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Footscray railway station, Victoria

Footscray
Commuter and regional rail station
Footscray station signal box and footbridge.jpg
Looking south from platform 6 in April 2010, with disused signal box on platform 5 in the foreground
Location Irving Street, Footscray
Coordinates 37°48′06″S 144°54′09″E / 37.8016°S 144.9024°E / -37.8016; 144.9024Coordinates: 37°48′06″S 144°54′09″E / 37.8016°S 144.9024°E / -37.8016; 144.9024
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Sunbury
Werribee
Williamstown
Serviceton
Port Fairy
Distance 5.62 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 6 (2 side, 2 island)
Tracks 6
Connections Bus
Tram
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code FSY
Fare zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 17 January 1859
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Sunbury line
toward Sunbury
Werribee line
toward Werribee
Williamstown line
toward Williamstown
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station
Terminus
Bendigo line
Serviceton line
Warrnambool line

Footscray railway station is located on the Sunbury, Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Footscray opening on 17 January 1859.

It is also serviced by V/Line Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong services. In 2011/12 it was the sixth busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 4.2 million passenger movements recorded.

A disused signal box is located on the island platform at the Flinders Street end of platform 5, and a pair of dual gauge tracks form the mainly freight only South Kensington-West Footscray line under the station, running in a cutting before entering the Bunbury Street tunnel, providing a rail link to the Port of Melbourne and other freight terminals, as well as access to Southern Cross for the NSW TrainLink XPT, The Overland, and V/Line Albury services.

On 17 January 1859 the railways arrived in Footscray when the new Williamstown line opened with trains running from Spencer Street in Melbourne to the important cargo port of Williamstown. This railway connected to the 18-month-old Geelong railway at the junction near where the current Newport station lies. The railway between Melbourne and Footscray, via the new station at North Melbourne, had been made possible with the construction of a railway bridge over the Maribyrnong River. The first station to open in Footscray opened on this line on the opening day of service; it was not, however, where the current Footscray station lies, but was situated on Napier Street.


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