Clarkefield
PTV regional rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1 in October 2012
General information
Location	Station Street, Clarkefield, Victoria 3430 Shire of Macedon Ranges Australia
Coordinates	37°29′01″S 144°44′45″E / 37.4836°S 144.7458°E / -37.4836; 144.7458
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	V/Line
Line(s)	Bendigo Echuca (Deniliquin)
Distance	50.42 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	5
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, staffed part-time
Station code	CFD
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	December 1862; 161 years ago (1862-12)
Previous names	Lancefield Road (1862-1881) Lancefield Junction (1881-1926) Clarkfield (1926)
Services
Preceding station V/Line Following station Sunbury towards Southern Cross Bendigo line Riddells Creek towards Bendigo, Epsom or Eaglehawk Echuca line Riddells Creek towards Echuca
Former services Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Junction   Lancefield line   Bolinda
Location
Clarkefield Location within Victoria

Clarkefield railway station is located on the Deniliquin line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Clarkefield, and it opened in December 1862 as Lancefield Road. It was renamed Lancefield Junction in 1881, renamed Clarkfield on 11 January 1926, and renamed Clarkefield on 23 February 1926.^[1][2]

History

Clarkefield opened in December 1862, a year after the line opened between Sunbury and Woodend. The station, like the township itself, was named after local pastoralist, businessman and philanthropist, Sir William Clarke.^[3] Clarke later became a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.

The station was the junction for the Lancefield branch line, which operated between 1881 and 1956.^[1][2] The station was historically known as Lancefield Junction for this reason.

Catch points were in use at Clarkefield in 1929. By 1935, they were abolished.^[1][2] In 1947, the signal box at the station was replaced with a signal bay.^[2]

After the closure of the Lancefield line in 1956, a small remnant of the line became a refuge siding.^[2] Around 1958/1959, a siding that operated between the up mainline track and the former dock platform was abolished,^[2] and the siding leading to the turntable was removed by 1959.^[2]

In 1977, the connections from the refuge siding to the up line was spiked out of use, with the auxiliary frame also abolished around this time.^[1][2]

On 17 January 2005, the signal bay at the station was abolished.^[4]

Disused station Rupertswood is located between Clarkefield and Sunbury stations.

Platforms and services

Clarkefield has two side platforms. In the morning, trains to Melbourne depart from Platform 2, and trains to Bendigo depart from Platform 1, with this arrangement reversing in the afternoon. This is to allow services in the peak direction of travel to use the single 160 km/h track that was upgraded in 2006, as part of the Regional Fast Rail project.

It is serviced by V/Line Bendigo and Echuca line services.^[5][6]

Platform 1:

•  Bendigo line  services to Southern Cross, Kyneton, Bendigo, Eaglehawk and Epsom
•  Echuca line  services to Echuca and Southern Cross

Platform 2:

•  Bendigo line  services to Kyneton, Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Epsom and Southern Cross
•  Echuca line  services to Echuca and Southern Cross

Transport links

Dysons operates one route via Clarkefield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Lancefield – Sunbury station^[7]

Gallery

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  Lancefield Junction station in 1890