Fairfield railway station, Melbourne
Fairfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PTV commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Westbound view from Platform 2, showing station buildings and footbridge, November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Railway Place, Fairfield, Victoria 3078 City of Darebin Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°46′45″S 145°01′01″E / 37.7792°S 145.0169°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Trains | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Hurstbridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 9.15 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes—step free access | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Operational, host station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | FFD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki Zone 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 8 May 1888 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | July 1921 (1500 V DC overhead) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Fairfield Park (1888-1943) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | 537,938[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | 570,883[1] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | 630,522[1] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | 728,423[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | 724,525[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | 712,227[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | 641,788[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Not measured[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | 637,880[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | 609,861[1] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | 669,597[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | 661,139[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | 524,408[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | 616,150[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | 509,000[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | 233,400[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | 262,300[3] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fairfield railway station is a commuter railway station on the Hurstbridge line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Fairfield, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Fairfield station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 May 1888.[4]
Initially opened as Fairfield Park, the station was given its current name of Fairfield on 14 November 1943.[4]
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
[edit]The station opened along with the railway between Collingwood and Heidelberg.[4] Fairfield station, like the suburb itself, was named after Fairfield Park, an estate that was subdivided on land that was purchased by land speculator Charles Henry James.[5][6] The estate is believed to have been named after Fairfield in Derbyshire, England.[5][6] He had previously built Melbourne's first tram in 1884, which ran from the station northwards to the Fairfield Park Estate. It closed shortly after the station opened in 1890.[7]
From 1891 to 1893, Fairfield was the junction for the northern end of the former Outer Circle line,[8] 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.[9] That included replacing the former at-grade pedestrian crossing at Rathmines Street with a pedestrian footbridge, opened in March 1914.[10]
In 1969, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Station Street level crossing, at the down end of the station.[11][12] In 1988, the goods siding at the station was abolished.[4]
In 1999, the station building on Platform 1 underwent restoration.[13]
Platforms and services
[edit]Fairfield has two side platforms, and is served by Hurstbridge line trains.[14]
Platform 1:
- Hurstbridge line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Hurstbridge line all stations and limited express services to Macleod, Greensborough, Eltham and Hurstbridge
Transport links
[edit]Dysons operates two bus routes via Fairfield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 567 : Northcote – Regent station[15]
- 609 : Hawthorn Station – Fairfield[16]
Gallery
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Eastbound view of station buildings and platforms with an X'Trapolis train arriving at Platform 1 on a City-bound service, February 2008
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Westbound view of the station platforms,
July 2018 -
Eastbound view of Platform 2 with an X'Trapolis train arriving at Platform 1 on a City-bound service at night, August 2018
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Partial view of station signal box and traffic stopped at the Station Street level crossing,
August 2019 -
The northern side of the entrance and exit ramp to the station, partial view of Platform 2 and the nearby car park, April 2020
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Eastbound view of station platforms and buildings at dusk, November 2023
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
- ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
- ^ a b c d "Fairfield". vicsig.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Fairfield". Victorian Places. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ a b First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Jones, Russell. "Melbourne Tram Museum: Melbourne's horse trams". www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Beardsell, David; Herbert, Bruce (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). ISBN 0-85849-024-2.
- ^ "New Station Buildings". The Age. No. 17, 878. Victoria, Australia. 5 July 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Overhead Bridge at Fairfield". Heidelberg News And Greensborough And Diamond Creek Chronicle. No. 851. Victoria, Australia. 14 March 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "S0092: Station Street". vicsig.net. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Sinnatt, John (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). December 1999. p. 376.
- ^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "567 Northcote - Regent via Northland". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "609 Hawthorn to Fairfield via Kew". Public Transport Victoria.
External links
[edit]Media related to Fairfield railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au