Fawkner railway station
Fawkner | |||||||||||
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 Southbound view from Platform 1 in June 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Lorne Street, Fawkner | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°42′53″S 144°57′38″E / 37.7147°S 144.9606°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Upfield | ||||||||||
| Distance | 13.23 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 80 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||
| Station code | FAK | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1/2 overlap | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1889 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 13 July 1903 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 12 December 1906 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Fawkner railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Fawkner opening on 8 October 1889 as Fawkner. It closed on 13 July 1903, reopening on 12 December 1906 as Fawkner Cemetery, resuming the Fawkner name in 1914.[1]
It is located adjacent to the Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park which opened in 1906, and from then until 1939 special mortuary trains ran.[2] From October 1914 only seven trains daily ran to Fawkner, as well as the daily mortuary train to the cemetery.[3] A former mortuary van is situated next to Platform 2.
Until 1959 Fawkner was the extent of suburban electrified services, with an AEC railmotor used from 1928 until 1959 to provide a connecting service north to Somerton station.[4][5]
Until 1998 the station had one platform (current Platform 2). The second track and Platform 1 were added as part of the duplication of the line between Fawkner and Gowrie.
Platforms & services
Fawkner has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services.[6]
Platform 1:
- Upfield line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Upfield line: all stations services to Upfield
Transport links
Broadmeadows Bus Service operate two routes via Fawkner station:
- 530: Coburg - Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre[7]
- 531: Coburg North - Upfield station[8]
References
- ^ Fawkner Vicsig
- ^ "Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park : Restored Mortuary Carriage". www.fcmp.com.au. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- ^ "History of Fawkner - Moreland City Council, Victoria, Australia". www.moreland.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- ^ "Fawkner". www.victorianrailways.net. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- ^ "Somerton" (PDF). Victorian Signalling Histories. Andrew Waugh. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
- ^ Upfield Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 530 Campbellfield - Coburg timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 531 Upfield - North Coburg timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to Fawkner railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway
