Tecoma railway station
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| Code | TCM |
| Distance from Flinders Street |
40.1 km |
| Operator | Metro Trains Melbourne |
| Lines | Belgrave |
| # Platforms | 1 |
| # Tracks | 1 |
| Status | Unmanned station |
| Metlink profile | Link |
| Melway map | Link |
| Google map | Link |
| Metlink ticket zone | 2 |
Tecoma is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Tecoma, on the Belgrave railway line. Tecoma is unmanned and is in Metlink Zone 2. In 2009 it was the fourth least used metropolitan railway station in Melbourne, with an average of 310 passenger boardings per day.[1]
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[edit] Facilities
Tecoma is located at the western end of the McNicol Road overpass and between Clifford Grove and Campbell Street, with access from the latter.
The station consists of one side platform, with a semi-large fibro building in the centre. A large Metcard ticket vending machine is located at the entrance to the platform, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. Disused toilets are situated inside the building.
[edit] Platforms and services
Platform 1:
- Lilydale and Belgrave lines— all trains
[edit] History
Tecoma station opened on 1 February 1924.[2] The station was formerly one of the stations on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow gauge line, one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways, until 1962 when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to Broad Gauge.
[edit] Gallery
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Looking down the platform towards Belgrave
[edit] References
- ^ "Stopping all stations as minister backs down". www.theage.com.au. September 9, 2010. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/stopping-all-stations-as-minister-backs-down-20100908-151c2.html. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
- ^ VICSIG Infrastructure—Tecoma
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Coordinates: 37°54′29″S 145°20′35″E / 37.90808°S 145.34301°E
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