Jolimont railway station is located on the

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lines in

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. It serves the inner eastern

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suburb of

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, and opened on 21 October 1901.Jolimont
Vicsig Jolimont is one of two stations that are close to the

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(MCG), the other being

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. During events at the MCG, extra exit gates are open to reduce crowding.

History

Jolimont opened on 21 October 1901, when a direct line was provided between

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and Collingwood. Like the

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itself, the station was named after the French words 'joli mont',Jolimont
Victorian Places which translates to 'pretty mount' in English. The name was believed to have been given by the French-

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wife of Charles Joseph La Trobe, Victoria's first

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. The original timber station building was manufactured in

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in 1899. In the late 1920s, it was sold and re-erected in

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, on the site of the present

Jolimont Centre The Jolimont Centre is a commercial building in Canberra, Australia. It is also the city's long-distance coach station. History In the late 1920s, a timber building named the Jolimont Building was erected in Civic, on a block bounded by Northbo ...

. After being damaged by fire, it was demolished in 1977. In 1973, additional entrances and exits were provided. In 1985, the station was renamed Jolimont MCG, and at the time it was noted that it was unique in that no advertising was permitted on the station site, according to the construction finance contract. In November 2015, extra shelter and seats were provided on both platforms.

Platforms and services

Jolimont has two

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s. It is served by

and

line trains. Platform 1: * services to Flinders Street * services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to

* all stations and limited express services to

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, Greensborough,

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and

Transport links

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operates two routes via Jolimont station: * :

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–

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( Docklands) * :

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– Central Pier (Docklands)

Gallery

File:Jolimont station b&w.jpg, Westbound view of Jolimont station in February 2013

References

External links

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