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Macaulay railway station

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Owned by
  
VicTrack

Line(s)
  
Upfield

Opened
  
1 December 1887

Rebuilt
  
1976

Operated by
  
Metro

Platforms
  
2 side

Owner
  
VicTrack

Tracks
  
2

Macaulay railway station

Location
  
Macaulay Road, Kensington Australia

Distance
  
3.25 kilometres from Southern Cross

Address
  
Macaulay Rd, North Melbourne VIC 3051, Australia

Similar
  
Flemington Bridge railway st, Kensington railway station - M, Upfield railway station, North Melbourne railway st, Newmarket railway station - M

Macaulay railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Kensington, and opened on 1 December 1887 as Macaulay Road. It was renamed Macaulay on 1 May 1909.

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The station is located beside the Moonee Ponds Creek, to its west, and surrounded mainly by factories and warehouses. Kensington station, on the Craigieburn line, is only 400 metres away, and is significantly closer to the residential area, and handles a larger number of commuters.

The station is located at ground level, beneath the CityLink tollway, which is supported atop concrete columns, located outside the platform fencing.

To the east of the station were a number of goods sidings, opened after 1919, which have since been removed. Boom barriers were provided at the Macaulay Road level crossing in 1972. New station buildings were provided in 1976.

The suburban train stabling yard near the station opened in May 1972, as part of the City Loop project. A light repair facility was officially opened on 17 November 1993, as part of the closure of the Jolimont Workshops.

Platforms & services

Macaulay has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services.

Platform 1:

  • Upfield line: all stations services to Flinders Street
  • Platform 2:

  • Upfield line: all stations services to Upfield
  • Sita Buslines operates one route via Macaulay station:

  • 402: Footscray station to East Melbourne
  • References

    Macaulay railway station Wikipedia