Yarraville railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Yarraville
IMAGELINK=Yarraville-station-down-end.jpg
CAPTION=Anderson Street level crossing looking towards the city
CODE=YVE
DISTANCE=8.8 km
LINES=Werribee
Williamstown
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Host Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19996 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19996#lineInformation Link]
MELWAY=
ZONE=1

Yarraville is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Yarraville, on the Werribee and Williamstown railway lines. Classed as a Host Station, it is in Metcard Zone 1.

Facilities

The station is located at the northern end of the Anderson Street level crossing, which provides access to the station.

The station consists of two side platforms: Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a large red brick building, while platform 2 (Werribee and Williamstown bound) has a smaller weatherboard building. A large Metcard ticket machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small coin-only Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2. A disused signal box is located at the DOWN end of the station, whilst a number of disused sidings are located to the east of platform 2.

History

Yarraville station opened on November 20 1871 as "South Footscray". [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Yarraville VICSIG Infrastructure - Yarraville] ] It was opened to goods in 1883, the yard being extended in 1912 at the Melbourne end. The overpass at Somerville Road was opened in 1970 and the goods yard removed in 1991. Interlocked crossing gates remained at the Anderson Street level crossing until 1995, until fixed away from the road and replaced by boom gates. The signal box was closed in 1996, and in 1997 the pedestrian subway on the station side of Anderson Street was replaced by pedestrian gates.

References

*cite web
url=http://www.railgeelong.com/location/yarraville
title=Rail Geelong - Yarraville Station
publisher=www.railgeelong.com
accessdate=2008-04-30
*cite web
url=http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/Yarraville.pdf
title=Victorian Station Histories - Yarraville
publisher=www.vrhistory.com
accessdate=2008-04-30

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