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In addition to the stations currently opened, there are an additional 73 closed to passengers and 9 stations expected to open in the near future. The network is broken up into two Myki ticketing zones. These zones determine how much it would cost to travel from one station to another, with cross zone travel costing more than travelling within ...
Myki (/ ˈ m aɪ. k iː / MY-kee), stylised as myki, is a reloadable credit card-sized contactless smart card ticketing system used for electronic payment of fares on most public transport services in Melbourne and regional Victoria, Australia. [1] Myki replaced the Metcard ticketing system and became fully operational at the end of 2012.
Melbourne's public-transport system is divided into two zones, in addition to the free tram zone in the central business district and some surrounding areas. Myki has two forms of tickets: myki money (in which money is loaded on a myki and the system selects the "best fare") and the myki-pass, where commuters pre-purchase tickets (or passes).
Hoppers Crossing railway station is a commuter railway station on the Werribee line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network.It serves the western suburb of Hoppers Crossing, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The station is within Myki ticketing Zone 2, [19] and is located between Railway Avenue and Patterson Street in the centre of Ringwood East. The station also has 330 car parking spaces. [4] It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale line services. [20] Platform 1:
Richmond station was the filming location for the opening scene of the 1992 Australian film Romper Stomper where it was used as a stand-in for Footscray station. In 1994, major re-signalling works occurred between Richmond and South Yarra. [5] On 4 December 1996, Richmond was upgraded to a premium station. [8]
The State Government announced funding in its 2016/17 State Budget to provide 8 km of duplicated track between South Morang and Mernda, a rebuilt station at Mernda with 1,000 car-parking spaces, and an additional station to be built near Marymede Catholic College. [8] On 26 August 2018, this extension opened. [9] [1]
In 1857, two years before the station opened, the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company had opened its railway line from Geelong to Newport but, because the line from Melbourne to Newport was not yet complete, a track was constructed along North Road to a temporary terminus on the bank of the Yarra River at Greenwich, from where passengers were conveyed to Melbourne by ferry.