Macaulay railway station

Macaulay railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the inner-northern suburb of North Melbourne, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Macaulay station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 December 1887, with the current station buildings provided in 1976.<ref name="VicsigMacaulay">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Initially opened as Macaulay Road, the station was given its current name of Macaulay on 1 May 1909.

The station is located beside the Moonee Ponds Creek to its west, and surrounded mainly by factories and warehouses. Kensington, on the Craigieburn line, is only Template:Convert west of Macaulay, and is significantly closer to the residential area and handles a larger number of commuters.

The station is also located at ground level, beneath the CityLink tollway, which is supported atop concrete columns that are located outside the platform fencing.

History

Macaulay station opened on 1 December 1887, three years after the railway line from North Melbourne was extended to Coburg.<ref name=VicsigMacaulay/> The station is named after Macaulay Road, itself named after Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British politician and historian.<ref name="macaulayhistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

To the east of the station were a number of goods sidings, which opened after 1919, and have since been removed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Template:Dead link</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Template:Dead link</ref>

In May 1972, the suburban train stabling yard near the station, located towards North Melbourne, opened, as part of the City Loop project.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Also in that year, automatic signalling was provided between Macaulay and Royal Park, replacing Double Line Block signalling,<ref name=VicsigMacaulay/> and boom barriers replacing interlocked gates at the Macaulay Road level crossing, located at the up end of the station,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as well as the abolishment of the signal box.<ref name=VicsigMacaulay/> On 1 July 1975, parcel facilities at the station were abolished.<ref name="newsrailoct75">Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 1976, the current station buildings were provided.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

On 17 November 1993, a light repair facility officially opened in the stabling yard, as part of the closure of the Jolimont Workshops.<ref name="newsrailaug94">Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 1997, a crossover at the down end of the station was abolished.<ref name=VicsigMacaulay/>

Platforms and services

Macaulay has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations
2	Template:RouteBox	Upfield		All stations

Transport links

Transit Systems Victoria operates one route via Macaulay station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Template:Color box: Footscray station – East Melbourne<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Gallery

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  Northbound view from Platform 2, October 2005

External links

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• Melway map at street-directory.com.au