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Yarraville Station

Station
Line: Melbourne - Geelong - Warrnambool
Distance from Melbourne: 7.542 km
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Opened: Monday, 20 November 1871

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Yarraville is a suburban railway station. Today it has two side platforms flanking a pair of tracks. The Anderson Street level crossing is located at the down end. The up platform has a brick station building built in 1893, while the down platform has a wooden shelter. On the eastern side of the station there was once a goods yard, removed in the 1990s, the site of which remains today.

The station opened on the line on February 2, 1861 as a stopping place but was not until November 20, 1871 that a proper platform was provided. The brick signal box was rebuilt in 1927 and has been retained after closure, though closed off. The level crossing at Anderson Street has a set of interlocked gates preserved in the open position, that were originally commissioned in 1890. One set of four gates protected the double main line, while another set of two gates protected the siding.

Events

Monday, 20 November 1871	Opened for passengers (temporary platform)
Wednesday, 18 April 1883	Opened for goods
Monday, 15 January 1906	Crossover provided at down end
Monday, 8 April 1912	Goods yard extended, with new main line connection at up end
Friday, 18 October 1946	New 36 foot gates provided at Somerville Road
Wednesday, 12 February 1969	Crossovers and up end connection from goods yard to main line abolished
Sunday, 20 April 1969	Somerville Road provided with manually controlled boom barriers
Sunday, 14 September 1969	Somerville Road boom barriers converted to automatic operation
Monday, 18 May 1970	Overpass provided at Somerville Road
Saturday, 4 March 1972	Platform extension
Tuesday, 3 September 1991	Down end crossover and lead to goods yard removed
Sunday, 18 June 1995	Interlocked gates and wickets at Anderson Street were replaced with manually controlled boom barriers and pedestrian gates. Boom barriers are operated manually by existing gatestop lever, but will rise automatically behind a train.
Sunday, 30 June 1996	Signal box abolished, and all home signals converted to automatics. Boom barriers at Anderson Street converted to automatic operation
Sunday, 23 March 1997	Pedestrian gates replace subway on the up side of Anderson Street level crossing

Line Opened

Monday, 17 January 1859

Williamstown line finally completed to Melbourne. Geelong trains can now operate direct to Spencer Street Station

Track Amplified

(Wednesday, 19 January 1887)

Line duplicated Yarraville - Yarraville

Safeworking

(Wednesday, 19 January 1887)	Double Line Block provided Footscray - Yarraville - Spotswood
Monday, 10 December 1906	Seddon opened. Double Line Block section now Seddon - Yarraville
Tuesday, 22 October 1912	Seddon closed. Double Line Block section now Footscray - Yarraville
Sunday, 7 August 1927	Automatic Block System provided Footscray - Yarraville
Sunday, 24 March 1929	Automatic Block System provided Yarraville - Spotswood
(Tuesday, 3 September 1991)	Yarraville closed. Automatic Block System section now South Kensington - Newport

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NOTE: Diagrams are not to scale.

1890
1912
1970
1991
1996

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Overview looking down	Signals looking down	Station buildings
Main station building	Former signal box	Platform shelter
Platform shelter	Somerville Road over bridge	Overview looking up across the Anderson Street LX