Railways and Tramways of Australia
Pakenham Line
View from platform 3 at Dandenong looking in the Flinders Street direction, 18 January 2013. Photo: Thebusofdoom, Wikimedia Commons.
Year Opened:
Flinders Street–Princes Bridge (near Flinders Street) 1865; Princes Bridge (near Flinders Street)–Cremorne (near Richmond) 1859; Cremorne (near Richmond)–South Yarra 1860; South Yarra–Oakleigh 1879; Oakleigh–Pakenham 1877
Stations:
Malvern, Caulfield, Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Oakleigh, Huntingdale, Clayton, Westall, Springvale, Sandown Park, Noble Park, Yarraman, Dandenong, Hallam, Narre Warren, Berwick, Beaconsfield, Officer, Cardinia Road, Pakenham, East Pakenham
Typical Journey Time:
71 minutes (Town Hall–East Pakenham)
Typical Peak Frequency:
10 minutes
Typical Off-peak Frequency:
20 minutes
Typical Weekend Frequency:
20 minutes
The Pakenham line extends to the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Between Hawksburn and Caulfield the line has four tracks; and between Caulfield and Pakenham the line is double track. Between Caulfield and Dandenong there are three elevated sections of railway, completed in 2018, which removed nine level crossings on the line. An elevated station was opened at Pakenham in 2024 and a new station was opened at East Pakenham. Between the city and Dandenong, services typically alternate between services terminating at Pakenham and services terminating at Cranbourne. Pakenham trains proceed through the Metro Tunnel and continue to the Sunbury Line. Trains to Traralgon and Bairnsdale also share the Pakenham line.