Fairfield railway station, Melbourne

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Fairfield
Fairfield railway station Platform 1 (western view)(20 September 2024).jpg
Westbound view from Platform 1, September 2024
General information
LocationRailway Place,
Fairfield, Victoria 3078
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates 37°46′45″S145°01′01″E / 37.7792°S 145.0169°E / -37.7792; 145.0169
System PTV commuter rail station
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line Hurstbridge
Distance9.15 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking70
Bicycle facilities54
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeFFD
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 May 1888;137 years ago (1888-05-08)
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesFairfield Park (1888-1943)
Passengers
2005–2006537,938 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Dennis
towards Flinders Street
Hurstbridge line Alphington
towards Eltham or Hurstbridge
Former services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Junction  Outer Circle line   Fulham Grange
  List of closed railway stations in Melbourne  
Track layout
Legend
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to Dennis
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2
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
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BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
Station Street
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to Alphington
Location
Fairfield railway station, Melbourne

Fairfield railway station is a commuter railway station on the Hurstbridge line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network, and serves the north-eastern suburb of the same name in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Fairfield is a ground level host station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 May 1888. [4] Originally called Fairfield Park, the station was re-named Fairfield on 14 November 1943. [4]

Contents

The Fairfield Industrial Dog Object located next to Platform 2, September 2024 FIDO Project in Fairfield (20 September 2024).jpg
The Fairfield Industrial Dog Object located next to Platform 2, September 2024

Fairfield Industrial Dog Object (FIDO), a 6-metre-tall wooden sculpture of a dog, is located adjacent to the level crossing, at the eastern end of Platform 2.

History

The station opened along with the railway between Collingwood and Heidelberg. [4] Like the suburb itself, it was named after Fairfield Park, an estate that was subdivided on land owned by land speculator Charles Henry James. [5] [6] The estate is believed to have been named after Fairfield in Derbyshire, England. [5] [6] James built Melbourne's first tram line in 1884, a horse-drawn tram from the station northwards to the Fairfield Park Estate. The tramway had closed by 1890. [7]

From 1891 to 1893, Fairfield was the junction for the northern end of the former Outer Circle line, [8] and was later the junction for the APM Siding, which operated from 1919 to the 1990s and served the nearby Australian Paper Manufacturers paper mill.

The station was upgraded in the early 1910s with new timber station buildings constructed in 1911. [9] That included replacing the former at-grade pedestrian crossing at Rathmines Street with a pedestrian footbridge, opened in March 1914. [10]

In 1969, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Station Street level crossing, at the down end of the station. [11] [12] In 1988, the goods siding at the station was abolished. [4]

In 1999, the station building on Platform 1 underwent restoration. [13]

Platforms and services

A PID on Platform 2 displaying a Hurstbridge-bound service, September 2024 Fairfield railway station Platform 2 PID (20 September 2024).jpg
A PID on Platform 2 displaying a Hurstbridge-bound service, September 2024
An X'Trapolis train on a Hurstbridge-bound service arrives at Platform 2, September 2024 X'Trapolis 102M arriving at Fairfield railway station (20 September 2024).jpg
An X'Trapolis train on a Hurstbridge-bound service arrives at Platform 2, September 2024

Fairfield has two side platforms, and is served by Hurstbridge line trains. [14]

Current

Fairfield platform arrangement
PlatformLineDestinationService Type
1  Hurstbridge line   Flinders Street All stations and limited express services
2  Hurstbridge line   Macleod, Greensborough, Eltham, Hurstbridge All stations and limited express services

Dysons operates two bus routes via Fairfield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  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
  3. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Fairfield". vicsig.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Fairfield". Victorian Places. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. 1 2 First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ↑ Jones, Russell. "Melbourne Tram Museum: Melbourne's horse trams". www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Beardsell, David; Herbert, Bruce (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). ISBN   0-85849-024-2.
  9. ↑ "New Station Buildings". The Age . No. 17, 878. Victoria, Australia. 5 July 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 9 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Overhead Bridge at Fairfield". Heidelberg News And Greensborough And Diamond Creek Chronicle. No. 851. Victoria, Australia. 14 March 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "S0092: Station Street". vicsig.net. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  12. ↑ Sinnatt, John (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  13. ↑ "Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). December 1999. p. 376.
  14. ↑ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ↑ "567 Northcote - Regent via Northland". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. ↑ "609 Hawthorn to Fairfield via Kew". Public Transport Victoria.
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