Botanical Gardens railway station, Melbourne
- Botanical Gardens railway station, Melbourne
Botanical Gardens was an early inner suburban railway station in Melbourne, Australia. It was a small station built to serve both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Royal Botanic Gardens. The station was located near the narrow humpback footbridge from Yarra Park to Swan Street[cite book]
last = Fiddian
first = Marc
title = Commuters, Shoppers and Scholars - A History of the Melbourne - Lilydale Railway
publisher = Pakenham Gazette
isbn = 0-9596316-7-4 ] It was opened on February 3, 1859 by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company, three weeks after the opening of their line to Richmond,
As it was one of the first stations in Melbourne to close, details of it are sparse. It opened only for traffic on Wednesdays afternoons, Saturdays and Sundays.
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