NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sydenham railway line, Melbourne

The Sydenham railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. It has 13 stations, in Metcard ticketing Zones 1 and 2. It is the suburban portion of the regional line to Bendigo and beyond. Melbourne, capital city of the State of Victoria, Australia, has a long history of railway development. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2126x2325, 175 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The City Loop (properly called the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop or MURL) is a railway - mostly underground, but partly surface-level and partly elevated - that encloses the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Main article: Rail transport in Victoria The Frankston railway line is a bay-side suburban electrified railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Main article: Rail transport in Victoria The Pakenham railway line in Melbourne, Australia is the suburban electrified portion of the railway to Bairnsdale in eastern Gippsland. ... Main article: Rail transport in Victoria The Sandringham railway line is a suburban railway line in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Cranbourne railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Upfield railway line is a suburban electric railway in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Werribee railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Craigieburn railway line is a suburban electric railway serving the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Williamstown railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Flemington Racecourse railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Lilydale railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Glen Waverley railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Belgrave railway line is a broad gauge electric suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... For other uses of the name Alamein, see Alamein. ... The Hurstbridge railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Epping railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Stony Point line is a greater-metropolitan railway line in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Melton line is a greater-metropolitan subsection of the Ballarat line in Victoria, Australia. ... The Sunbury railway line is a greater-metropolitan subsection of the Bendigo line in Victoria, Australia. ... This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne, Australia. ... â€œSuburbiaâ€ redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... Metcard is the ticket used to access public transport in Melbourne, Australia. ... Victorias regional railway lines Albury-Wodonga line Ballarat line Ararat line Bendigo line Echuca line Geelong line Shepparton line Swan Hill line Traralgon line Bairnsdale line Warrnambool line railway in Victoria, Australia. ... Categories: Stub ...

Description

The Sydenham line generally traverses flat country and thus has no major earthworks, except on the west bank of the Maribyrnong river where it requires some moderately heavy earthworks. It has numerous level crossings and a few bridges under or over roads. Maribyrnong river at West Essendon The Maribyrnong River rises about 50 km north of Melbourne Victoria (Australia), near Mount Macedon. ... The term level crossing (also called a railroad crossing, railway crossing, train crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level (at-grade intersection) â€” without recourse to a bridge or tunnel â€” of a railway line by a road, path, or another railroad. ...

Infrastructure

The line is quadruplicated to South Kensington railway station, Melbourne, then is double track for the rest of the line, although from South Kensington to Footscray it runs alongside the Werribee line, effectively extending the quadruplicated track to there. South Kensington Station South Kensington (station code: SKN) is a small unmanned railway station with very basic waiting facilities on the Werribee, Sydenham and Williamstown lines in Melbourne, Australia, initially opened in 1891. ... A BNSF Railway intermodal train passes some maintenance of way equipment on the double track mainline in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. ... Looking down on Footscray station from the pedestrian overpass. ... The Werribee railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ...

The line is also paralleled by a double track goods line and the interstate standard gauge line, the latter being dual-gauged with the goods line to West Footscray. The goods line joins the Sydenham line at Sunshine, whilst the standard gauge line to Sydney continues to run alongside the suburban line to Albion, where it and a goods line head off in a north-easterly direction. An electric container freight train Freight wagons filled with limestone await unloading, at sidings in Rugby, England An SP freight train west of Chicago in 1992. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... Sunlight reflects off dual-gauge tracks near Chur, Switzerland Mixed-gauge track and pointwork (4 ft 8Â½ in (1435 mm) and 3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)) at Odawara in Japan Dual-gauge tram tracks in Katwijk, The Netherlands Dual-gauge or mixed-gauge railway is a special configuration of... West Footscray is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, located in the suburb of Footscray, on the Sydenham railway line. ... Sunshine is a railway station (station code SUN) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... This is a stub related to the city of Melbourne. ...

