Yarraville Station
Line: Geelong and Warrnambool
Distance from Melbourne: 7.542 km
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Opened: November 20, 1871
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
| November 20, 1871 | Opened for passengers (temporary platform) |
| April 18, 1883 | Opened for goods |
| January 15, 1906 | Crossover provided at down end |
| April 8, 1912 | Goods yard extended, with new main line connection at up end |
| October 18, 1946 | New 36 foot gates provided at Somerville Road |
| February 12, 1969 | Crossovers and up end connection from goods yard to main line abolished |
| April 20, 1969 | Somerville Road provided with manually controlled boom barriers |
| September 14, 1969 | Somerville Road boom barriers converted to automatic operation |
| May 18, 1970 | Overpass provided at Somerville Road |
| March 4, 1972 | Platform extension |
| September 3, 1991 | Down end crossover and lead to goods yard removed |
| June 18, 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. |
| June 30, 1996 | Signal box abolished, and all home signals converted to automatics. Boom barriers at Anderson Street converted to automatic operation |
| March 23, 1997 | Pedestrian gates replace subway on the up side of Anderson Street level crossing |
Line Opened
| January 17, 1859 | Williamstown line finally completed to Melbourne. Geelong trains can now operate direct to Spencer Street Station |
Track Amplified
| (January 19, 1887) | Line duplicated Yarraville - Yarraville |
Safeworking
| (January 19, 1887) | Double Line Block provided Footscray - Yarraville - Spotswood |
| December 10, 1906 | Seddon opened. Double Line Block section now Seddon - Yarraville |
| October 22, 1912 | Seddon closed. Double Line Block section now Footscray - Yarraville |
| August 7, 1927 | Automatic Block System provided Footscray - Yarraville |
| March 24, 1929 | Automatic Block System provided Yarraville - Spotswood |
| (September 3, 1991) | Yarraville closed. Automatic Block System section now South Kensington - Newport |
Diagrams
NOTE: Diagrams are not to scale.
Photos
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 'Future conduits' noted on the platformSeptember 11, 2021 |
 Heritage styled shelter at the city end of platform 1March 24, 2017 |
 Looking across to platform 2March 24, 2017 |
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 North side of the Somerville Road over bridgeApril 29, 2012 |
 Yarraville traction substation on the down side of Francis StreetSeptember 3, 2011 |
