Typical country town train station, has all the necessary requirements - train tracks, local bus…read morestop, platform etc. there is only one platform so very difficult to get on the wrong train.... Actual I would go further and nearly impossible given there came only be one train at the platform at any one time. Connecting buses to other towns/cities stop right out the front of the station and there is a local bus stop on the station side of the street. The car park is a reasonable size but gets full quite quick when the train comes in with people waiting to pick up weary travellers. There are covered seating out the front of the station ready for those who need to wait to be picked up. Taxis can be found in the station rank with the arrival of each bus and train. A timetable for services from the station can be found near the entrance on the outside, accessible even if the station is closed. In side there is a desk where very helpful staff can be found to help you with your tickets or enquiry. There is some seating inside for those hot/rainy/cold days along with a vending machine with all the usual snack suspects and public toilets. A walkable distance into the centre of town.

Great staff, great service, left my wallet at the bottom of my bag and the train was about to leave…read moreand the station hand let me board and I had a local attend and pay for the fare. I admit they knew me from my regular commute but common sense prevailed. I say keep manned railaway stations for such personal service. Toilest are clean, an adequate waiting area, love to see a Barrista attend for the morning peak service at 5.15am and 6.30am ie a van hint hint Mr/Mrs Station Master..... as no coffee at that hour for 2hrs 30 mins is hard on the addiction.

This is the newest mega train station near Point Cook. It looks clean, at least compared to those…read morein US. There is huge car park for commuters, however there is bit of walking distance, plan to give plenty of time.

Yeah, this station is rather nice, and you can sort of tell that it has been around for a while,…read moreand that it is also a rather major station as well. It is quite close to the shops, which is also a pretty good thing, and the trains are also reasonably frequent, and some of them are express as well, which I certainly do appreciate. Sure, it might not be one of my favourite suburbs in Melbourne, but the station does have some charm, and there is also a bus interchange as well, which also helps.

Here we have another station that happens to be fully staffed, completely accessible, and has ample…read morefacilities. I guess being located next to a major shopping centre does help, and help quite a lot, but still, I do quite appreciate the fact that this station is just a little more than a shelter and a platform. I guess also being a termination station for some trains helps as well.

I wouldn't consider this station to be all that aesthetic, but then again, that certainly has a lot…read moreto do with it being one of those station that happened to have appeared on the scene when railway stations were more about function as opposed to form. The other thing was that this place wasn't staffed all that much, yet, the thing is that it still have facilities which I could use, so it certainly gets points for that.

This is actually quite a new station - sort of. There used to be a station here ages ago, back when…read morethe railway line when all the way up to Whittlesea, but as governments are prone to do, they decided to rip it up. Not surprisingly, they have since laid it back down again, and built some new stations, and this is one of them. Look, it certainly serves its purpose, and is also quite large, and even has some good facilities, something that many of the newer, and revamped, stations are taking on board. Yeah, this station certainly does work, and it is much better than others that I have encountered.

And another random railway station that I'm reviewing. Well, random is probably not the best word…read moreto describe this as that would involve me getting off the train just to review a railway station, and that isn't something that I am really all that keen to do. However, this station wasn't too bad. It's been renovated and also quite clean, and near some pretty decent shops as well.

Ahhh. Balaclava. I used to love getting on and off the train at Balaclava station. OKay, not the…read morewalk down or up those long ramps, that could be a bit painful. But getting off at Balaclava always felt a bit like being in a rock video. First a couple of orthodox jews would get off, all dressed in black and wearing those awesome hats they wear. Then a tough old lesbian couple. Then maybe a backpacker or two, and then finally me. And I'd maybe stop for a coffee, listening to the relaxing thunder of the trains passing overhead, and I'd be happy.

In a way this is a major suburban railway station, namely because it happens to be a stop for the…read moreV/Line trains as well as a number of the suburban trains (well, actually all of the suburban trains that head along this line). It is basically a fully serviced railway station, and quite accessible as well, though I'm not entirely sure if it actually sports restrooms (a lot of them don't, and when they do it happens to be locked). Still, trains are reasonably frequent along here.

Essendon Junction does not have a lot to offer, but it does provide a train station (Craigieburn…read moreLine), tram stop (rout 59), bus depot (many routes), 7 Eleven, a couple of bars and a cafe. Essendon station has a lot of parking, but fills early. It is also close to Windy Hill, if you happen to need to go there for some reason.