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Spotswood Station
Station
Line: Geelong
Distance from Melbourne: 9.220km
Track Diagram: View
Google Map: View
Opened: Sunday, 1 December 1878
Line: Geelong
Distance from Melbourne: 9.220km
Track Diagram: View
Google Map: View
Opened: Sunday, 1 December 1878
Events
Line Opened
| Saturday, 3 October 1857 | Temporary Greenwich terminal and stub line closed. Geelong line now connected to the partially completed Williamstown line. A ferry complete the journey from Williamstown to Melbourne |
| 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 - Spotswood - Newport |
Safeworking
| (Wednesday, 19 January 1887) | Double Line Block provided Yarraville - Spotswood - Newport |
| Sunday, 24 March 1929 | Automatic Block System provided Yarraville - Spotswood - Newport |
Diagrams
NOTE: Diagrams are not to scale.
Photos
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Overview |
Former sidings |
Former glass siding |
Former glass siding |
Former siding |
Mobil siding along Simcock Street |
Simcock Street, and a level crossing sign for the ACI siding around the corner |
Tight curve from the Mobil siding |
Tight curve to the Mobil siding |