Fairfield railway station, Melbourne

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Fairfield railway station is a commuter railway station on the Hurstbridge line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network, and serves the north-eastern suburb of the same name in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Fairfield is a ground level host station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 May 1888.<ref name="vicsigfairfield">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Originally called Fairfield Park, the station was re-named Fairfield on 14 November 1943.<ref name="vicsigfairfield">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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The Fairfield Industrial Dog Object located next to Platform 2, September 2024

Fairfield Industrial Dog Object (FIDO), a 6-metre-tall wooden sculpture of a dog, is located adjacent to the level crossing, at the eastern end of Platform 2.

History

The station opened along with the railway between Collingwood and Heidelberg.<ref name=vicsigfairfield/> Like the suburb itself, it was named after Fairfield Park, an estate that was subdivided on land owned by land speculator Charles Henry James.<ref name="vpfairfield">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="heraldsun">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The estate is believed to have been named after Fairfield in Derbyshire, England.<ref name=vpfairfield/><ref name=heraldsun/> James built Melbourne's first tram line in 1884, a horse-drawn tram from the station northwards to the Fairfield Park Estate. The tramway had closed by 1890.<ref name="MelbourneTramMuseumHorse">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

From 1891 to 1893, Fairfield was the junction for the northern end of the former Outer Circle line,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and was later the junction for the APM Siding, which operated from 1919 to the 1990s and served the nearby Australian Paper Manufacturers paper mill.

The station was upgraded in the early 1910s with new timber station buildings constructed in 1911.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> That included replacing the former at-grade pedestrian crossing at Rathmines Street with a pedestrian footbridge, opened in March 1914.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1969, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Station Street level crossing, at the down end of the station.<ref name="barriers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="somersaultjan90">Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 1988, the goods siding at the station was abolished.<ref name=vicsigfairfield/>

In 1999, the station building on Platform 1 underwent restoration.<ref name="newsraildec99">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Platforms and services

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A PID on Platform 2 displaying a Hurstbridge-bound service, September 2024
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An X'Trapolis train on a Hurstbridge-bound service arrives at Platform 2, September 2024

Fairfield has two side platforms, and is served by Hurstbridge line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

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Platform Line Destination Service Type
1 Template:RouteBox Flinders Street All stations and limited express services
2 Template:RouteBox Macleod, Greensborough, Eltham, Hurstbridge All stations and limited express services

Dysons operates two bus routes via Fairfield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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