Royal Park railway station, Melbourne
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| Code | RPK |
| Distance from Flinders Street |
6.7 km |
| Operator | Metro Trains Melbourne |
| Lines | Upfield |
| # Platforms | 2 |
| # Tracks | 2 |
| Status | Unstaffed station |
| Metlink profile | Link |
| Melway map | Link |
| Google map | Link |
| Metlink ticket zone | 1 |
Royal Park is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Parkville, on the Upfield railway line. Royal Park is unmanned and in Metlink Zone 1.
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[edit] Station overview
[edit] Facilities
Royal Park is located in the park of the same name, at the eastern end of the Poplar Road level crossing, which provides station access. It is the nearest station to the Melbourne Zoo.
The station consists of two side platforms; Platform 1 has a large weatherboard building, while platform 2 has a small pebblemix shelter. A large Metcard ticket vending machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A coin-only Metcard ticket vending machine is located at the entrance to platform 2. Myki ticket vending machines are also located at the entrances to platform 1 & platform 2.
A disused signal box is located on platform 1, at the Flinders Street end of the station.
[edit] History
Royal Park station opened on 9 September 1884 at the same time as the line to Coburg.[1] The original plan for the route of the line through Royal Park was to be east of the Zoological Gardens, but after local protests against the destruction of the park, a decision was made to build the line to the west for "reasons of economy". On opening only temporary station buildings were provided, along with a signal box and gatekeepers cottage.[2]
On 8 May 1888 Royal Park became a junction with the opening of the Inner Circle line towards Fitzroy and Rushall. At the same time a timber station building and station masters residence were erected. Between 1889 and 1912 there was a goods siding near the station, named Royal Park Cutting Siding.[2]
The current station building on the up platform was opened in 1920, with a tile roof in the 'Gisborne style', and in 1936 a new waiting shed and ticket office replaced earlier structures on platform 2.[2] Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at Poplar Road in 1971 when automatic signaling reached the station from Jewell, with automatic signaling extended to Macaulay in 1972.[3] The Inner Circle line (by now a goods only stub to Fitzroy) was closed in 1981,[3] and the waiting shed on the down platform was destroyed by arson in 1989. The signal box on platform 1 closed in 1994.[3]
[edit] Platforms
Platform 1:
- Upfield line - all stations services to Flinders Street.
Platform 2:
- Upfield line - all stations services to Upfield.
[edit] References
- ^ VICSIG Infrastructure - Royal Park
- ^ a b c Jon Saul and Wendy Moore (May 1990). Down the line to Upfield. Coburg Public Transport Group.
- ^ a b c Andrew Waugh. "VR History by Andrew Waugh - Upfield Line". vrhistory.com/. http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/T1997.PDF. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
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| ← Previous Station | Flemington Bridge | | | Jewell | Next Station → |
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| ← Previous Station | Junction | | | North Carlton | Next Station → |
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Coordinates: 37°46′53″S 144°57′06″E / 37.7813°S 144.9517°E
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