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Footscray Station
Line: Geelong
Distance from Melbourne: 5.623km
Track Diagram: View
Google Map: View
Opened: Thursday, 10 February 1859
Footscray is a major suburban station and junction on the suburban lines.
Footscray was first established as a junction on the railway lines to Newport and to Bendigo. Two separate stations were provided - at Nicholson Street (Middle Footscray) for country traffic towards Bendigo, and at Napier Street (Footscray) for suburban traffic. A signal box was provided at the junction from 1879.
In 1901 the original stations were replaced by the current station, located at the junction of the two lines. The lower level freight lines were opened in the late 1920s, and the quadruplication of the tracks towards the city was commissioned in 1976, putting an end to the junction.
Events
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 Footscray to Yarraville |
| (Friday, 1 July 1898) | Line duplicated South Kensington to Footscray |
| Sunday, 21 November 1976 | Line quadruplicated South Kensington - Footscray |
Safeworking
| (Wednesday, 19 January 1887) | Double Line Block provided Footscray - Yarraville |
| (Friday, 1 July 1898) | Double Line Block provided South Kensington - Footscray |
| Monday, 10 December 1906 | Seddon opened. Double Line Block section now Footscray - Seddon |
| Tuesday, 22 October 1912 | Seddon closed. Double Line Block section now Footscray - Yarraville |
| Sunday, 7 August 1927 | Automatic Block System provided South Kensington - Footscray - Yarraville |
| Sunday, 21 November 1976 | Footscray closed. Automatic Block System section now South Kensington - Newport |
Diagrams
NOTE: Diagrams are not to scale.
Photos
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Geelong line platforms |
Siemens train in platform 2 |
Crossover |
Junction |
Platforms 1/2 |
Bunbury Street - the freight tunnel runs underneath |
Platforms 3/4 |
Looking up from the Hopkins Street overpass |
Platforms 2/3 and 4 viewed from the north |