Mobiltown railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneClosedRailwayStation
NAME= Mobiltown


LINE=Werribee
DISTANCE= 13.92km
PLATFORMS= 1
TRACKS= 1
STATUS=Closed
OPENED=1953
CLOSED=1985

Mobiltown is a demolished station on the former Altona railway line, which now forms part of the Werribee railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It was located north of the Kororoit Creek Road level crossing in the suburb of Altona. The station opened in 1953 as the Standard Oil Platform next to a oil refinery operated by the Vacuum Oil Company, which changed their name to Mobil in 1954 (hence the name Mobiltown). [cite web
url=http://www.railgeelong.com/location/mobiltown
title=Rail Geelong - Mobiltown Station
publisher=www.railgeelong.com
accessdate=2008-04-30] It was made a public platform in 1958 but closed on the January 29, 1985 because of low patronage. It was then demolished, with no remains of the station.

Australian singer-songwriter, Broderick Smith sang about the "Last Train From Mobiltown" on his group's 1981 album "Broderick Smith's Big Combo". [cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/broderick_smiths_big_combo/broderick_smiths_big_combo/ |title="Broderick Smith's Big Combo" |publisher= Rate Your Music |accessdate=2008-04-23 ]

References

MelbourneClosedStations
Line=Werribee line
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Next=Williamstown Racecourse