Macaulay railway station is located on the
Upfield line in
Victoria
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,
Australia
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. It serves the inner northern
Melbourne
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suburb of
North Melbourne
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, and it opened on 1 December 1887 as Macaulay Road. It was renamed Macaulay on 1 May 1909.
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History
Macaulay station opened on 1 December 1887, three years after the line from
North Melbourne
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was extended to
Coburg
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.
[ The station is named after Macaulay Road, itself named after ]Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, (; 25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster-General between 1846 and 184 ...
, a British
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politician and historian.
The station is located beside the Moonee Ponds Creek
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Moonee is largely unpopulated, with nearly all of its land area being part of the Munmorah State Conservation Area. ...
to its west, and surrounded mainly by factories and warehouses. Kensington station, on the Craigieburn line, is only west of Macaulay, and is significantly closer to the residential area and handles a larger number of commuters.
The station is located at ground level, beneath the CityLink
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tollway
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, which is supported atop concrete columns that are located outside the platform fencing.
To the east of the station were a number of goods sidings, which opened after 1919, and have since been removed.
In 1972, automatic signalling was provided between Macaulay and Royal Park stations, replacing Double Line Block signalling.[ In the same year, ]boom barrier
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s replaced interlocked gates at the Macaulay Road level crossing
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, located at the Up end of the station, as well as the abolishment of the signal box
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.[ On 1 July 1975, parcel facilities at the station were abolished.] In 1976, the current station buildings were provided.
The suburban train stabling yard near the station, located towards North Melbourne
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, opened in May 1972, as part of the City Loop
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The Loop includes ...
project. On 17 November 1993, a light repair facility officially opened in the yard, as part of the closure of the Jolimont Workshops
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. In 1997, a crossover
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at the Down end of the station was abolished.[
]
Platforms and services
Macaulay has two side platform
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s. It is serviced by Metro Trains
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' Upfield line services.
Platform 1:
* all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
* all stations services to Upfield
Transport links
Transit Systems Victoria
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H ...
operates one route via Macaulay station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria
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:
* : Footscray station – East Melbourne
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Gallery
Macaulay-Station-Melbourne.jpg, Northbound view from Platform 2 in October 2005
References
External links
*
Melway map
at street-directory.com.au
{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Upfield=y, state=collapsed
Railway stations in Melbourne
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1887
Railway stations in the City of Melbourne (LGA)