Showgrounds railway station, Melbourne

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Showgrounds
Station information

Code	SGS
Distance from Flinders St	7 km
Line	Flemington Racecourse
Number of platforms	1
Number of tracks	2
Station status	Special events only
Station facilities, connecting transport and timetables	Link
Melway map of station	Link
Google map of station	Not available
Zone location	'1'

Showgrounds is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Flemington Racecourse railway line in the suburb of Flemington, adjacent to the Melbourne Showgrounds.

The station is only open during special events, such as the annual Royal Melbourne Show.

[edit] Facilities

There are multiple signal boxes located at the Showgrounds, in addition to several portable buildings for staff amenities, and a wooden station building for selling rail tickets. There are also entry turnstiles for entry to the Melbourne Showgrounds used during the Royal Melbourne Show, and a Ticketek booking office for show admission tickets located on the platform.

It has no Metcard ticket machines or validators, meaning that the booking office, when staffed for special events can only sell pre-encoded tickets, and that tickets sold here cannot be validated until arrival at the final destination.