-cxgx.html |archive-date=1 January 2023 |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=The Age}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Past and present operators of the Sandringham line:
!Operator
!Assumed operations
!Ceased operations
!Length of operations
|-
|[[Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company]]*
| rowspan="2" |1859
| rowspan="2" |1862
| rowspan="2" |3 years
|-
|[[St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company]]*
|-
|[[Melbourne Railway Company]]
|1862
|1865
|3 years
|-
|[[Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company]]
|1865
|1878
|13 years
|-
|[[Victorian Railways]]
|1878
|1983
|105 years
|-
|[[Metropolitan Transit Authority (Victoria)|Metropolitan Transit Authority]]
|1983
|1989
|6 years
|-
|[[Public Transport Corporation]]
|1989
|1998
|9 years
|-
|[[Bayside Trains]] (government operator)
|1998
|1999
|1 years
|-
|[[M-Train|M>Train]]
|1999
|2004
|5 years
|-
|[[Connex Melbourne]]
|2004
|2009
|5 years
|-
|[[Metro Trains Melbourne]]
|2009
|''incumbent''
|{{Age|2009|11|30}} years (ongoing)
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Operated part of the route

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The Sandringham line forms a somewhat linear route with minor curves from the [[Melbourne central business district]] to its terminus in Sandringham. The route is {{convert|17.9|km}} long and is predominantly doubled tracked, however between Flinders Street station and Richmond, the track is widened to 12 tracks, narrowing to 6 tracks between Richmond and South Yarra before again narrowing to 2 tracks between South Yarra and Sandringham.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Adam |date=4 June 2015 |title=Multimillion-dollar Richmond railway station revamp in limbo |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/multimilliondollar-richmond-railway-station-revamp-in-limbo-20150604-ghgyos.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212123654/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/multimilliondollar-richmond-railway-station-revamp-in-limbo-20150604-ghgyos.html |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=The Age}}</ref> After departing from its terminus at Flinders Street, the Sandringham line traverses mainly flat country with few curves and fairly minimal [[Earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] for most of the line. However, sections of the line have been elevated or lowering into a [[Cutting (transportation)|cutting]] to [[Level Crossing Removal Project|eliminate level crossings]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Marcus |date=10 May 2021 |title=Level crossing removals in 1920s Melbourne |url=https://wongm.com/2021/05/melbourne-1920s-level-crossing-removals/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212120708/https://wongm.com/2021/05/melbourne-1920s-level-crossing-removals/ |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=Waking up in Geelong}}</ref> Despite historical removals, there are numerous level crossings still present on the line with no current plans to remove them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Gary |date=20 November 2020 |title=Key level crossing removals must feature in this year's State Budget – Michael O'Brien MP, Member for Malvern |url=https://www.michaelobrien.com.au/key-level-crossing-removals-must-feature-in-this-years-state-budget/ |access-date=15 February 2023 |website=Michael O'Brien MP |language=en-AU |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215095437/https://www.michaelobrien.com.au/key-level-crossing-removals-must-feature-in-this-years-state-budget/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The line follows the same alignment as the Cranbourne, Pakenham, and Frankston lines with the four services splitting onto different routes at South Yarra. The Sandringham line continues on its south eastern alignment, whereas the Cranbourne, Pakenham, and Frankston lines takes an eastern alignment towards their final destinations.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Wray |first=Tyson |title=Melbourne's train lines definitively ranked from best to worst |url=https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/blog/melbournes-train-lines-definitively-ranked-from-best-to-worst-011917 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212120710/https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/blog/melbournes-train-lines-definitively-ranked-from-best-to-worst-011917 |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=Time Out Melbourne|date=19 January 2017 }}</ref> From [[Balaclava railway station, Melbourne|Balaclava]], the line is never more than ~{{convert|2|km|mi|1}} from the eastern shore of [[Port Phillip Bay, Victoria|Port Phillip]]. All of the rail line goes through [[Urban agglomeration|built-up]] suburbs towards its terminus in Sandringham.<ref name=":8" />

