Seddon railway station

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

  • Werribee
  • Williamstown
Distance6.62 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConstructionStructure typeGroundParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleNo—steep rampOther informationStatusOperational, unstaffedStation codeSENFare zoneMyki Zone 1WebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened10 December 1906; 117 years ago (1906-12-10)Rebuilt1981ElectrifiedAugust 1920 (1500 V DC overhead)Passengers2005–2006248,472[1]2006–2007281,275[1] Increase 13.2%2007–2008321,447[1] Increase 14.28%2008–2009370,522[2] Increase 15.26%2009–2010384,316[2] Increase 3.72%2010–2011380,225[2] Decrease 1.06%2011–2012382,222[2] Increase 0.52%2012–2013Not measured[2]2013–2014464,524[2] Increase 21.53%2014–2015435,188[1] Decrease 6.31%2015–2016472,326[2] Increase 8.53%2016–2017475,949[2] Increase 0.76%2017–2018461,028[2] Decrease 3.13%2018–2019467,700[2] Increase 1.44%2019–2020379,400[2] Decrease 18.88%2020–2021168,900[2] Decrease 55.48%2021–2022203,150[3] Increase 20.27% Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Yarraville
towards Werribee
 Werribee line Footscray
towards Frankston via Flinders Street
Yarraville
towards Williamstown
 Williamstown line
Track layout
Legend
to Footscray
1
2
to Yarraville

Seddon railway station is located on the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Seddon, and opened on 10 December 1906.[4]

History

Opening on 10 December 1906, Seddon station, like the suburb itself, was named after Richard John Seddon, who was a worker at the Newport Workshops, a corporal in the artillery at Williamstown, and was Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1893-1906.[5][6]

The station opened as a double line block post with a signal box, for the control of trains in the section from Footscray to Yarraville. The block post closed in 1912, but automatic signalling was not provided on the section until 1927.[7]

In 1972, both platforms were extended.[8] In 1980, the former timber buildings were demolished and,[9] in 1981, were replaced with the current station buildings.[10]

Platforms and services

Seddon has two side platforms. It is served by Werribee and Williamstown line trains.[11][12]

Platform 1:

  •  Werribee line  all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston
  •  Williamstown line  all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston

Platform 2:

  •  Werribee line  all stations services to Laverton via Altona (weekdays only); all stations services to Werribee
  •  Williamstown line  all stations services to Williamstown

Gallery

  • North-east bound view in June 2006
    North-east bound view in June 2006
  • South-west bound view in March 2007
    South-west bound view in March 2007

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ "Seddon". vicsig.net. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Seddon". Victorian Places. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  6. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Seddon Station". Rail Geelong. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Way and Works". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1972. p. 6.
  9. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1980. p. 215.
  10. ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962-1983. p. 107. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  11. ^ "Werribee Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "Williamstown Line". Public Transport Victoria.

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