Rockbank railway station, Melbourne

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Overview of the platforms
Station information
Code RBK
Distance from
Flinders St		 32.19 km
Lines Melton,
Ararat
# Platforms 2
# Tracks 2
Status Unmanned Station
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Metcard Zone 2

Rockbank is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Rockbank, on the Melton railway line. The station is unstaffed and is in Metcard Zone 2.

[edit] Facilities

Rockbank is located at the western end of the Leakes Road level crossing, which also provides platfrom access. The station consists of two side platforms., both having small shelters.

A small Metcard machine is located inside the shelter on platform 1, which dispenses only selected ticketing options. No Metcard machine is located on platform 2. A disused platform is located at the Ballarat end of the station on the north side.

[edit] History

The station opened as Mount Atkinson on Wednesday, 2 April 1884, at the same time of the line though it. It was renamed to Rockbank in 1889. Being on a single track railway, it served as a crossing loop for trains though it. By 1914 it had a three road yard, passenger platform on the southern track, and a goods platform on the northern track, and an interlocked signal box.

In 1960 the crossing loop was extended to cater for longer trains of up to 2,400 feet (730 m) and a short platform provided on the loop road, and in 1976 Centralised Traffic Control was provided on the line from Sunshine to Rockbank. In 1986 the yard was rationalised to main line and crossing loop, and in 1990 the mechanical signals and points were removed, and replaced by remotely controlled signalling operated from Bacchus Marsh signal box. The current northern platform was not added untiol more recently, replacing the former short platform. As part of the Regional Fast Rail project control of the signals was transferred to Ballarat signal box in 2005.

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