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Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is the world's richest handicap and the world's richest 3200-metre horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River. The area was first used for horse ...
This is a route-map template for the Flemington Racecourse line, a railway line in Victoria, Australia.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Flemington Racecourse line originated in 1861 as a branch of the Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company, designed to link the Melbourne rail network with Flemington Racecourse. [6] The racecourse, established in 1840, gained its railway connection in 1861 but closed in 1864 due to financial issues. [ 7 ]
It serves Flemington Racecourse and the suburb of Flemington, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Flemington Racecourse station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 28 February 1861. [1] The station is only open on race days and during special events at Flemington Racecourse.
The route runs from the corner of Cordite and Central Park Avenues adjacent to the Defence Explosive Factory, West Maribyrnong via Moonee Ponds, Ascot Vale, Flemington, Kensington and North Melbourne before proceeding along Elizabeth Street to terminate outside Flinders Street station.
Rogilla, 1933 winner George Robinson up Amounis, 1929 jockey Harold Jones up Lavendo, 1916 winner Frank Dempsey up Gothic, 1928 winner. The Queen Elizabeth Stakes, first known as Queen's Plate (1854-1872), and then by various other names at different times in its history (Queen's Cup, Flemington Plate, Canterbury Plate, C.B. Fisher Plate), is an Australian horse race run in Melbourne, Victoria.
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This is a route-map template for the Flemington Racecourse Service, a Metro Trains service in Victoria, Australia.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.