Pakenham Station

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Pakenham railway station is located on the Gippsland line in Victoria, Australia. It is also the terminus of the electrified Pakenham line from Flinders Street. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne satellite suburb of Pakenham, opening on 8 October 1877.The current island platform was provided in 1959. In 1970, the station buildings were replaced with a new pebblestone structure and in 1975, suburban services were extended to the station. Further upgrades to the station happened in 1979/1980. Boom barriers were provided at the Main Street level crossing in 1986. It was upgraded to a Premium station on 15 March 1997. Since 2001 it has been the extremity of the electrified network.Stabling facilities are located south of the station. In March 2014, it was announced that a new train depot will be built at Pakenham East.Pakenham was the scene of a collision between Hitachi carriage 353D and guards van 286ZL on 16 April 1980. The guards van was destroyed in the collision, and the Hitachi carriage was later scrapped.Platforms & servicesPakenham has one island platform with two sides. It is serviced by terminating Metro Trains Pakenham line services and V/Line Traralgon and Bairnsdale services. Metro Trains generally use Platform 1, with westbound V/Line services often crossing to Platform 2 to pass stabled services.