Alphington railway station

Last updated

Alphington
PTV commuter rail station
AlphingtonStation.JPG
Westbound view from Platform 2 looking at station buildings and pedestrian footbridge, January 2009
General information
LocationRowe Street,
Alphington, Victoria 3078
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates 37°46′42″S145°01′53″E / 37.7784°S 145.0313°E / -37.7784; 145.0313
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Hurstbridge
Distance10.46 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking119
Bicycle facilities5
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeALP
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 May 1888;136 years ago (1888-05-08)
Rebuilt1979
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006278,977 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Fairfield
towards Flinders Street
Hurstbridge line Darebin
towards Hurstbridge
Track layout
Legend
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon CSTR(r).svg
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon CSTR(l).svg
to Fairfield
BSicon CSTRe(r).svg
BSicon CSTRe(l).svg
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
1
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
2
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
Yarralea Street
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
BSicon MFADEgq.svg
BSicon WASSERq.svg
BSicon hKRZWae(Rr).svg
BSicon hKRZWae(Ll).svg
BSicon MFADEfq.svg
BSicon WASSERq.svg
Darebin Creek
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Darebin

Alphington railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Alphington, and opened on 8 May 1888. [4]

Contents

History

Alphington station opened on 8 May 1888, when a railway line between Collingwood and Heidelberg was provided. [4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Alphington in Devon, England, which was the birthplace of Sir William Manning, who subdivided his property in the area into a village. [5] [6]

In 1912, duplication between Westgarth and Alphington was provided. [4] In 1951, duplication to Ivanhoe was provided. [4]

In 1966, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Yarralea Street level crossing, located at the down end of the station. [7] [8] The signal box and a goods yard were also abolished at that time. [4]

In 1979, the current station buildings were provided. [9]

Platforms and services

Alphington has two side platforms. It is served by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line trains. [10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates one bus route via Alphington station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kensington railway station, Melbourne</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Kensington railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Kensington, and it opened on 1 November 1860.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ascot Vale railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Ascot Vale railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Ascot Vale, and it opened on 1 November 1860.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moonee Ponds railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Moonee Ponds railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds, and it opened on 1 November 1860.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Essendon railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Essendon railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon, and it opened on 1 November 1860.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royal Park railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Royal Park railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Parkville, and it opened on 9 September 1884.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brunswick railway station, Melbourne</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Brunswick railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of the same name and opened on 9 September 1884.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clifton Hill railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Clifton Hill railway station is the junction for the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Clifton Hill, and it opened on 8 May 1888.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Westgarth railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Westgarth railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Northcote, and opened on 8 May 1888 as Westgarth Street. It was renamed Northcote South on 1 August 1888, and Westgarth on 10 December 1906.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dennis railway station</span> Railway station in Victoria, Australia

Dennis railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Northcote, and opened on 4 February 1924.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fairfield railway station, Melbourne</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Fairfield railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Hurstbridge line in the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Fairfield in Victoria, Australia. It opened on 8 May 1888 as Fairfield Park and was renamed Fairfield on 14 November 1943.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darebin railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Darebin railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe, and opened on 8 May 1922.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivanhoe railway station, Melbourne</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Ivanhoe railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe, and opened on 8 May 1888.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heidelberg railway station</span> Railway station in Victoria, Australia

Heidelberg railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, and opened on 8 May 1888.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rosanna railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Rosanna railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Rosanna, and opened on 1 October 1927.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Watsonia railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Watsonia railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Watsonia, and it opened on 23 June 1924.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eltham railway station, Melbourne</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Eltham railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Eltham, and opened on 5 June 1902.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diamond Creek railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Diamond Creek railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Diamond Creek, and opened on 25 June 1912.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wattle Glen railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Wattle Glen railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Wattle Glen, and opened on 25 June 1912 as Balee. It was renamed Wattleglen on 14 August 1922. However, currently the station is signed and commonly known as Wattle Glen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northcote railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Northcote railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Northcote, and opened on 8 October 1889 as Middle Northcote. It was renamed Northcote on 10 December 1906.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diggers Rest railway station</span> Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Diggers Rest railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-western Melbourne suburb of Diggers Rest, and it opened on 2 October 1859.

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 5 "Alphington". vicsig.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Alphington". Victorian Places. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. ↑ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Yarralea Street". vicsig.net. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. ↑ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  9. ↑ "Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1979. p. 204.
  10. ↑ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ↑ "508 Alphington - Moonee Ponds via Northcote & Brunswick". Public Transport Victoria.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Alphington railway station at Wikimedia Commons

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.