Graham Street light rail station

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Graham Street
PTV tram stop
Portmelbourne-grahamst.jpg
Tram stop at Graham
General information
Location Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207
Australia
Coordinates 37°50′13″S144°56′15″E / 37.83694°S 144.93750°E / -37.83694; 144.93750
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Yarra Trams
Line(s) Port Melbourne
Platforms2 (2 side)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational
Station code128
GRA (former)
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
History
Opened1 June 1888
Closed11 October 1987
Rebuilt18 December 1987
Electrified600 V DC overhead
Previous namesGraham railway station
Services
Preceding station Melbourne tram logo.svg Yarra Trams Following station
North Port
towards Box Hill
Route 109 Beacon Cove
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
North Port   Port Melbourne line  Port Melbourne
Junction  Princes Pier branch  Princes Pier
  List of closed railway stations in Melbourne  

Graham Street is light rail station and former railway station on the former Port Melbourne railway line, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located to the north of Graham Street, between Evans Street and Station Street, the station has been demolished since 1987, [1] and is now served by route 109 trams, stopping at a pair of low level platforms. [2]

Contents

History

Graham station opened in 1888 as Graham Street, with the name simplified to Graham in 1909. The line through the station opened in 1854. [3] The station was originally a pair of side platforms on a double track railway, and was set in the middle of a landscaped reserve 30.5 m (100 ft) wide, that ran between Boundary and Graham Streets, a remnant of a short lived Parliamentary provision that railway reservations be 100 yards in width. [2]

In 1914, with the opening of the New Pier (later Princes Pier), located to the north of the existing Station Pier (formerly named Railway Pier), [4] Graham became a junction, with a new line diverging from the up end of the station. The station had two sets of interlocked gates at the Graham Street level crossing, controlled by a signal box on the western side, as well as a number of goods sidings at the up end. The Bridge Street level crossing also had its own signal box. [5]

By the 1960s, traffic to the port had dropped due to changes in cargo handling, and so in 1961, the branch to Princes Pier was reduced to a single track and worked as a siding, rather than a main line. Further rationalisations were made in December 1969, when the line from Graham to Port Melbourne was singled, with the up track lifted, and the up platform taken out of service. The signal box was also closed, replaced by a signal panel in a new station building, located on the down platform. [6]

The Bridge Street level crossing was provided with boom barriers in 1961, [7] with the signal box abolished soon after. The Graham Street level crossing, at the down end of the station, was abolished by October 1970, when grade separation was carried out. Only two lanes of the four lane road were completed, with the other two completed the next year. [6]

The last passenger train ran through the station on 10 October 1987, after it was announced that the line would be converted to light rail. Goods trains had continued to run through the station to Port Melbourne until at least September of that year. [8] The replacement light rail line was officially opened on 18 December 1987. [9]

Tram services

Yarra Trams operates one route via Graham Street station:

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Port Melbourne Flinders Street Railway Reservation, South Melbourne, VIC Profile". www.aussieheritage.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "Graham station". VICSIG - Infrastructure. www.vicsig.net. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  4. ↑ "Port of Melbourne, Victoria". www.arts.monash.edu.au. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  5. ↑ "Port Melbourne line 1915". Victorian Railways signal diagram. www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Retrieved 5 July 2008.[ dead link ]
  6. 1 2 S.E. Dornan and R.G. Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. ISBN   0-909459-06-1.
  7. ↑ "Railways Installing Boom Barriers". The Age . 18 April 1961. p. 5.
  8. ↑ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). January 1988. pp. 20–22.
  9. ↑ Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 77–82.
  10. ↑ "109 Box Hill - Port Melbourne". Public Transport Victoria.
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