Beacon Cove light rail station

Beacon Cove light rail station is a tram stop in City of Port Phillip, Victoria. Beacon Cove light rail station is situated nearby to Princes Pier, as well as near the suburb Docklands.

Photo: Donaldytong, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Tram stop
Description: light rail station in Australia
Also known as: “Port Melbourne Station” and “Stop 129: Beacon Cove”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Princes Pier and Port Melbourne Town Hall.

Princes Pier

Pier

Photo: Karn-b, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Princes Pier is a 580 metre long historic pier on Port Phillip, in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was known as the New Railway Pier until renamed Prince's Pier after the Prince of Wales who visited Melbourne in May 1920. Princes Pier is situated 520 metres west of Beacon Cove light rail station.

Port Melbourne Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Port Melbourne Town Hall was erected in 1882. The Town Hall is an important element in the historic Bay Street streetscape of inner city Port Melbourne. Port Melbourne Town Hall is situated 1¼ km northeast of Beacon Cove light rail station.

North Port Oval

Pitch

Photo: Biatch2, Public domain.

North Port Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket venue located in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The ground serves as the home to both the Port Melbourne Cricket Club and the Port Melbourne Football Club. North Port Oval is situated 1½ km northeast of Beacon Cove light rail station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner south and Docklands.

Inner south

Photo: Korkut Tas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Melbourne's inner south contains a number of suburbs and places worthy of a visit. The landscape varies from industrial ports to glitzy waterfront localities.

Docklands

Suburb

Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Docklands is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia, located directly to the western end of the Melbourne central business district between the neighboring suburbs of West Melbourne to the north/northwest, and South Wharf, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne to the south/southwest. Docklands is situated 2½ km north of Beacon Cove light rail station.

Melbourne

Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.

Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.

Beacon Cove light rail station

Categories: railway station, railway stop, transport stop, and transportation
Location: City of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.84074° or 37° 50′ 27″ south

Longitude

144.93288° or 144° 55′ 58″ east

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Operator

Yarra Trams

Network

PTV - Metropolitan Trams

Open location code

4RJ65W5M+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4275271807

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=tram_stop

GeoNames ID

8826560

Wikidata ID

Q7230795

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Beacon Cove light rail station” goes by many names.

Dutch: “station Port Melbourne”
French: “Beacon Cove”
German: “Bahnhof Port Melbourne”
Urdu: “بیکن کوو لائٹ ریل اسٹیشن”

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