Fairfield railway station, Melbourne
- Fairfield railway station, Melbourne
MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Fairfield
IMAGELINK=Fairfiled-station-from-footbridge.jpg
CAPTION=Overview of the station looking away from the city, citybound train arriving, signal box in the background
CODE=FFD
DISTANCE=convert|7.9|km|abbr=on
LINES=Hurstbridge
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Host Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19930 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19930#lineInformation Link]
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=16&ll=-37.779178,145.016892&spn=0.012567,0.019956 Link]
ZONE=1
Fairfield is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Fairfield, on the Hurstbridge railway line. Fairfield is classed as a Host Station and is in Metcard Zone 1.
Facilities
Fairfield is located at the western end of the Station Street level crossing, with station access from Railway Place and Wingrove and Station Streets.
The station consists of two side platforms: Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a large weatherboard building, while platform 2 (Hurstbridge bound) has a smaller weatherboard 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 footbridge is situated at the Melbourne end of the station, whilst a disused signal box is also situated at the level crossing end of the station. Fairfield Industrial Dog Object, a 6-metre-tall wooden dog is located at the western side of the station.
Fairfield station opened on May 8 1888, as "Fairfield Park". It was renamed to "Fairfield" in 1943. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Fairfield VICSIG Infrastructure - Fairfield] ] Fairfield was the former junction station for the Outer Circle railway line from 1891 to 1893, [cite book
author = David Beardsell and Bruce Herbert
title = The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway
publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)
year = 1979
isbn = 0 85849 024 2 ] and the APM Siding from 1919 to the 1990s.
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References
MetlinkAndClosedStations
Line1=Hurstbridge line
Previous1=Dennis
Next1=Alphington
ClosedLine = Outer Circle line
ClosedNext = Fulham Grange
ClosedPreviousplain = Junction
VICORMELB=Melbourne
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