Macaulay railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Macaulay


CODE=MAC
DISTANCE=4.5 km
LINES=Upfield
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Unmanned station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19972 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19972#linkInfomation Link]
MELWAY=
ZONE=Zone 1

Macaulay is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Upfield line, just off Macaulay Road at the boundary of the suburbs of Kensington and North Melbourne. Macaulay is unmanned and is in Metcard ticketing Zone 1.

Facilities

The station is located at the northern end of the Macaulay Road level crossing, which provides access to the station.

There are two platforms at Macaulay, one either side of the tracks. Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a substantial brick building with a disused booking office, while Platform 2 (Upfield bound) has a smaller brick shelter of similar architectural style. Each platform has one of the smaller coin-only Metcard ticket machines, and the outbound platform in addition has a Telstra payphone.

The station is situated beside the Moonee Ponds Creek and surrounded mainly by factories and warehouses. Kensington station on the Craigieburn line is only 400m away and is significantly closer to the residential area, and handles a larger number of commuters.

Macaulay is unique in that it is situated at ground level beneath the CityLink tollway which is supported atop concrete columns situated outside the platform fencing.

History

The station opened in 1887 as "Macaulay Road", being renamed "Macaulay" in 1909. The line though the station had opened in 1884. [cite web
url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Macaulay
title=VICSIG - Infrastructure: Macaulay
publisher=www.vicsig.net
accessdate=2008-08-15] To the east of the station were a number of goods sidings opened after 1919, which have since been lifted. [cite web
url=http://www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com/My_Web_pages/VR/Metropolitan/27'13.htm
title=Victorian Railways signal diagram: Macaulay to North Fitzroy 27 13
publisher=www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com
accessdate=2008-08-15] [cite web
url=http://www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com/My_Web_pages/VR/Metropolitan/12'67.htm
title=Victorian Railways signal diagram: Macaulay to North Fitzroy 12 67
publisher=www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com
accessdate=2008-08-15]

The suburban train stabling yard near the station was opened in May 1972 as part of the City Loop project.cite book | author = S.E. Doorman and R.G. Henderson | title = Electric Railways of Victoria | publisher = Australian Electric Traction Society | page = page 93 | year = 1979 | isbn = 0 909459 06 1 ] A light repair facility was officially opened on November 17, 1993 as part of the closure of the Jolimont Workshops. It as opened to carry out minor repairs taking less than an hour, including pantograph, air conditioner or compressor changeovers. [cite journal | year = 1994 | month = August | title = News | journal = Newsrail | publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) | pages = page 251 ]

Trivia

* Melbourne band The Lucksmiths wrote the song "From Macaulay Station", which references the neighbouring overpass and the station's industrial inner-Melbourne surroundings.

References

MelbourneStations
Line=Upfield line
Previous=North Melbourne
Next=Flemington Bridge