Tecoma railway station, Melbourne

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Tecoma
Station information

Code	TCM
Distance from Flinders St	40.1 km
Line	Belgrave
Number of platforms	1
Number of tracks	1
Station status	Unmanned station
Station facilities, connecting transport and timetables	Link
Melway map of station	Link
Google map of station	Not available
Zone location	2

View of Tecoma Station from the McNicol Road bridge

Tecoma is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Tecoma, on the Belgrave railway line. It is in Metcard Zone 2.

Tecoma station is unmanned.

[edit] Location

The station is located at the southern end of the McNicol Road overpass and between Clifford Grove and Campbell Street.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of only one platform. The platform contains a small fibro building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to the platform, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. Disused toilets are located inside the building.

The platform can be accessed via Campbell Street.

[edit] History

Tecoma station originally opened on Friday, 1st February 1924. The station was formally one of the stations on the Upper Ferntree Gully - Gembrook narrow gauge line, one of the narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways until 1962 when the line as far as Belgrave was converted to Broad Gauge.