Westona railway station, Melbourne

Westona railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Westona


CODE=WTO
DISTANCE=19.8 km
LINES=Werribee
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Unmanned station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19925 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19925#lineInformation Link]
MELWAY=
ZONE=1+2 overlap

Westona is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Altona, on the Werribee railway line. Westona is unmanned and is in Metcard Zones 1+2 overlap.

Facilities

Westona is located at the eastern end of the Maidstone Street level crossing, which provides station access.

The station consists of two platforms, in an island format, with a large brick building at the Werribee end of the station. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to the platforms, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins.

Westona is a crossing loop in the middle of a 10km long section of single track between Altona Junction and Laverton.

History

Westona station was opened on January 21 1985 by then Minister for Transport Steve Crabb as part of the new extension linking Altona with Laverton. The link to Laverton was not opened until April 11, 1985. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Westona VICSIG Infrastructure - Westona] ]

Gallery

References

* cite web
url=http://www.railgeelong.com/location/westona
title=Rail Geelong - Westona Station
publisher=www.railgeelong.com
accessdate=2008-04-30

MelbourneStations
Line=Werribee line
Previous=Altona
Here=Westona
Next=Laverton


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