Tottenham railway station

This article is about the railway station in Victoria, Australia and is not to be confused with Tottenham Court Road station or Tottenham Hale station.

For the railway station in New South Wales, Australia, see Bogan Gate–Tottenham railway line. For the railway station in Ontario, Canada, see South Simcoe Railway.

Tottenham
Westbound view from Platform 1, with a Siemens train arriving on a Flinders Street via City Loop service, February 2017
General information
Location	Sunshine Road, West Footscray, Victoria 3012 City of Maribyrnong Australia
Coordinates	37°47′57″S144°51′48″E / 37.7993°S 144.8632°E / -37.7993; 144.8632
System	PTV commuter rail station
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line	Sunbury
Distance	9.10 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	TOT
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	2 March 1891;134 years ago (1891-03-02)
Rebuilt	27 July 1982
Electrified	October 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	257,431 [1]

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
West Footscray towards Flinders Street		Sunbury line		Sunshine towards Sunbury or Watergardens

Track layout
Legend to West Footscray Tottenham Yard Road (Private, passive crossing) 1 2 to Tottenham Yard to Newport–Sunshine line to Sunshine Broad gauge, electrified Broad gauge, non-electrified Standard gauge, non-electrified Dual gauge, non-electrified

Location

Tottenham railway station is a commuter railway station on the Sunbury line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the western suburb of West Footscray, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Tottenham station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 2 March 1891, with the current station provided in 1982. ^[4]

The station is located on the Ashley Street rail overpass, which provides station access. Tottenham Yard runs north of the station. A number of freight-only lines also operate alongside, as well as the Melbourne – Sydney and Melbourne – Adelaide standard gauge lines. The Regional Rail Link lines run on the south side of the station. ^[5]

History

Tottenham station, as with the adjacent suburb, was named after Tottenham in Middlesex, England. ^[6]

During 1981–1982, the existing ground-level station was rebuilt as part of the scheme to eliminate the Ashley Street level crossing. The new station was an island platform on a rail overpass, which extended the existing two-lane road tunnel. The new up line opened on 19 May 1981, ^[4] and the down line and island platform opened on 27 July 1982. ^[4] At the same time, the signal box was demolished, and a number of signal posts and a crossover were abolished. ^{[4] [7] [8]}

In 2014, the station underwent minor upgrades as part of the Regional Rail Link (RRL) project. The biggest of those was the further extension of the bridge over Ashley Street, to accommodate the new RRL tracks. The façade facing Sunshine Road was also upgraded, and a new car park and "park and ride" facilities were added. A power substation was also built on Sunshine Road, just beyond the car park.

White City station used to be located between Tottenham and Sunshine. On 4 October 1981, White City was closed to all traffic and demolished. ^[9]

Platforms and services

Tottenham has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Sunbury line trains. Express services do not stop at Tottenham. ^[10]

Current

Tottenham platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Sunbury line	Flinders Street	City Loop	Limited express
2	Sunbury line	Sunbury, Watergardens		All stations

After 1 February 2026

Tottenham platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Sunbury line	East Pakenham, Cranbourne	Town Hall	Limited express
2	Sunbury line	Sunbury, Watergardens		All stations

See also

• Tottenham Hale station

References

1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
4. "Tottenham". vicsig.net. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
5. Tottenham railway station Regional Rail Link
6. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
7. Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962-1983. p. 107. ISBN   0-9592069-3-0.
8. VR History by Andrew Waugh
9. "Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). November 1981. p. 274.
10. "Sunbury Line". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

• Media related to Tottenham railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Rail Geelong gallery
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au