From time to time I’ll refer to the Frankston line on Twitter with the abbreviation FKN.

I’m not just trying to get a cheap laugh. Well okay, perhaps I am, but what people might not realise is that’s actually the official station code for Frankston.

Every station (and a good many other places, such as passing loops and sidings) in the state has a three letter code, used in railway circles. Occasionally you’ll see them creep into the public arena:

Here’s a complete list of Melbourne codes:



Station Station code Aircraft ACF Alamein ALM Albion ALB Alphington ALP Altona ALT Anstey ASY Armadale ARM Ascot Vale ASV Ashburton ASH Aspendale ASP Auburn AUB Balaclava BCV Batman BAT Bayswater BAY Beaconsfield BFD Belgrave BEG Bell BEL Bentleigh BEN Berwick BEW Blackburn BBN Bonbeach BON Boronia BOR Box Hill BOX Brighton Beach BBH Broadmeadows BMS Brunswick BWK Burnley BLY Burwood BWD Camberwell CAM Canterbury CBY Cardinia Road CDA Carnegie CNE Carrum CAR Caulfield CFD Chatham CHM Chelsea CSA Cheltenham CTM Clayton CLA Clifton Hill CHL Coburg COB Collingwood CWD Coolaroo CLO Craigieburn CGB Cranbourne CBE Croxton CXT Croydon CDN Dandenong DNG Darebin DBN Darling DLG Dennis DEN Diamond Creek DCK Diggers Rest DIT Eaglemont EAG East Camberwell ECM East Malvern EMV East Richmond ERM Edithvale EDI Elsternwick ELS Eltham ELT Epping EPP Essendon ESD Fairfield FFD Fawkner FAK Ferntree Gully FTG Flagstaff FGS Flemington Bridge FBD Flemington Racecourse RCE Flinders Street FSS Footscray FSY Frankston FKN Gardenvale GVE Gardiner GAR Ginifer GIN Glen Iris GIR Glen Waverley GWY Glenbervie GBV Glenferrie GFE Glenhuntly GHY Glenroy GRY Gowrie GOW Greensborough GRN Hallam HLM Hampton HAM Hartwell HWL Hawksburn HKN Hawthorn HAW Heatherdale HTD Heathmont HMT Heidelberg HDB Heyington HEY Highett HIG Holmesglen HOL Hoppers Crossing HCG Hughesdale HUG Huntingdale HUN Hurstbridge HBE Ivanhoe IVA Jacana JAC Jewell JWL Jolimont JLI Jordanville JOR Kananook KAN Keilor Plains KPL Kensington KEN Keon Park KPK Kooyong KYG Laburnum LAB Lalor LAL Laverton LAV Lilydale LIL Lynbrook LBK Macaulay MAC Macleod MCD Malvern MAL Mckinnon MCK Melbourne Central MCE Mentone MEN Merinda Park MPK Merlynston MYN Merri MER Middle Brighton MBN Middle Footscray MFY Mitcham MCH Mont Albert MAB Montmorency MMY Moonee Ponds MPD Moorabbin MRN Mooroolbark MLK Mordialloc MOR Moreland MLD Mount Waverley MWY Murrumbeena MRB Narre Warren NWA Newmarket NKT Newport NPT Noble Park NPK North Brighton NBN North Melbourne NME North Richmond NRM North Williamstown NWN Northcote NCE Nunawading NWG Oak Park OKP Oakleigh OAK Officer OFC Ormond OMD Pakenham PKM Parkdale PKD Parliament PAR Pascoe Vale PVL Patterson PAT Prahran PRA Preston PRE Regent REG Reservoir RES Richmond RMD Ringwood RWD Ringwood East RWE Ripponlea RIP Riversdale RIV Rosanna ROS Roxburgh Park RXP Royal Park RPK Rushall RUS Ruthven RUT Sandown Park SNP Sandringham SHM Seaford SEA Seaholme SHE Seddon SEN Showgrounds SGS South Kensington SKN South Morang SMG South Yarra SYR Southern Cross SSS Spotswood SPT Springvale SPG St Albans SAB Strathmore SME Sunbury SUY Sunshine SUN Surrey Hills SHL Syndal SYN Tecoma TCM Thomastown TSN Thornbury TBY Toorak TOR Tooronga TGA Tottenham TOT Upfield UFD Upper Ferntree Gully UFG Upwey UPW Victoria Park VPK Watergardens WGS Watsonia WAT Wattleglen WTT Werribee WER West Footscray WFY West Richmond WRM Westall WTL Westgarth WTG Westona WTO Williams Landing WLD Williamstown WIL Williamstown Beach WBH Willison WSN Windsor WIN Yarraman YMN Yarraville YVE

Source: Wikipedia: List of Melbourne railway stations, which lets you sort the list by code, name, line name etc… though an error or two has been spotted and corrected. In fact I’ve double-checked them against the Vicsig list and the Working Time Table.

See also: VicSig: Station codes for a list of all stations throughout the state, with (for maximum confusion) the Australian codes as well, which apply to more locations, and are intriguingly different to the Victorian codes for some locations. In this case, Frankston has FKN as the Victorian code, but FSN as the Australian code.

Quirks:

Southern Cross is still known by the SSS (Spencer Street Station) code

Wattleglen’s code is WTT, which in railway terms also stands for Working Time Table, which could be confusing depending on the context

At some stage Sydenham (SDM) got changed to Watergardens (WGS)

The Vicsig list includes a code for Caroline Springs (CNS) which hasn’t opened yet, but it may have picked up that code for operational/signalling purposes

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