Albion railway station, Melbourne

Track layout
	Legend

Albion
Albion
PTV commuter rail station
	North-west bound view from Platform 2 in December 2013
General information
Location	St Albans Road,; Albion, Victoria 3020; City of Brimbank ; Australia
Coordinates	37°46′38″S144°49′28″E / 37.7772°S 144.8244°E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Sunbury
Distance	13.65 kilometres from; Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	567
Bicycle facilities	18
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, host station
Station code	ALB
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	5 January 1860;163 years ago
Closed	1 January 1861
Rebuilt	24 March 1891; 24 November 1919
Electrified	October 1921; (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Albion and Darlington (1860-1861)
Passengers
2005–2006	609,932

Last updated June 14, 2023

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Sunshine towards Flinders Street		Sunbury line		Ginifer towards Sunbury or Watergardens

Albion railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Albion, and it opened on 5 January 1860 as Albion and Darlington. It closed on 1 January 1861, and reopened on 24 March 1891 as Albion.^[4]

History

The Melbourne & Murray River Railway (now the Bendigo line) opened in 1859, operating from Footscray to Sunbury. By the early 1860s, the line had been extended to Bendigo. A station named Albion and Darlington was built on the site of the current station, opening on 5 January 1860. Albion and Darlington only remained open for a single year. In 1891, a new station, named Albion, opened to the west of the previous station. In 1919, Albion relocated to its current site.^[4]

In 1961, the former Ballarat Road level crossing was grade separated, and was replaced with a road overpass over the railway line, just north of the station.^[5]

Until 1961, the station had a signal box for the control of the junction with the Albion – Jacana freight line, after which it was replaced by a signal panel, which was moved to the Sunshine signal box in 1965.^[5] In 1972, both platforms received extensions.^[6] In 2022, both platforms were extended at the up end.^[4]

As part of the Melbourne Airport rail link project, Albion is scheduled to be rebuilt. An 18-metre high flyover is scheduled to be built above the station and Ballarat Road.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Platforms and services

Albion has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sunbury line services.^[10]

Platform 1:

Sunbury line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

Sunbury line all stations services to Watergardens and Sunbury

By late 2025, it is planned that services on the Sunbury line will be through-routed to the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, via the new Metro Tunnel.

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates two bus routes via Albion station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

215 : Caroline Springs – Highpoint Shopping Centre ^[11]
426 : Caroline Springs – Sunshine station ^[12]

Transit Systems Victoria operates one route via Albion station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

456 : Sunshine station – Woodgrove Shopping Centre (Melton)^[13]

Gallery

South-east bound view from Platform 1 in December 2013
South-east bound view from Platform 2 in December 2013

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References

1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
1 2 3 "Albion". vicsig.net. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
1 2 SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 68. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
↑ "Weekly Notices-New Works". Divisional Diary . Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1972. p. 7.
↑ "Delivering New Stations For The West | Premier of Victoria". www.premier.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
↑ Build, Victoria’s Big (6 October 2022). "New Station for Albion". Victoria’s Big Build. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
↑ Build, Victoria’s Big (5 October 2022). "Albion Station rebuild and flyover". Victoria’s Big Build. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
↑ "Sunbury Line". Public Transport Victoria.
↑ "215 Caroline Springs - Highpoint SC". Public Transport Victoria.
↑ "426 Caroline Springs - Sunshine Station". Public Transport Victoria . Retrieved 15 May 2023.
↑ "456 Sunshine Station - Melton via Caroline Springs". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

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[patronage2008-2021-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis

[patronage2021-2022-3] Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic

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