Middle Footscray railway station (original) (raw)

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Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

Middle Footscray
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view of station platform and building in the distance, with a Siemens train on platform 2, June 2006
General information
Location Victoria Street,Footscray, Victoria 3011City of MaribyrnongAustralia
Coordinates 37°48′09″S 144°53′29″E / 37.8025°S 144.8915°E / -37.8025; 144.8915
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Sunbury
Distance 6.61 kilometres fromSouthern Cross
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 6
Connections List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Accessible No—steep ramp
Other information
Status Operational, unstaffed
Station code MFY
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 10 December 1906; 118 years ago (1906-12-10)
Rebuilt 3 July 1927
Electrified October 1921(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006 126,994[1]
2006–2007 140,937[1] Increase 10.97%
2007–2008 158,060[1] Increase 12.14%
2008–2009 184,624[2] Increase 16.8%
2009–2010 207,883[2] Increase 12.59%
2010–2011 203,879[2] Decrease 1.92%
2011–2012 179,465[2] Decrease 11.97%
2012–2013 Not measured[2]
2013–2014 192,033[2] Increase 7%
2014–2015 223,294[1] Increase 16.27%
2015–2016 241,435[2] Increase 8.12%
2016–2017 251,017[2] Increase 3.96%
2017–2018 281,974[2] Increase 12.33%
2018–2019 279,700[2] Decrease 0.8%
2019–2020 191,600[2] Decrease 31.49%
2020–2021 81,800[2] Decrease 57.3%
2021–2022 103,450[3] Increase 26.46%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station Footscraytowards Flinders Street Sunbury line West Footscraytowards Sunbury or Watergardens
Track layout Legend to Footscray Raleigh Street Drain 1 2 to West Footscray Broad gauge, electrified Broad gauge, non-electrified Dual gauge, non-electrified

Middle Footscray railway station is a commuter railway station on the Sunbury line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the western suburb of Footscray, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Middle Footscray station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 10 December 1906, with the current station provided in 1927.[4]

Two dual gauge goods tracks run north of the station, linking the Port of Melbourne and other freight terminals to the rest of the state. Since 1962, those tracks have formed part of the Melbourne – Sydney standard gauge line and, since 1995, have also formed part of the Melbourne – Adelaide standard gauge line. Two Regional Rail Link tracks run south of the station.[5]

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In 1927, the station was reconstructed about 160 metres west of its original location, to allow for the building of the South Kensington – West Footscray goods line.[6]

Platforms and services

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Middle Footscray has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Sunbury line trains.[7]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

By June 2025, it is planned that services on the Sunbury line will be through-routed to the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, via the new Metro Tunnel.

CDC Melbourne operates three bus routes via Middle Footscray station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one bus route via Middle Footscray station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Transit Systems Victoria operates one bus route via Middle Footscray station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

The bus stop is located on Buckley Street, about 100m from the station entrance on Victoria Street.

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. ^ "Middle Footscray". vicsig.net. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. ^ Middle Footscray map Regional Rail Link
  6. ^ "Footscray Level Crossing: Proposed Elimination". The Age. 6 October 1926. Retrieved 5 September 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Sunbury Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ "411 Laverton Station – Footscray via Altona Meadows & Altona & Millers Rd". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  9. ^ "412 Laverton Station – Footscray via Altona Meadows & Altona & Mills St". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  10. ^ "414 Laverton Station - Footscray via Geelong Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "223 Yarraville - Highpoint SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "947 Footscray – Newport Station via Altona North". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.