Macaulay railway station

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Macaulay
PTV commuter rail station
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Southbound view from Platform 1, November 2022
General information
LocationMacaulay Road,
North Melbourne, Victoria 3051
City of Melbourne
Australia
Coordinates 37°47′41″S144°56′10″E / 37.7946°S 144.9362°E / -37.7946; 144.9362
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Upfield
Distance3.25 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeMAC
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 December 1887;136 years ago (1887-12-01)
Rebuilt1976
ElectrifiedDecember 1920
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesMacaulay Road (1887–1909)
Passengers
2005–2006111,546 [1]
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Macaulay railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the inner-northern suburb of North Melbourne, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Macaulay station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 December 1887, with the current station provided in 1976. [4]

Contents

Initially opened as Macaulay Road, the station was given its current name of Macaulay on 1 May 1909.

The station is located beside the Moonee Ponds Creek to its west, and surrounded mainly by factories and warehouses. Kensington, on the Craigieburn line, is only 400 m (1,300 ft) west of Macaulay, and is significantly closer to the residential area and handles a larger number of commuters.

The station is also located at ground level, beneath the CityLink tollway, which is supported atop concrete columns that are located outside the platform fencing.

History

Macaulay station opened on 1 December 1887, three years after the railway line from North Melbourne was extended to Coburg. [4] The station is named after Macaulay Road, itself named after Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British politician and historian. [5]

To the east of the station were a number of goods sidings, which opened after 1919, and have since been removed. [6] [7]

In May 1972, the suburban train stabling yard near the station, located towards North Melbourne, opened, as part of the City Loop project. [8] Also in that year, automatic signalling was provided between Macaulay and Royal Park, replacing Double Line Block signalling, [4] and boom barriers replacing interlocked gates at the Macaulay Road level crossing, located at the up end of the station, [9] as well as the abolishment of the signal box. [4] On 1 July 1975, parcel facilities at the station were abolished. [10] In 1976, the current station buildings were provided. [11]

On 17 November 1993, a light repair facility officially opened in the stabling yard, as part of the closure of the Jolimont Workshops. [12] In 1997, a crossover at the down end of the station was abolished. [4]

Platforms and services

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

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

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