Opened 1 February 1887 Status Premium station Rebuilt 2 November 2016 | Operated by Metro Connections Bus Owner VicTrack Connection Bus Platforms in use 2 | |
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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.
Contents
A signal box with a mechanical lever frame was located on the former island platform, to control access to the back platform and sidings which no longer exist.
History
St Albans station opened on 1 February 1887. 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.
The original station was located at the northern end of the Main Road level crossing, with all terminating electric trains using Platform 2.
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 remained for Spencer Street bound regional trains. Boom barriers replace interlocked gates at Main Road in 1986.
It was upgraded to a Premium station on 26 July 1996.
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.
In November 2012 with electrification to Sunbury, 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 recent times (2015) as work on grade separation has begun.
In late 2015 the Level Crossing Removal Authority commenced a grade separation project that replaced the Main Road level crossing, with the station opening on 1 November 2016, and the overall project expected to be finished by mid-2017. This has resulted in roughly a third of the station being directly below Main Rd with the remainder lowered.
Platforms & services
St Albans has one side platform and one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sunbury line services.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Transport links
CDC Melbourne operate eight bus routes to and from St Albans station: