Macaulay railway station is a

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way station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the inner-northern suburb of

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, in

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, Victoria, Australia. Macaulay station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 December 1887, with the current station provided in 1976. 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.

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, 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 also located at ground level, beneath the

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, 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

was extended to

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. The station is named after Macaulay Road, itself named after

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, a

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politician and historian. To the east of the station were a number of goods sidings, which opened after 1919, and have since been removed. In May 1972, the suburban train stabling yard near the station, located towards North Melbourne, opened, as part of the

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project. Also in that year, automatic signalling was provided between Macaulay and Royal Park, replacing Double Line Block signalling, and

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s replacing interlocked gates at the Macaulay Road

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, located at the up end of the station, as well as the abolishment of the

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. On 1 July 1975, parcel facilities at the station were abolished. In 1976, the current station buildings were provided. On 17 November 1993, a light repair facility officially opened in the stabling yard, as part of the closure of the

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. In 1997, a crossover at the down end of the station was abolished.

Platforms and services

Macaulay has two

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s. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services. Platform 1: * all stations services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to Upfield

Transport links

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

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: * : Footscray station –

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Gallery

Macaulay-Station-Melbourne.jpg, Northbound view from Platform 2, October 2005

References

External links

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Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Upfield=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 1887 Railway stations in the City of Melbourne (LGA)