History
Sandringham station opened on 2 September 1887. It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 30 October 1995.
A tram service, operated by the Victorian Railways (on 4ft 8 1/2 in. track), ran from Sandringham Railway Station to Black Rock. It opened in 1919 and closed in 1956.
On 9 March 2011 a Siemens train overshot one of the sidings and crashed into a Bendigo Bank branch.
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