Altona railway station, Melbourne

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Station information
Code ALT
Distance from
Flinders St		 18.4 km
Lines Werribee
# Platforms 1
# Tracks 1
Status Unmanned station
Metlink profile Link
Metcard Zone 1+2 overlap

Altona is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Altona, on the Werribee railway line. Altona station is unmanned and is in Metcard Zones 1+2 overlap. The station is located at the western end of the Pier Street level crossing.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of only one platform, with a large brick building with an enclosed waiting room inside. 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. The platform can be accessed via Pier Street, or Railway Street South. The station in in the centre of the Altona shopping centre.

[edit] History

The railway to Altona was opened in 1888, but to a station slightly to the east named Altona Beach. The line was privately owned, with the Victorian Railways taking operations in 1917 and opening the present station on Saturday, 1st December 1917 as Altona Beach. For a period of time demotored McKeen railmotors were used to provide passenger services.

The VR took control of the line and station on October 1, 1924, and the station was later renamed to Altona in 1938. A loop siding existed beside the platform for a number of years, and a siding once extended west towards the site of Westona station, serving a coal mine. The passenger service was not extended to Westona until January 1985, then to Laverton in April the same year.

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