The line is controlled by automatic block signalling throughout. Intermediate terminating facilities are provided at Sunshine and St. Albans. Stabling facilities are provided at North Melbourne, St. Albans, and Sydenham. A signal is a mechanical or electrical device that indicates to train drivers or engineers information about the state of the line ahead, and therefore whether he or she must stop or may proceed, or instructions on what speed the train may go. ... Disused UP platform at St Albans railway station. ...

History

The line was opened in February 1859 as far as Sunbury, which is beyond Sydenham. End of greater-metropolitan line; Bendigo regional line continues This is a stub related to the city of Melbourne. ...

Electrification of the line to St. Albans was done in October 1921, although electrification occurred to North Melbourne in May 1919 as part of the Essendon electrification and to Footscray in August 1920 as part of the Williamstown electrification. This is a stub related to the city of Melbourne. ... Essendon stations island platform Essendon railway station is located on Buckley Street near Mt Alexander Road in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon, 9. ... The Williamstown railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ...

North Melbourne to South Kensington was quadruplicated in 1924, and South Kensington to Footscray in November 1976. South Kensington Station South Kensington (station code: SKN) is a small unmanned railway station with very basic waiting facilities on the Werribee, Sydenham and Williamstown lines in Melbourne, Australia, initially opened in 1891. ...

Automatic block signalling was provided between South Kensington and Footscray (and Yarraville on the Williamstown line) in August 1927, from Footscray to West Footscray in October 1927, North Melbourne to South Kensington in June 1928, Sunshine to Albion in July 1929, West Footscray to Sunshine in October 1929, and Albion to St. Albans in February 1930, thus resulting in the entire electrified line being provided with this signalling. Yarraville is a railway station on the Werribee railway line and on the Williamstown railway line. ...

Electrification and automatic block signalling were extended to Sydenham in January 2002.

List of stations

Bold stations are terminuses, italic stations are staffed. Image File history File links West-footscray-station-overpass. ... Image File history File links West-footscray-station-overpass. ...

Branches from the City Loop at Southern Cross and Flagstaff stations. The City Loop (properly called the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop or MURL) is a railway - mostly underground, but partly surface-level and partly elevated - that encloses the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The new exterior of Southern Cross station, seen from Spencer Street V Line locomotive A70 at Spencer Street Station, Melbourne, in 1996 This article is about the railway station in Melbourne formerly called Spencer Street. ... Flagstaff station Flagstaff is an underground railway station in the suburban train network of Melbourne, Australia. ...

The Sunbury greater metropolitan line is a continuation of the Sydenham line. North Melbourne railway station overpass. ... The Upfield railway line is a suburban electric railway in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Craigieburn railway line is a suburban electric railway serving the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... South Kensington Station South Kensington (station code: SKN) is a small unmanned railway station with very basic waiting facilities on the Werribee, Sydenham and Williamstown lines in Melbourne, Australia, initially opened in 1891. ... Looking down on Footscray station from the pedestrian overpass. ... The Werribee railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Williamstown railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Middle Footscray is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, located in the suburb of Footscray, on the Sydenham railway line. ... West Footscray is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, located in the suburb of Footscray, on the Sydenham railway line. ... Tottenham is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, located in the suburb of Tottenham, on the Sydenham railway line. ... White City railway station was located on the Sydenham line (then the St Albans line) of the Melbourne suburban rail system. ... Sunshine is a railway station (station code SUN) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Melton line is a greater-metropolitan subsection of the Ballarat line in Victoria, Australia. ... This is a stub related to the city of Melbourne. ... Ginifer (station code: GIN) is an unmanned railway station on the Sydenham line in Melbourne, Australia, opened in the 1980s. ... St Albans is a railway station on the Sydenham railway line. ... For other uses, see Rush hour (disambiguation). ... View of Platform 1 Keilor Plains is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Watergardens is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Sunbury railway line is a greater-metropolitan subsection of the Bendigo line in Victoria, Australia. ...

External links, maps, and timetables

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External links, maps, and timetables

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