Yarraville railway station is located on the

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and Williamstown lines in

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. It serves the inner-western

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suburb of

Yarraville Yarraville is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Yarraville recorded a population of 15,636 at the . Yarraville i ...

, and it opened on 20 November 1871 as South Footscray.

History

Yarraville station opened on 20 November 1871, twelve years after the line from Footscray was extended to Newport. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the ''Yarraville'' estate, which was developed by Biers, Henningham & Co. Land sales began in 1859. In 1892, the present station buildings were provided, replacing timber station buildings that were destroyed by fire in 1890. The station opened to goods traffic in 1883 and, in 1893, a

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that was originally at

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was relocated to Yarraville. In 1912, an extension of the

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was provided at the up end. By July 1969, the station was closed to goods traffic, with the goods shed demolished shortly after. In 1970, an

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replaced a

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at nearby Somerville Road and, in 1991, the goods yard was removed. Interlocked crossing gates remained at the Anderson Street level crossing until 1995, when they were fixed in the open position and replaced by

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s. A

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, which was closed in 1996, is located at the down end of Platform 1. In 1997, a

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on the station side of Anderson Street was filled in and replaced by pedestrian gates. In October 2022, the

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announced that the level crossing would be closed to vehicular traffic by 2030, and is to be replaced with a pedestrian subway.

Platforms and services

Yarraville has two

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s. It is served by

and Williamstown trains. Platform 1: * all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston * all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston Platform 2: * all stations services to Laverton via Altona (weekdays only); all stations services to

* all stations services to Williamstown

Transport links

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operates one bus route to and from Yarraville station, under contract to

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: * : to

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operates two routes to and from Yarraville station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * : to Kingsville * : to Newport station

References

External links

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Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Werribee=y, Williamstown=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 1871 Railway stations in the City of Maribyrnong