Spotswood railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Spotswood
IMAGELINK=Spotswood-station-platform.jpg
CAPTION=Station building on platform 1
CODE=SPT
DISTANCE=10.5 km
LINES=Werribee
Williamstown
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Unmanned station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19995 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19995#lineInformation Link]
MELWAY=
ZONE=1

Spotswood is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Spotswood, on the Werribee and Williamstown railway lines. The station is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 1. The station is located at the southern end of the Hudsons Road level crossing, which platform access from Hope and Hall Streets. It consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 contains a large brick building while platform 2 contains a semi-large brick building. The Scienceworks Museum is a short walk from the station.

History

Spotswood station opened on Sunday, 1st December 1878 as Edom. It was later renamed to Bayswater in 1881, then renamed again to Spottiswoode in October of the same year before being renamed again to Spotswood in 1905. On opening there were a number of sidings provided in the area, in 1914 a line was opened from the Newport end of the station to the Newport Power Station, in addition to a number of other sidings serving oil terminals in the area. A siding at the Melbourne end of the station served the AGM glass factory, with the last sand train from Koala Siding (near Nyora on the South Gippsland line) to Spotswood running on January 15, 1998. The interlocked crossing gates at Hudson Road were replaced by boom barriers in 1989.

References

*cite web
url=http://www.railgeelong.com/location/spotswood
title=Rail Geelong - Spotswood Station
publisher=www.railgeelong.com
accessdate=2008-04-30
*cite journal
year = 1998
month = February
title = Farewell - The Sand Train
journal = Newsrail
publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)
pages = pages 71–76

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