Former Rail Freight Terminals in Victoria (Australia) - Newport Railway Station, Melbourne, Laverton Railway Station, Melbourne (Paperback)

Chapters: Newport Railway Station, Melbourne, Laverton Railway Station, Melbourne, West Footscray Railway Station, Melbourne. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Newport is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Newport, at the junction of the Werribee and Williamstown railway lines. Newport is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 1. Newport is located between Melbourne Road and Hall Street, with station access from both via an underpass. The station consists of two side platforms; Platform 1 has a large brick building with an enclosed waiting room, ticket office and toilets, while platform 2 has a semi-large brick building. A large Metcard vending machine is located inside the waiting area, able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small coin-only Metcard vending machine is located on platform 2, as well as inside the waiting area. A signal box is situated at the Werribee end of platform 1. Two sidings exist at the Melbourne end of the station for the stabling of trains used on the Williamstown line shuttle service. The Western standard gauge line to Adelaide is also adjacent to the station, with the Newport Railway Workshops situated at the Down end of the station. Platform 1: Platform 2: The Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company opened the line to Newport in 1857 from Geelong, but it ran along North Road to a temporary terminus at Greenwich as the line on to Melbourne was not yet complete. In October that year the line towards Williamstown was completed, and so the Geelong line was connected to it. In 1859, the Williamstown line was finally completed to Melbourne, and Newport station opened on March 1, 1859 as Geelong Junction. It was renamed William...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=70808