Albert Park railway station, Melbourne
- Albert Park railway station, Melbourne
MelbourneClosedRailwayStation
NAME=Albert Park
IMAGELINK=Albert-Park-railway-station.jpg
CAPTION=Fenced-off station building
LINE=St Kilda
DISTANCE=2.4km
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Closed
OPENED=November 27th, 1860
CLOSED=August, 1987
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Albert Park is a closed railway station on the St Kilda line, located in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park, Australia. The station is located on Ferrars Street just to the north of Albert Road, just minutes walk from the Bob Jane Stadium, current home of the South Melbourne Soccer club and the former home of the South Melbourne Football Club. A pair of low level side platforms now serve route 96 trams on the light rail line.
History
Albert Park station opened in 1860, not long after the line though it was opened in 1857. [cite web
url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Albert%20Park
title=Albert Park
work=VICSIG - Infrastructure
publisher=www.vicsig.net
accessdate=2008-07-05] The station had a signal box on the citybound platform, which controlled the interlocked gates the Bridgeport Street level crossing, located at the Melbourne end of the station.[cite book | last = S.E. Doorman and R.G. Henderson | title = Electric Railways of Victoria | publisher = Australian Electric Traction Society | page = page | year = 1979 | isbn = 0 909459 06 1 ] An annett locked crossover also existed at the St Kilda end of the station between the two lines, being used by goods trains serving St Kilda station. The crossover was removed in 1959 when the goods service was withdrawn, and the signal box was abolished on September 28, 1960 when boom barriers were erected at the level crossing.]The St Kilda line was closed in 1987 and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 platforms used by trains and the station buildings have been fenced off from public access.References
MelbourneClosedStations
Line=St Kilda line
Previous=South Melbourne
Next=Middle Park
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