=== Stations ===
The line serves 14 stations across {{convert|17.9|km}} of track. The stations are a mix of elevated, lowered, and ground level designs. The majority of stations are at ground level, with elevated or lowered stations constructed in conjunction with historical level crossing removals works.<ref name=":142">{{Cite web |last1=Woodcock |first1=Ian |last2=Stone |first2=John |date=2016 |title=The Benefits Of Level Crossing Removals. Lessons from Melbourne's historical experience |url=https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/2733112/LXRA-Report_low_resolution.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109020042/https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/2733112/LXRA-Report_low_resolution.pdf |archive-date=9 January 2023 |access-date=9 January 2023 |page=18}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Station
!Accessibility
!Opened
!Terrain
!Train connections
!Other connections
|-
|[[Flinders Street railway station|Flinders Street]]
|Yes—step free access
|1854<ref name=":11222"/>
|Lowered
|{{Collapsible list
| title = 16 connections|
* {{RouteBox|Alamein line|Alamein railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Alamein}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Belgrave line|Belgrave railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Belgrave}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Craigieburn line|Craigieburn railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Craigieburn}}|black}}
* {{RouteBox|Cranbourne line|Cranbourne railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Cranbourne}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Flemington Racecourse line|Flemington Racecourse railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Flemington Racecourse}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Gippsland line|Gippsland V/Line rail service|#{{rcr|V/Line|Gippsland}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Glen Waverley line|Glen Waverley railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Glen Waverley}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Hurstbridge line|Hurstbridge railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Hurstbridge}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Lilydale line|Lilydale railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Lilydale}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Mernda line|Mernda railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Mernda}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Pakenham line|Pakenham railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Sunbury line|Sunbury railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Sunbury}}|black}}
* {{RouteBox|Upfield line|Upfield railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Upfield}}|black}}
* {{RouteBox|Werribee line|Werribee railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Werribee}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Williamstown line|Williamstown railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Williamstown}}|white}}
}}
|{{Symbol|Melbourne tram logo.svg|30|Trams|link=no}} {{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[Richmond railway station, Melbourne|Richmond]]
| rowspan="2" |No—steep ramp
|1859<ref name=":11222"/>
|Elevated
|{{Collapsible list
| title = 8 connections|
* {{RouteBox|Alamein line|Alamein railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Alamein}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Belgrave line|Belgrave railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Belgrave}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Cranbourne line|Cranbourne railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Cranbourne}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Gippsland line|Gippsland V/Line rail service|#{{rcr|V/Line|Gippsland}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Glen Waverley line|Glen Waverley railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Glen Waverley}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Lilydale line|Lilydale railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Lilydale}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Pakenham line|Pakenham railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}|white}}
}}
|{{Symbol|Melbourne tram logo.svg|30|Trams|link=no}} {{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[South Yarra railway station|South Yarra]]
|1860<ref name=":11222"/>
|Lowered
|{{Collapsible list
| title = 3 connections|
* {{RouteBox|Cranbourne line|Cranbourne railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Cranbourne}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Frankston line|Frankston railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Frankston}}|white}}
* {{RouteBox|Pakenham line|Pakenham railway line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Pakenham}}|white}}
}}
| rowspan="4" |{{Symbol|Melbourne tram logo.svg|30|Trams|link=no}}
|-
|[[Prahran railway station|Prahran]]
|Yes—step free access
|1860<ref name=":11222"/>
| rowspan="2" |Ground level
| rowspan="11" |
|-
|[[Windsor railway station, Melbourne|Windsor]]
|No—steep ramp
| rowspan="2" |1859<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Balaclava railway station, Melbourne|Balaclava]]
| rowspan="3" |Yes—step free access
|Elevated
|-
|[[Ripponlea railway station|Ripponlea]]
|1912<ref name=":11222"/>
|Ground level
|{{Symbol|Melbourne tram logo.svg|30|Trams|link=no}} {{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}} 
|-
|[[Elsternwick railway station|Elsternwick]]
|1859<ref name=":11222"/>
|Lowered
|{{Symbol|Melbourne tram logo.svg|30|Trams|link=no}} {{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}} {{Symbol|Melbourne skybus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[Gardenvale railway station|Gardenvale]]
|No—steep ramp
|1906<ref name=":11222"/>
|Elevated
|{{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[North Brighton railway station|North Brighton]]
| rowspan="5" |Yes—step free access
|1859<ref name=":11222"/>
| rowspan="5" |Ground level
|{{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}} {{Symbol|Melbourne skybus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[Middle Brighton railway station|Middle Brighton]]
| rowspan="2" |1861<ref name=":11222"/>
| rowspan="4" |{{Symbol|Victoria bus logo.svg|30|Buses|link=no}}
|-
|[[Brighton Beach railway station|Brighton Beach]]
|-
|[[Hampton railway station, Melbourne|Hampton]]
| rowspan="2" |1887<ref name=":11222"/>
|-
|[[Sandringham railway station|Sandringham]]
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | Station Histories
!Station
!Opened<ref name="Anderson">{{Anderson-All Stations}}</ref>
!Closed<ref name="Anderson"/>
!Age
! scope=col class=unsortable | Notes<ref name="Anderson"/>
|-
| {{rwsa|Parliament}} || {{TAC2|22 January 1983}} || 
* Not a stop since 2021
|-
| {{rwsa|Melbourne Central}} || {{TAC2|26 January 1981}} || 
* Formerly Museum<ref name="Anderson"/>
* Not a stop since 2021
|-
| {{rwsa|Flagstaff}} || {{TAC2|27 May 1985}} || 
* Not a stop since 2021
|-
| {{rwsa|Southern Cross}} || {{TAC2|17 January 1859}} || 
* Formerly Batman's Hill
* Formerly Spencer Street
* Not a stop since 2021
|-
| {{rwsa|Flinders Street}} || {{TAC2|12 September 1854}} || 
* Formerly Melbourne Terminus
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{rwsa|Princes Bridge}} || {{TAC2|8 February 1859|||1 October 1866}} || rowspan="2" |  
|-
| {{TAC2|2 April 1879|||30 June 1980}}
|-
| {{rwsa|Botanic Gardens|m}} || {{TAC2|2 March 1859|||April 1862||c}} || 
|-
| Punt Road || {{TAC2|8 February 1859|||12 December 1859}} || 
* Replaced by Swan Street (200m further along line)
|-
| {{rwsa|Richmond|m}} || {{TAC2|12 December 1859}} || 
* Formerly Swan Street
|-
| {{rwsa|Cremorne}} || {{TAC2|12 December 1859|||28 December 1863||c}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|South Yarra}} || {{TAC2|22 December 1860}} || 
* Formerly Gardiner's Creek Road
|-
| {{rwsa|Prahran}} || {{TAC2|22 December 1860}} || 
* Formerly Greville Street
|-
| {{rwsa|Windsor|m}} || {{TAC2|19 December 1859}} || 
* Formerly Chapel Street
|-
| {{rwsa|Balaclava|m}} || {{TAC2|19 December 1859}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Ripponlea}} || {{TAC2|1 May 1912}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Elsternwick}} || {{TAC2|19 December 1859}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|Gardenvale}} || {{TAC2|10 December 1906}} || 
|-
| {{rwsa|North Brighton}} || {{TAC2|19 December 1859}} || 
* Formerly Bay Street
|-
| {{rwsa|Middle Brighton}} || {{TAC2|21 December 1861}} || 
* Formerly Church Street
|-
| {{rwsa|Brighton Beach}} || {{TAC2|21 December 1861}} || 
* Formerly Beach
|-
| {{rwsa|Hampton|m}} || {{TAC2|2 September 1887}} || 
* Formerly Hampton
* Formerly Retreat
|-
| {{rwsa|Sandringham}} || {{TAC2|2 September 1887}} || 
|}

