Yarraville railway station

Yarraville railway station is located on the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the inner-western Melbourne suburb of Yarraville, and it opened on 20 November 1871 as South Footscray.[4][5]

Yarraville
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2 in July 2010
General information
LocationBirmingham Street,
Yarraville, Victoria 3013
City of Maribyrnong
Australia
Coordinates37°48′59″S 144°53′23″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance7.54 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking25
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeYVE
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened20 November 1871 (1871-11-20)
ElectrifiedAugust 1920 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesSouth Footscray
Passengers
2005–2006608,134[1]
2006–2007658,353[1] Increase 8.25%
2007–2008751,869[1] Increase 14.2%
2008–2009843,157[2] Increase 12.14%
2009–2010846,625[2] Increase 0.41%
2010–2011886,215[2] Increase 4.67%
2011–2012876,868[2] Decrease 1.05%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014906,600[2] Increase 3.39%
2014–2015901,803[1] Decrease 0.52%
2015–2016984,356[2] Increase 9.15%
2016–2017982,039[2] Decrease 0.23%
2017–2018977,673[2] Decrease 0.44%
2018–2019998,400[2] Increase 2.12%
2019–2020785,800[2] Decrease 21.29%
2020–2021368,300[2] Decrease 53.13%
2021–2022442,450[3] Increase 20.13%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Spotswood
towards Werribee
 Werribee line Seddon
towards Frankston via Flinders Street
Spotswood
towards Williamstown
 Williamstown line

History

Yarraville station opened on 20 November 1871, twelve years after the line from Footscray was extended to Newport.[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the Yarraville estate, which was developed by Biers, Henningham & Co. Land sales began in 1859.[6][7]

In 1892, the present station buildings were provided, replacing timber station buildings that were destroyed by fire in 1890.[8] The station opened to goods traffic in 1883 and, in 1893, a goods shed that was originally at South Morang was relocated to Yarraville.[8] In 1912, an extension of the yard was provided at the up end. By July 1969, the station was closed to goods traffic,[4] with the goods shed demolished shortly after.[8] In 1970, an overpass replaced a level crossing at nearby Somerville Road[4] and, in 1991, the goods yard was removed.[5] Interlocked crossing gates remained at the Anderson Street level crossing until 1995, when they were fixed in the open position and replaced by boom barriers.[5]

A signal box, which was closed in 1996, is located at the down end of Platform 1.[5] In 1997, a pedestrian subway on the station side of Anderson Street was filled in and replaced by pedestrian gates.[5]

In October 2022, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the level crossing would be closed to vehicular traffic by 2030,[9][10] and is to be replaced with a pedestrian subway.[10]

Platforms and services

Yarraville has two side platforms. It is served by Werribee and Williamstown trains.[11][12]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

CDC Melbourne operates one bus route to and from Yarraville station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  409 : to Highpoint Shopping Centre[13]

Transit Systems Victoria operates two routes to and from Yarraville station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References
  1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. "Yarraville". vicsig.net. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. "Yarraville Station". Rail Geelong. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  6. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. "Yarraville". Victorian Places. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. "Items of Interest". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1972. p. 16.
  9. "Making the Werribee Line level crossing-free". Victoria's Big Build. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  10. "Anderson Street, Yarraville fact sheet". Victoria's Big Build. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  11. "Werribee Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "Williamstown Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. "409 Yarraville to Highpoint SC via Footscray". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "431 Yarraville - Kingsville via Somerville Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "432 Newport - Yarraville via Altona Gate Shopping Centre". Public Transport Victoria.
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