Albion railway station, Melbourne

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Building on the island platform, looking towards Melbourne. A Hitachi train is in platform 2.
Station information
Code ALB
Distance from
Flinders St
14 km
Lines Sydenham
# Platforms 2
# Tracks 2
Status Host station
Metlink profile Link
Melway map Link
Metcard Zone 1 & 2 Overlap

Albion railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located on the border of the suburbs of Sunshine and Albion, Victoria, on the Sydenham railway line. Classed as a Host Station, Albion is in the Metcard zones 1+2 overlap.

The station is located at the southern end of the Western Highway road overpass and next to St Albans Road, which also provides platform access. The Albion - Jacana freight lines branches off at the DOWN end of the station, as does the parallel Melbourne - Sydney standard gauge line.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of two platforms, in an island format. The island platform contains a large pebblemix building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to the platforms, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small Metcard machine and a ticket office is also located next to the large Metcard machine.

[edit] History

Albion station opened on Thursday, January 5, 1860.