Fawkner railway station

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Fawkner
PTV commuter rail station
Fawkner railway station, Melbourne.jpg
Southbound view from Platform 1, June 2012
General information
Location Sydney Road,
Hadfield, Victoria 3046
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates 37°42′53″S144°57′38″E / 37.7147°S 144.9606°E / -37.7147; 144.9606
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Upfield
Distance13.23 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking80
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeFAK
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889;135 years ago (1889-10-08)
Closed13 July 1903
Rebuilt12 December 1906
16 November 1998
ElectrifiedDecember 1920
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesFawkner Cemetery (1906–1914)
Passengers
2005–2006131,392 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Merlynston
towards Flinders Street
Upfield line Gowrie
towards Upfield
Track layout
Legend
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BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Merlynston
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1
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
2
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BSicon PSTR(R).svg
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
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BSicon STRf.svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
Fawkner Cemetery Road
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BSicon STR.svg
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to Gowrie

Fawkner railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Hadfield in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Fawkner station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 1998. It initially closed on 13 July 1903, then reopened on 12 December 1906.

Contents

Initially opened as Fawkner, the station was renamed two times. It was renamed to Fawkner Cemetery upon its reopening on 12 December 1906, then was given its current name of Fawkner in 1914. [4]

History

Fawkner station originally opened on 8 October 1889, when the railway line from Coburg was extended to Somerton. [4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of Melbourne. [5]

It is located adjacent to the Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, which opened in 1906, and from then until 1939, special mortuary trains operated. [6] From October 1914, only seven trains operated to Fawkner daily, as well as the daily mortuary train to the cemetery. [7] A former mortuary van is located near the entrance to Platform 2.

From 1920, Fawkner was the extent of suburban electrified services. [4] From 1928 until 1959, an AEC railmotor was used to provide a connecting service north to Somerton. [8] [9] In that year, electrified services were extended to Upfield. [4]

Also in 1959, flashing light signals were provided at the Cemetery Entrance level crossing, located nearby in the down direction of the station, [4] and the line from Coburg was duplicated. [4] However, the duplicated line converged at the up end of the station and, 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 to Gowrie. [10] [11] Also in that year, boom barriers were provided at the Cemetery Entrance level crossing. [12]

Platforms and services

Fawkner has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services. [13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Broadmeadows Bus Service operates two routes via Fawkner station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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  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
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  6. ↑ "Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park : Restored Mortuary Carriage". www.fcmp.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  7. ↑ "History of Fawkner – Moreland City Council, Victoria, Australia". www.moreland.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
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  14. ↑ "530 Campbellfield - Coburg via Fawkner". Public Transport Victoria.
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