Bentleigh
Southbound view from Platform 3, March 2025
General information
Location	Nicholson Street, Bentleigh,Victoria 3204 City of Glen Eira Australia
Coordinates	37°55′03″S145°02′13″E / 37.9175°S 145.0369°E /-37.9175; 145.0369
System	PTVcommuter rail station
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line	Frankston
Distance	16.52 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1side, 1island)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	109
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational,premium station
Station code	BEN
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	19 December 1881; 143 years ago (1881-12-19)
Rebuilt	29 August 2016 (LXRP)
Electrified	June 1922 (1500VDCoverhead)
Previous names	East Brighton (1881-1907)
Passengers
2005-2006	756,552[1]
2006-2007	818,722[1]  8.21%
2007-2008	854,967[1]  4.42%
2008-2009	990,000[2]  15.79%
2009-2010	1,029,000[2]  3.94%
2010-2011	1,006,000[2]  2.23%
2011-2012	898,000[2]  10.74%
2012-2013	Not measured[2]
2013-2014	785,000[2]  12.58%
2014-2015	737,989[1]  5.98%
2015-2016	612,593[3]  16.99%
2016-2017	559,528[3]  8.66%
2017-2018	766,858[3]  37.05%
2018-2019	727,900[4]  5.04%
2019-2020	515,100[4]  29.23%
2020-2021	299,650[4]  41.8%
2021–2022	344,350[4]  14.91%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station McKinnon towardsWerribee orWilliamstown viaFlinders Street Frankston line Patterson towardsCheltenham orFrankston
Track layout Legend toMcKinnon 1 3 2 toPatterson
Location

Bentleigh station is aMetro Trains Melbournerailway station on theFrankston line, which is part of theMelbourne rail network. It serves the south-eastern suburb ofBentleigh, inMelbourne, Victoria, Australia. Bentleigh station is a below ground premium station, featuring three platforms, anisland platform with two faces and one side platform. It opened on 19 December 1881, with the current station provided in August 2016.^[5]

Initially opened asEast Brighton, the station was given its current name of Bentleigh on 1 May 1907.^[5]

Bentleigh station opened on 19 December 1881, when the railway line fromCaulfield was extended toMordialloc.^[5] Like the suburb itself, the station was named afterThomas Bent, formerPremier of Victoria between 1904 and 1909.^[6][7]

A goodssiding once existed at the station. It closed in 1922, and the connections to the siding were removed in that same year.^[5] In 1944, acrossover at thedown end of the station was abolished.^[5]

In 1974,boom barriers replacedinterlocked gates at the former Centre Roadlevel crossing, which was located at the down end of the station.^[8]

On 28 June 1987, the up face of the former ground levelisland platform was brought into use.^[9] The formerpedestrian underpass was also provided during this time.

In 1998, Bentleigh was upgraded to apremium station.^[10] Prior to the works, Bentleigh closely resembledMcKinnon. Also around this time, the underpass was filled in.

In 2006, the station's former pedestrian level crossing was upgraded as part of aVicTrack trial of new crossing technology. Additional warning devices were also fitted, with the common red pedestrian sign, as well as anLED light box saying "Another Train Coming", which is lit when either an express train is approaching on the southbound line, or when a train is approaching after another train on the northbound line.

In May 2015, theLevel Crossing Removal Authority announced agrade separation project to replace the Centre Road level crossing, immediately south of the station. This included rebuilding the station.^[11] On 4 June 2016, the station closed for demolition. On 29 August of that year, the rebuilt station opened.^[12]

Bentleigh was one of the stations set to receive funding through theMorrison government's controversial Commuter Car Park Scheme, where funding was allocated to stations without consultation with local councils, and which theAuditor-General labelled "pork-barrelling".^[13][14] As of 2021,City of Glen Eira was starting community consultation over the proposal, with concerns that the funding was "tainted".^[13]

Bentleigh has oneisland platform with two faces, and oneside platform. It is serviced byMetro Trains'Frankston line services.^[15]

Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via Bentleigh station, under contract toPublic Transport Victoria:

•  701 : toOakleigh station^[16]
• SmartBus 703 :Middle Brighton station –Blackburn station^[17]

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  Southbound view from the former ground level Platform 3, June 2014, prior to demolition
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  Southbound view from Platform 3, August 2016
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  Station concourse and entrance, December 2018

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• Premium Melbourne railway stations
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1881
• Railway stations in the City of Glen Eira

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