Williamstown railway station

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Williamstown railway station is a commuter railway station and the terminus of the Williamstown line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the western suburb of Williamstown, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Williamstown station is a ground level premium station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 17 January 1859.<ref name="VicsigWilliamstown">Template:Cite web</ref>

The station building is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, and is the second oldest railway station in Victoria, after St Kilda. It is also the oldest timber railway station building to survive in the state, and one of the earliest surviving timber public buildings in Victoria.<ref name=vhr>Template:Cite AHPI</ref>

At the up end of the station platform, the double track railway converges into single track.

History

Work on the line started under the Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company, but were taken over by the government in 1856, after work faltered. Builders Kerr, Hodgson & Billings commenced work on the timber station building in 1858, with the station opening to traffic on 17 January 1859.<ref name=VicsigWilliamstown /> Arched bluestone road bridges were built over the cutting at Thompson and Cole Streets. Until 1987, the line continued around the bend to the now closed and demolished Williamstown Pier.

The central section of the station building remains today, but was originally flanked by two pavilions: one for the stationmasters residence, and the other pavilion was refreshment rooms. A now removed timber and iron verandah lined the street side of the station, while on the rail side, the original platform canopy extended along the platform much further.

The Ann Street footbridge was installed c1883, and on electrification in 1916, the Thompson Street overpass arch was removed and replaced with girder spans, to provide increased clearance.

Railway sidings, a signal box and weighbridge were once located opposite the station, but have been since removed,<ref name=vhr /> with a portion of the goods yard out of use by 1965.<ref name=VicsigWilliamstown /> By June 1988, the majority of the sidings were removed.<ref name="newsrailaug88">Template:Cite magazine</ref> By October of that year, all rails, sleepers, overhead wires and signals between Williamstown and Williamstown Pier were removed,<ref name="newsrailoct88">Template:Cite magazine</ref> along with a further two electrified sidings, next to the platform track.<ref name=newsrailoct88/> The track now currently ends just under the Ann Street footbridge, at the down end of the station.

On 18 June 1996, Williamstown was upgraded to a premium station.<ref name="newsrailoct97">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

During the 2013/2014 financial year, it was the 13th least used station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 164,000 passenger movements.<ref>Station Patronage Research Public Transport Victoria</ref>

Platforms and services

Williamstown has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Williamstown line services.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |Williamstown platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type
1 Template:RouteBox Newport, Flinders Street, Moorabbin, Cheltenham, Frankston Flinders Street All stations

From 1 February 2026 to 29 April 2026<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>

colspan="6" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |North Williamstown platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Service Type Notes Source
1 Template:RouteBox Flinders Street All stations Due to Level Crossing Removal Project works on the Werribee line, trains on the Williamstown line will not run direct to Sandringham via Flinders Street and will instead terminate at Flinders Street station until late April 2026. <ref name=":1"/>


After 29 April 2026

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |Williamstown platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type
1 Template:RouteBox Sandringham Flinders Street All stations and limited express services

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

References

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