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, and opened on 8 October 1889 as Fawkner. It closed on 13 July 1903, reopening on 12 December 1906 as Fawkner Cemetery, and resumed 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 located near the entrance 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.[4][5]
Until 1998, the station had one platform (present day 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 operates two routes via Fawkner station:
- 530: Coburg – Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre[7]
- 531: North Coburg – 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