== Infrastructure ==

=== Rolling stock ===
{{Main|2 = Siemens Nexas|3 = Comeng (train)|l3 = Comeng}}
[[File:Metro Trains Melbourne Siemens at Sunshine.jpg|alt=A modern train at a platform|left|thumb|Siemens Nexas trains are widely used across the Sandringham line.]]
The Sandringham line uses two different types of [[electric multiple unit]] (EMU) trains that are operated in a split six-car configuration. The primary rolling stock featured on the line is the [[Comeng (train)|Comeng]] EMUs contain three doors per side on each carriage and can accommodate up to 556 seated passengers in each six-car configuration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VICSIG |url=https://vicsig.net/suburban/train/Comeng |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=vicsig.net}}</ref> These trains were originally built between 1981 and 1988 and were later refurbished by [[Alstom]] & [[Downer Rail|EDi Rail]] between 2000 and 2003 and [[UGL Rail]] between 2017 and 2021. Since 2021, [[Comeng (train)|Comeng]] EMUs are progressively being retired as new rolling stock is introduced to the rail network.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thum |first=Max |date=25 November 2021 |title=Comeng… Retirement Plans |url=https://medium.com/the-gauge/comeng-retirement-b6138e8ac83b |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=The Gauge - Archived |language=en}}</ref> The second type of rolling stock is the [[Siemens Nexas]] EMUs contain two doors per side on each carriage and can accommodate up to 432 seated passengers in each six-car configuration.<ref>[http://ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV/PTV%20docs/Partnership-agreements/Train-Franchise-Agreement-Vol-2-of-2.pdf Train Franchise Agreement Volume 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301010405/http://ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV/PTV%20docs/Partnership-agreements/Train-Franchise-Agreement-Vol-2-of-2.pdf|date=1 March 2014}} Public Transport Victoria</ref> The trains were originally built between 2002 and 2005 with a total of 72 three-car sets constructed.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 October 2005 |title=Media Release: New Train Hits the Tracks |url=http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/97735a0de321c545ca257091000166ff!OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831033620/http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/97735a0de321c545ca257091000166ff!OpenDocument |archive-date=31 August 2007 |publisher=Minister for Public Transport}}</ref>

Alongside the passenger trains, Sandringham line tracks and equipment are maintained by a fleet of engineering trains. The four types of engineering trains are: the shunting train; designed for moving trains along non-electrified corridors and for transporting other maintenance locomotives, for track evaluation; designed for evaluating track and its condition, the overhead inspection train; designed for overhead wiring inspection, and the infrastructure evaluation carriage designed for general infrastructure evaluation.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |date=1 February 2011 |title=NETWORK SERVICE PLAN {{!}} Addenda |url=https://www.vline.com.au/pdf/networkaccess/networkserviceplan/addenda.pdf/addenda |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307165249/https://www.vline.com.au/pdf/networkaccess/networkserviceplan/addenda.pdf/addenda |archive-date=7 March 2011}}</ref> Most of these trains are repurposed locomotives previously used by [[V/Line]], Metro Trains, and the [[Southern Shorthaul Railroad]].<ref name=":17" />

==== Former rolling stock ====
When the line was electrified, the Sandringham line initially used a fleet of [[Swing Door]] and [[Tait (train)|Tait]] EMUs. Until the 2000s, the line generally used all types of EMUs operating in Melbourne.

From 1982, as the [[Comeng (train)|Comeng]] EMUs entered service, the remaining Tait stock were cascaded onto the Sandingham line, as well as on the [[Port Melbourne railway line|Port Melbourne]] and [[St Kilda railway line|St Kilda]] lines as they were banned from running in the [[City Loop]]. At the same time, the refurbished Harris trains were put into service on those said three lines. From 1991, the line went back to using the regular [[Hitachi (Australian train)|Hitachi]] and [[Comeng (train)|Comeng]] trains until its displacement with the [[Siemens Nexas|Siemens]] EMU.

[[Hitachi (Australian train)|Hitachi]] EMUs were removed from the line in December 2013.

=== Accessibility ===
In compliance with the [[Disability Discrimination Act 1992|Disability Discrimination Act of 1992]], all stations that are new-built or rebuilt are fully accessible and comply with these guidelines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accessibility – Public Transport Ombudsman Victoria |url=https://www.ptovic.com.au/improving-pt/accessibility |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103084345/https://www.ptovic.com.au/improving-pt/accessibility |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=www.ptovic.com.au}}</ref> The majority of stations on the corridor are fully accessible, however, there are some stations that haven't been upgraded to meet these guidelines.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Station accessibility features |url=https://www.metrotrains.com.au/station-accessibility-features/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208020143/https://www.metrotrains.com.au/station-accessibility-features/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=Metro Trains Melbourne}}</ref> These stations do feature ramps, however, they have a gradient greater than 1 in 14.<ref name=":12" /> Stations that are fully accessible feature ramps that have a gradient less than 1 in 14, have at-grade paths, or feature lifts.<ref name=":12" /> These stations typically also feature [[Tactile paving|tactile boarding indicators]], independent boarding ramps, wheelchair accessible [[myki]] barriers, [[Audio induction loop|hearing loops]], and widened paths.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=n.d. |title=Accessing public transport |url=https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/health-support-services/accessing-melbourne/Pages/public-transport.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206144538/https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/health-support-services/accessing-melbourne/Pages/public-transport.aspx |archive-date=6 December 2022 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=City of Melbourne}}</ref>

Individual upgrade projects designed around improving station accessibility have occurred in recent years, with works making significant strides in improving network accessibility, with more than 71% of Sandringham line stations classed as fully accessible.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2022 |title=Left behind: the fight for accessible public transport in Victoria |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/13/left-behind-the-fight-for-accessible-public-transport-in-victoria |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103084335/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/13/left-behind-the-fight-for-accessible-public-transport-in-victoria |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=the Guardian}}</ref>

=== Signalling ===
The Sandringham line uses three position signalling which is widely used across the Melbourne train network.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A walk around Gunning |url=http://vrhistory.com/walks/Gunning/Gunning.htm |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=vrhistory.com |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815134339/http://vrhistory.com/walks/Gunning/Gunning.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Three position signalling was first introduced in 1915, with the final section of the line converted to the new type of signalling in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Code 3-Position Speed Signalling |url=http://www.sa-trackandsignal.net/Pdf%20files/ARTC/ASig%20descr.pdf |access-date=12 February 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207082457/http://www.sa-trackandsignal.net/Pdf%20files/ARTC/ASig%20descr.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The Sandringham line was the first line in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] to be equipped with this technology and was also the first (along with part of the [[Craigieburn railway line|Craigieburn line]]) to have a regular electric service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Safety First on line for Passengers {{!}} Kingston Local History |url=https://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/articles/242 |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212051913/https://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/articles/242 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline}}
* [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/12/sandringham/ Sandringham line timetable]
* [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/maps/#networkmaps Network map]

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