Facilities
South Kensington has two side platforms, with access provided by a pedestrian underpass at the Flinders Street end; Platform 1 is provided with a number of bus stop style shelters, on a narrow platform on stilts. Platform 2 is wider with a single bus stop style shelter. A myki machine is located in the underpass, replacing the former coin-only Metcard ticket vending machine.
Freight lines exist to the south of the station, the closest are used by V/Line to reverse empty trains from Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services, while the ones further south are used by a variety of standard gauge freight operators. The lines to the east join Melbourne Yard while those to the west are the South Kensington-West Footscray line that leads to either South Dynon or West Footscray via the Bunbury Street tunnel.
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