South Melbourne railway station, Melbourne
- South Melbourne railway station, Melbourne
MelbourneClosedRailwayStation
NAME=South Melbourne
IMAGELINK=South-Melbourne-railway-station.jpg
CAPTION=Looking over the remaining station buildings and light rail line
LINE=St Kilda
DISTANCE=1.7km
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Closed
OPENED=September 16th, 1858
CLOSED=August, 1987
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http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=south+melbourne+station&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-37.833042,144.955508&spn=0.000899,0.001334&z=20 Link]
South Melbourne is a closed railway station on the St Kilda line, located in the Melbourne suburb of South Melbourne, Australia. The station is located on the corner of Ferrars street and Dorcas street, just minutes walk from South Melbourne Market. A pair of low level side platforms now serve route 96 trams on the light rail line.
History
South Melbourne station opened in 1858, not long after the line though it was opened in 1857. It was originally known as Emerald Hill, being renamed to South Melbourne in 1884.[cite web]
url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=South%20Melbourne
title=South Melbourne
work=VICSIG - Infrastructure
publisher=www.vicsig.net
accessdate=2008-07-05] To the south of the station are three road overpasses in quick succession, for Dorcas, Bank and Park Streets. [cite web
url=http://www.victorianrailways.net/signaling/completedia/stkilda1952.html
title=St Kilda line 1952
publisher=www.victorianrailways.net
accessdate=2008-07-05] The St Kilda line was closed in 1987 and converted to light rail, with the route 96 tram now running through the former station. The last train service ran on July 31, 1987 with the light rail officially commissioned on November 21 the same year.[cite journal]
year = 1997
month = March
title = Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960
author = Chris Banger
journal = Newsrail
publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)
pages = pages 77–82 ] The high level train platforms and station buildings have been fenced off from public access.References
VictorianClosedStations
VICORMELB=Melbourne
Line1=St Kilda line
Previous1plain=Sandridge Bridge
Next1=Albert Park
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