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South Kensington railway station is a commuter railway station on the Werribee and Williamstown lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the inner north-western suburb of Kensington in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. South Kensington is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms.
The South Kensington–West Footscray line is a railway line in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.Linking South Kensington station on the Werribee line and associated freight terminals to Tottenham Yard and other freight lines, it is a primarily freight only line with no overhead wires, passenger stations or platforms.
The Melbourne railway network comprises 17 railway lines organised into six groups and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. The first section of the network opened in 1854, making the Melbourne metropolitan rail network the oldest rail system in Australia. Most of the network is above ground, with the main underground section being the City ...
Kensington station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 November 1860, with the current station provided in 1871. It initially closed on 1 July 1864, then reopened on 9 October 1871. [4] Special services to Flemington Racecourse and Showgrounds pass through the station, but do not stop, with signs on ...
Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's third shortest metropolitan railway line at 16.2 kilometres (10.1 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Williamstown station in the inner west, serving 12 stations via Footscray, Yarraville, and Newport. [2]
A number of sidings once existed at the station, but that site, on the eastern side of the Newport-bound lines, is now used for car parking. In 1972, the last siding at Footscray (siding "B") was abolished. [4] On 21 October 1928, the two tracks under the station were opened, as part of the South Kensington–West Footscray line.
Rebuilt station building and platform layout beginning in 1960 as part of the works providing a standard-gauge railway link to Sydney. Beginning 2002, Spencer Street has been substantially rebuilt and renamed Southern Cross. While maintaining the previous platform layout, the station bears no resemblance to the former station.
From inner Melbourne, access to the line is via the South Kensington–West Footscray freight line under Footscray station. The main line runs as dual gauge from Tottenham Junction on the North East standard gauge line, crosses the suburban Sunbury line on a bridge, until it reaches Brooklyn where a single broad gauge from Sunshine station joins.