St Albans railway station, Melbourne

St Albans railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of St Albans, originally opening on 1 February 1887.[2]

St Albans
The new station looking north on opening day in November 2016.
LocationSt Albans Road, St Albans
Australia
Coordinates37°44′40″S 144°47′59″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Sunbury
Distance17.81 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side platforms (Formerly 3 1 side and 1 side)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking400
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusPremium station
Station codeSAB
Fare zoneMyki zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 February 1887
Closed3 October 2016
Rebuilt2 November 2016
ElectrifiedYes (1921)
Passengers
2008-20091.680 million[1]
2009-20101.797 million[1]  6.96%
2010-20111.739 million[1]  3.23%
2011-20121.528 million[1]  12.13%
2012-2013Not measured[1]
2013-20140.997 million[1]  34.75%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Ginifer
towards Flinders Street
 Sunbury line Keilor Plains
towards Sunbury

History
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.[2] 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.[3] A local service was announced in 1888, although it could not start running to St Albans until 19 November that year when a single crossover was added, with tail-ropes likely used to shunt carriages with a locomotive on the adjacent track. This situation was resolved by 1898 when a second crossover was added, and by 1899 three non-interlocked signals had been provided in each direction, with the first proper signal box brought into use on 17 June 1901.[3] 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 network from the city in October 1921, and services were improved, with trains running every 40 minutes by day and hourly at night.[4]

The original station was located at the northern end of the Main Road level crossing, with all terminating electric trains using Platform 2.[4]

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.[4] Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at Main Road in 1986.[5]

A signal box with a mechanical lever frame was located on the former island platform, to control access to the former back platform and sidings, now abolished.

It was upgraded to a Premium station on 26 July 1996.[6]

A platform located west of the Main Road level crossing was used for Southern Cross bound V/Line trains, until it was replaced by a new platform east of the crossing 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. The stabling yard was still used for train storage until work on grade separation began in 2015.

In late 2015, the Level Crossing Removal Authority commenced a grade separation project that replaced the Main Road level crossing with a road bridge over a lowered rail line. The rebuilt station opening on 1 November 2016. The overall project was completed by mid-2017, resulting in roughly a third of the station being directly below Main Rd with the remainder lowered.[7][8][9]

Platforms & services

St Albans has two side platforms, located below ground level. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sunbury line services.[10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

References
  1. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link))
  2. St Albans Vicsig
  3. Newsrail November 1988 p328-331
  4. SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 68. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  5. VR History by Andrew Waugh
  6. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  7. Deadly St Albans crossing to get overhaul Herald Sun 27 April 2014
  8. $200 million to remove notorious St Albans level crossing Premier of Victoria 27 April 2014
  9. Furlong Main Level Crossing Removal Project Level Crossing Removal Authority
  10. "Sunbury Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "408 St Albans Station - Highpoint SC via Sunshine Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "418 St Albans Station - Caroline Springs via Keilor Plains Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. "419 St Albans Station - Watergardens Station via Keilor Downs". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "421 St Albans Station - Watergardens Station via Keilor Plains Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "423 St Albans Station - Brimbank Central SC via Cairnlea". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "424 St Albans Station - Brimbank Central SC via Albanvale". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "425 St Albans Station - Watergardens Station via Delahey". Public Transport Victoria.
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