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Westall railway station

Coordinates: 37°56′18″S 145°08′18″E / 37.9382°S 145.1383°E / -37.9382; 145.1383
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Westall
PTV commuter rail station
South-east bound view from Platform 2,
January 2021
General information
LocationRayhur Street,
Clayton South, Victoria 3169
City of Kingston
Australia
Coordinates37°56′18″S 145°08′18″E / 37.9382°S 145.1383°E / -37.9382; 145.1383
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Distance22.64 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking170 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeWTL
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened6 February 1951; 73 years ago (1951-02-06)
Rebuilt11 October 2010
ElectrifiedDecember 1922
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006328,908[1]
2006–2007259,825[1] Decrease 20.99%
2007–2008413,295[1] Increase 59.05%
2008–2009532,591[2] Increase 28.86%
2009–2010531,782[2] Decrease 0.15%
2010–2011472,518[2] Decrease 11.14%
2011–2012538,259[2] Increase 13.91%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014591,264[2] Increase 9.84%
2014–2015572,540[1] Decrease 3.16%
2015–2016681,926[2] Increase 19.1%
2016–2017705,592[2] Increase 3.47%
2017–2018941,057[2] Increase 33.37%
2018–2019894,238[2] Decrease 4.97%
2019–2020676,550[2] Decrease 24.34%
2020–2021339,550[2] Decrease 49.81%
2021–2022474,400[3] Increase 39.71%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Clayton
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line Springvale
towards Cranbourne or East Pakenham
Cranbourne line
Track layout
Legend
to Clayton
1
2
3
to
Westall Train
Maintenance Depot
to Springvale

Westall railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, which are part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Clayton South, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Westall station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 6 February 1951, with the current station provided in 2010.[4]

History

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Opening on 6 February 1951, Westall station originally comprised two workers-only platforms for staff at the adjacent Martin & King railway coach-building factory. On 1 June 1959, the station became available to the general public, and all services began stopping there.[5] The station, like the locality itself, gets its name from an early market garden proprietor who lived in the area.[6][7]

On 19 July 1975, the former timber station building on Platform 1 was damaged by fire.[8] In 1985, boom barriers were provided at the former Westall Road level crossing, which was located at the down end of the station.[9]

The station had a stabling yard located at its southern end, as well as a number of industrial sidings serving nearby factories.[10] On 17 April 1998, the Westall train maintenance centre was officially opened in the former goods yard, as part of the decentralisation of train stabling and maintenance from the former Jolimont Yards.[11] The buildings were approximately 2,850 m2 in size, and permitted bogie repair and replacement, under-carriage and overhead work. The facility cost $15 million, which also included the Bayswater facility.[12]

In 2000, the Westall Road level crossing was grade separated, and replaced with a road overpass.[13] By 4 February 2001, the boom barriers at the former level crossing were decommissioned.[14]

On 26 July 2006, a fire in the waiting room on Platform 1 caused major damage to half the station building, the ticket machines,[15] seats and a section of the platform. The city-bound platform was closed off and passenger services to Flinders Street operated express from Springvale to Clayton, bypassing Westall, until temporary fencing was placed around the building.[16] The damaged section was subsequently demolished and rebuilt.

In May 2008, the Victorian State Government announced that the Westall station precinct would receive a $151 million upgrade, which included a rebuilt station, a new third platform, a third 2.6-kilometre track between Centre Road and Springvale Road and additional storage space at the Westall stabling yard. Work commenced in January 2010, with the majority of the works completed by October of that year.[17][18][19][4] Following these works, Westall was upgraded to a Premium Station.[4]

Platforms and services

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Westall has one side platform (Platform 1) and one island platform with two faces (Platforms 2 and 3), linked by a footbridge. Access to the platforms is via stairs and lifts. The side platform features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets, while the island platform features an enclosed waiting room. A number of services terminate at Westall and return to the city.

It is served by Pakenham and Cranbourne line trains.[20][21]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Future services:
In addition to the current services, the Network Development Plan – Metropolitan Rail proposes linking the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines to both the Sunbury line and under-construction Melbourne Airport rail link via the Metro Tunnel.[22]

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Ventura Bus Lines operates two bus routes via Westall station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  704 : to Oakleigh station[23]
  •  824 : Moorabbin station – Parkmore Shopping Centre[24]
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  • North-west bound view from Platform 2, June 2013
    North-west bound view from Platform 2,
    June 2013

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c "Westall". vicsig.net. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ^ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  6. ^ "Westall". Victorian Places. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1976. p. 18.
  9. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  10. ^ Signalling diagram of Westall – 1975
  11. ^ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1998. p. 169.
  12. ^ architectus. "Public Transport Corporation Train Maintenance Facility". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  13. ^ "D0228: Westall Road". vicsig.net. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. March 2001. p. 25.
  15. ^ Unofficial Metcard site: Metcard Vending Machine 2 (MVM 2)
  16. ^ Fire at Westall railway station Victorian Police 27 July 2006
  17. ^ Westall Rail Upgrade Project Department of Transport
  18. ^ Westall Rail Upgrade Project map Department of Transport
  19. ^ Westall Rail Upgrade, Melbourne Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine WT Partnership
  20. ^ "Pakenham Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  21. ^ "Cranbourne Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  22. ^ "Network Development Plan Metropolitan Rail Overview" (PDF). Public Transport Victoria. December 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  23. ^ "704 Oakleigh Station - Westall Station via Clayton". Public Transport Victoria.
  24. ^ "824 Moorabbin - Keysborough via Clayton & Westall". Public Transport Victoria.
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