Clarkefield railway station

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Clarkefield
PTV regional rail station
Clarkefield Railway Station 004.JPG
Southbound view from Platform 1 in October 2012
General information
LocationStation Street,
Clarkefield, Victoria 3430
Shire of Macedon Ranges
Australia
Coordinates 37°29′01″S144°44′45″E / 37.4836°S 144.7458°E / -37.4836; 144.7458 Coordinates: 37°29′01″S144°44′45″E / 37.4836°S 144.7458°E / -37.4836; 144.7458
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by V/Line
Line(s) Deniliquin
Distance50.42 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsVictoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking5
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, staffed part-time
Station codeCFD
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
OpenedDecember 1862;160 years ago (1862-12)
Previous namesLancefield Road (1862-1881)
Lancefield Junction (1881-1926)
Clarkfield (1926)
Services
Preceding station Victoria train logo.svg V/Line Following station
Sunbury
towards Southern Cross
Bendigo line Riddells Creek
towards Bendigo, Epsom or Eaglehawk
Echuca line Riddells Creek
towards Echuca
Former services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Junction  Lancefield line   Bolinda
Location
Australia Victoria location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Clarkefield
Location within Victoria

Clarkefield railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Clarkefield, and it opened in December 1862 as Lancefield Road. It was renamed Lancefield Junction in 1881, renamed Clarkfield on 11 January 1926, and renamed Clarkefield on 23 February 1926. [1] [2]

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History

Clarkefield opened in December 1862, a year after the line opened between Sunbury and Woodend. The station, like the township itself, was named after local pastoralist, businessman and philanthropist, Sir William Clarke. [3] Clarke later became a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.

The station was the junction for the Lancefield branch line, which operated between 1881 and 1956. [1] [2] The station was historically known as Lancefield Junction for this reason.

Catch points were in use at Clarkefield in 1929. By 1935, they were abolished. [1] [2] In 1947, the signal box at the station was replaced with a signal bay. [2]

After the closure of the Lancefield line in 1956, a small remnant of the line became a refuge siding. [2] Around 1958/1959, a siding that operated between the up mainline track and the former dock platform was abolished, [2] and the siding leading to the turntable was removed by 1959. [2]

In 1977, the connections from the refuge siding to the up line was spiked out of use, with the auxiliary frame also abolished around this time. [1] [2]

On 17 January 2005, the signal bay at the station was abolished. [4]

Disused station Rupertswood is located between Clarkefield and Sunbury stations.

Platforms and services

Clarkefield has two side platforms. In the morning, trains to Melbourne depart from Platform 2, and trains to Bendigo depart from Platform 1, with this arrangement reversing in the afternoon. This is to allow services in the peak direction of travel to use the single 160 km/h track that was upgraded in 2006, as part of the Regional Fast Rail project.

It is serviced by V/Line Bendigo and Echuca line services. [5] [6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates one route via Clarkefield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Clarkefield Vicsig
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Clarkefield VR History
  3. ↑ "Clarkefield and Monegeeta". Victorian Places. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Clarkefield Signal Box (CFD) VR History
  5. ↑ Bendigo - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. ↑ Echuca/Moama - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  7. ↑ Lancefield - Sunbury-Clarkefield via Romsey & Monegeeta Public Transport Victoria
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