North Williamstown railway station, Melbourne

North Williamstown railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=North Williamstown
IMAGELINK=North-williamstown-station-platform.jpg
CAPTION=Main building on platform 1
CODE=NWN
DISTANCE=13.5 km
LINES=Williamstown
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Unmanned station
FACILITIES=
TIMETABLES=
MELWAY=
ZONE=Zone 1

North Williamstown is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Williamstown North, on the Williamstown railway line. North Williamstown is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 1. It is 13.5km from Flinders Street Station.

Facilities

The station is located at the northern end of the Ferguson Street level crossing, with station access from Champion Road and Ferguson and Power Streets. A pedestrian underpass is situated at the Williamstown end of the station, in addition to a crib crossing. The crossing is unusual as the local council provides a crossing guard to attend the pedestrian crossing before and after school, due to lack of automatic gates and the adjacent Williamstown North Primary School.cite web
url=http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/58831
title=Push to act on ‘killer’ rail crossing
work=Star News Group
date=May 20, 2008
publisher=www.starnewsgroup.com.au
accessdate=2008-06-30
]

The station consists of two side platforms: Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a large brick building, while platform 2 (Williamstown bound) has a smaller brick building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small coin-only Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2.

The ARHS Railway Museum is a short walk from the station.

History

North Williamstown station opened on February 1 1859. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=North%20Williamstown VICSIG Infrastructure - North Williamstown] ] In 1993 a 12-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother died when they crossed the tracks after a train had passed, and were hit by a train travelling in the opposite direction.

Land east of the station was once occupied by a strip of historic commercial premises, but is now used as car parking. Various proposals have been made by railway land manager VicTrack to subdivide this land for a high-density residential development. [cite web
url=http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/58833
title=Rail land may be sold
work=Star News Group
date=May 20, 2008
publisher=www.starnewsgroup.com.au
accessdate=2008-06-30
]

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References

MelbourneStations
Line=Williamstown Line
Previous=Newport
Next=Williamstown Beach


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