Yarraville railway station, Melbourne

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Yarraville
Station information

Code	YVE
Distance from Flinders St	8.8 km
Lines	Werribee Williamstown
# Platforms	2
# Tracks	2
Status	Host station
Metlink profile	Link
Metcard Zone	1

Yarraville is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Yarraville, on the Werribee and Williamstown railway lines. Classed as a Host Station, it is in Metcard Zone 1. The station is located at the northern end of the Anderson Street level crossing, with platform access from both. Shops are located near the station.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 contains a large red brick building, while platform 2 contains a smaller weatherboard building. A large Metcard ticket machine is located at the entrance of platform 1, able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small Metcard machine is located on platform 2. A disused signal box is located at the DOWN end of the station, whilst a number of disused sidings are located to the east of platform 2.

[edit] History

Yarraville station opened on Monday, 20th November 1871. It was opened to goods in 1883, the yard being extended in 1912 at the Melbourne end. The overpass at Somerville Road was opened in 1970 and the goods yard removed in 1991. Interlocked crossing gates remained at the Anderson Street level crossing until 1995, until fixed away from the road and replaced by boom gates. The sigal box was closed in 1996, and in 1997 the pedestrian subway on the station side of Anderson Street was replaced by pedestrian gates.