St Albans railway station, Melbourne

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St Albans
Location St Albans Road, St Albans
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Sunbury
Distance 17.81 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks 3
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground (Below Ground by late 2017)
Parking 400
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code SAB
Fare zone Myki zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 1 February 1887
Rebuilt 22 November 1959
Electrified Yes (1921)
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Sunbury line
toward Sunbury

St Albans railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of St Albans opening on 1 February 1887.[1]

A signal box with a mechanical lever frame is located on the island platform, to control access to the back platform and sidings.[2] A disused platform located west of the Main Road level crossing, was used for Southern Cross bound V/Line trains until replaced by the current Platform 1 as part of the extension of the electrified network to Sydenham in January 2002.

The current station is in the process of being replaced with the rail line being moved to below ground in a Grade Separation project (January 2016).

History

File:DisusedPlatfrom.jpg
Melbourne platform located north of Main Road level crossing, that was replaced by current Platform 1 in January 2002

St Albans station opened on 1 February 1887.[1] Originally only three trains each way passed through St Albans on weekdays and passengers had to inform the train guard at the stop prior for the train to stop. Later the steam era trains operated hourly from Flinders Street to Braybrook Junction, with only eight trains continuing to St Albans. The station was made the terminus of the electrified suburban network from the city in October 1921, with trains running every 40 minutes by day and hourly at night.[3]

The original station was located at the northern end of the Main Road level crossing, with all terminating electric trains using Platform 2.[3]

In 1959 the station was rebuilt, with an island platform built on the southern side of the level crossing. One side faced the main line, with the other side formed a dock platform for terminating suburban trains. The old westbound platform was removed but the eastbound platform (1) remained for Spencer Street bound regional trains.[3] Boom barriers replace interlocked gates at Main Road in 1986.[4]

It was upgraded to a Premium station on 26 July 1996.[5]

The original Platform 1 was replaced by a new platform on the south side of the Main Road Crossing directly opposite the existing Island Platform 2/3 in November 2012 when the line electrification was extended from Sydenham to Sunbury. At this time V/Line Bendigo trains ceased stopping at St Albans and Metro Trains terminating services ceased with Platform 3 no longer regularly used although the stabling yard was still used for train storage until mid 2015 as work on grade separation had begun.

In April 2014, the State Government announced a $200 million grade separation project will replace the Main Street level crossing, with a completion date of 2017. This will result in the station being rebuilt with the rail line going under the road.[6][7] This project is well underway as at January 2016.

Platforms & services

St Albans has one side platform and one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sunbury line services.[8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3: was used for departmental trains without passengers to reverse into St Albans stable yard. In March 2015, Metro Trains workers began removed the overhead cabling wires for platform 3 and the railway stabling yard as part of the grade separation project to remove the Main Road rail/road crossing.

Transport links

CDC Melbourne operate eight bus routes to and from St Albans station:

St Albans Station is located within Public Transport Zone 2 as are all the above bus routes except 408 which changes to Zone 1 at Sunshine Station.

Zone 2 extends to Sunbury for Metro Trains while Zone 1 begins from Albion Station in the other direction. Albion & Sunshine are Zone 1/2 overlap stations and can be either zone depending on direction of travel.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 St Albans Vicsig
  2. ↑ St Albans Interlocking Information Vicsig
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ VR History by Andrew Waugh
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Deadly St Albans crossing to get overhaul Herald Sun 27 April 2014
  7. ↑ $200 million to remove notorious St Albans level crossing Premier of Victoria 27 April 2014
  8. ↑ Sunbury Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  9. ↑ Route 408 St Albans - Highpoint Shopping Centre timetable Public Transport Victoria
  10. ↑ Route 418 Caroline Springs Square Shopping Centre - St Albans timetable Public Transport Victoria
  11. ↑ Route 419 St Albans - Watergardens Railway Station timetable Public Transport Victoria
  12. ↑ Route 421 St Albans - Watergardens Railway Station timetable Public Transport Victoria
  13. ↑ Route 423 St Albans - Brimbank Central Shopping Centre timetable Public Transport Victoria
  14. ↑ Route 424 St Albans - Brimbank Central Shopping Centre timetable Public Transport Victoria
  15. ↑ Route 425 St Albans - Watergardens Railway Station timetable Public Transport Victoria

External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • Melway
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