Flemington Racecourse railway line, Melbourne
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The Flemington Racecourse railway line is a suburban electric railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It has two stations, both in Metcard ticketing Zone 1.
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[edit] Description
The Flemington Racecourse line is a short branch off the Broadmeadows line that serves the Royal Melbourne Show grounds and Flemington Racecourse. The line is fairly level and has only minor earthworks. It has one level crossing and one rail-over-road bridge.
The line has no regular services, as it only opens for special events: racedays at the racecourse such as the Melbourne Cup or Oaks Day, and large events at the Showgrounds such as the Royal Melbourne Show itself in September, or the Big Day Out in January. It is otherwise used to store trains between peak hours.
At times, services are quite intense, with trains running as frequently as every four minutes. Services are usually operated to either the Showgrounds or the Racecourse. It is rare for any trains to stop at both places.
[edit] History
The Flemington Racecourse line saw the first electric train journey in Australia, in 1919. The train travelled from Newmarket station on the Broadmeadows line to Flemington Racecourse station.
[edit] Infrastructure
The line is double-tracked throughout, although a third track used to be available for down trains from the Showgrounds platform to the Racecourse, but it is now blocked at the Showgrounds end and used as a siding.
The Flemington Racecourse line has Melbourne's only example of two-position automatic signalling. The short line has three mechanical signal boxes, including the Flemington Racecourse box opened in 1895[1].
Terminating facilities are provided at both the Showgrounds platform and the Racecourse. Stabling facilities are provided at the Racecourse. The Showgrounds has only one platform, on the up track, as trains terminate at the Showgrounds when that station is in use. However, down trains can be routed via the platform then back to the down line to the Racecourse if necessary.
[edit] List of stations
Bold stations are terminuses, italic stations are staffed.
Branches from the Broadmeadows line at Newmarket stations.
- Zone 1
- Showgrounds (SGS)
- Flemington Racecourse (RCE)
NOTE: Showgrounds and Flemington Racecourse are only manned when services operate to the respective stations.
[edit] External links, maps, and timetables
- Official line map
- Statistics and detailed schematic map at the VicSig enthusiast website