The Pakenham line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's longest metropolitan railway line at 57 kilometres (35 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Pakenham station in the south-east, serving 27 stations via the City Loop, South Yarra, Caulfield, Oakleigh, and Dandenong. The line operates for approximately 20 hours a day with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. During peak hour, headways of up to 5 to 10 minutes are operated with services every 20 minutes during off-peak hours. Trains on the Pakenham line run with a seven-car formation operated by High Capacity Metro Trains.
A city-bound High Capacity Metro Train at Carnegie station.
A section of the quad-tracked corridor built in 1915 between Richmond and Caulfield stations.
A Comeng train arriving at Cardinia Road station in 2012.
A HCMT operating a Pakenham-bound service.
Metro Trains Melbourne, often known simply as Metro, is the operator and brand name of train services on the electrified metropolitan rail network serving the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the largest urban rail network in Australia, with 17 lines and 221 stations across 405 km (252 mi) of railways, and the second busiest network in Australia, with a patronage of 99.5 million as of 2021–2022.
A High Capacity Metro Train departing Carnegie railway station in June 2021
Bentleigh railway station in December 2018
Ticket gates at Mernda railway station
High Capacity Metro Train approaches Carnegie Station, South East of Melbourne
