Ormond railway station
Ormond railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Ormond, and it opened on 19 December 1881 as North Road. It was renamed Ormond on 1 September 1897. In 1922, the station was closed to goods traffic. A siding at the station was also removed in the same year. Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former North Road level crossing, which was located at the Down end of the station, in 1968. In 1974, all interlocking at the station was abolished. The Up face of  the former ground level island platform was brought into use on 28 June 1987. In May 2014, the Victorian Government announced a grade separation project to remove the North Road level crossing, requiring the station to be rebuilt. The station temporarily closed on 25 March 2016, to allow the station to be demolished and to be built below ground level. The new station opened on 29 August 2016. Platforms and services. Ormond has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. In the morning peak hour, Frankston bound services utilise Platform 3, with Flinders Street bound trains utilising  Platforms 1 and 2. At other times, Frankston bound trains use Platform 2. The station is serviced by Metro Trains' Frankston line services. Platform 1: Platform 2: Platform 3: Transport links. CDC Melbourne operates two routes via Ormond station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: