Fawkner railway station, Melbourne

Fawkner railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Fawkner


CODE=FAK
DISTANCE=14.4 km
LINES=Upfield
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Unmanned station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19962 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19962#lineInfomation Link]
MELWAY=
ZONE=1+2 overlap

Fawkner is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Hadfield, on the Upfield railway line. Fawkner is unmanned and is in Metcard Zones 1+2 overlap.

Facilities

The station is located in the Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, west of Sydney Road, with station access from the pedestrian crossing from the station's car park.

The station consists of two side platforms: Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a small steel shelter, while platform 2 (Upfield bound) has a semi-large fibro building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small coin-only Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2. A former mortuary van is situated next to platform 2.

History

The station opened on October 8 1889. It closed in 1903 and reopened in 1906 as "Fawkner Cemetery", and was renamed "Fawkner" in 1914. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Fawkner VICSIG Infrastructure - Fawkner] ] The adjacent cemetery opened in 1906, and from then until 1939 special mortuary trains ran. [cite web
url=http://www.fcmp.com.au/histrain.asp
title=Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park : Restored Mortuary Carriage
publisher=www.fcmp.com.au
accessdate=2008-08-24] From October 1914 only seven trains daily ran to Fawkner, as well as the daily mortuary train to the cemetery. [cite web
url=http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/about-moreland/history-of-moreland/history-of-fawkner-moreland.html
title=History of Fawkner - Moreland City Council, Victoria, Australia
publisher=www.moreland.vic.gov.au
accessdate=2008-08-24] Until 1959 Fawkner was the extent of suburban electrified services, with an AEC railmotor used from 1928 until 1959 to provide a connecting service north to Somerton station. [cite web
url=http://www.victorianrailways.net/photogallery/suburb/aecfawk.html
title=Fawkner
publisher=www.victorianrailways.net
accessdate=2008-08-24] cite web | title = Somerton | work = Victorian Signalling Histories | publisher = Andrew Waugh | url = http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/Somerton.pdf | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-01-22 ]

Gallery

References

MelbourneStations
Line=Upfield line
Previous=Merlynston
Next=Gowrie


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