Anstey railway station, Melbourne

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NAME=Anstey


CODE=ASY
DISTANCE=9.3 km
LINES=Upfield
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Unmanned station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19967 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19967#linkInfomation Link]
MELWAY=
ZONE=Zone 1

Anstey is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Upfield line in the suburb of Brunswick. It is located in Metcard Zone 1.

The station is unmanned in spite of good levels of patronage.

Location

The station is located on the southern side of Albion Street, just west of Sydney Road. Commuters can catch the bus #503 (operated by Moonee Valley Bus Lines) connecting Essendon Railway Station to Brunswick East, from stops located close by on Albion Street.

The Upfield bike path between the station and Hope Street originally detoured through nearby streets, however a direct route alongside the rail line was completed in August 2002.

Facilities

The station consists of two platforms. As with many smaller stations in Melbourne's network the inbound (up) platform contains a Metcard ticket machine able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins, whereas the outbound (down) platform contains a smaller coin-only ticket machine which dispenses only selected ticketing options.

The undercover entrance area on the inbound platform has several features. To the right is a disused ticket window now boarded over. To the left is a roller door which is permanently closed, behind which are entrances for male and female toilets. There is also a newspaper dispenser which is no longer stocked.

A Telstra payphone booth located on Albion Street outside the inbound platform building was removed around 2002. There is a payphone located on the outbound platform.

The inbound platform building is the only inbound building on the Upfield Line between Jewell and Coburg not protected by the Victorian Heritage Register.

History

Anstey Station was originally opened as North Brunswick station on the 15th December 1926, however the Victorian Government renamed in honour of Victorian and Commonwealth Parliamentarian, Frank Anstey on the 1st December 1942 cite web
url = http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&section=locations&location=Anstey
title = VICSIG - Infrastructure
work = VICSIG Infrastructure
accessdate = 2006-02-17] .

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References

External links

* [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&section=locations&location=Anstey Information about Anstey Station] at the [http://www.vicsig.net/ VicSig] enthusiast website

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