Fairfield
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view from Platform 2, November 2022
General information
LocationRailway Place,
Fairfield, Victoria 3078
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates37°46′45″S 145°01′01″E / 37.7792°S 145.0169°E / -37.7792; 145.0169
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Hurstbridge
Distance9.15 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking70
Bicycle facilities54
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeFFD
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 May 1888; 135 years ago (1888-05-08)
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesFairfield Park (1888-1943)
Passengers
2005–2006537,938[1]
2006–2007570,883[1] Increase 6.12%
2007–2008630,522[1] Increase 10.44%
2008–2009728,423[2] Increase 15.52%
2009–2010724,525[2] Decrease 0.53%
2010–2011712,227[2] Decrease 1.65%
2011–2012641,788[2] Decrease 10.42%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014637,880[2] Decrease 0.6%
2014–2015609,861[1] Decrease 4.39%
2015–2016669,597[2] Increase 9.79%
2016–2017661,139[2] Decrease 1.26%
2017–2018524,408[2] Decrease 20.7%
2018–2019616,150[2] Increase 17.5%
2019–2020509,000[2] Decrease 17.4%
2020–2021233,400[2] Decrease 54.1%
2021–2022262,300[3] Increase 12.38%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Dennis
towards Flinders Street
 Hurstbridge line Alphington
towards Hurstbridge
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Junction   Outer Circle line   Fulham Grange
  List of closed railway stations in Melbourne  
Track layout
Legend
to Dennis
1
2
Station Street
to Alphington

Fairfield railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Hurstbridge line in the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Fairfield in Victoria, Australia. It opened on 8 May 1888 as Fairfield Park and was renamed Fairfield on 14 November 1943.[4]

Fairfield Industrial Dog Object (FIDO), a 6-metre-tall wooden sculpture of a dog, is located adjacent to the level crossing, at the eastern end of Platform 2.

History

The station opened along with the railway between Collingwood and Heidelberg.[4] Fairfield station, like the suburb itself, was named after Fairfield Park, an estate that was subdivided on land that was purchased by land speculator Charles Henry James.[5][6] The estate is believed to have been named after Fairfield in Derbyshire, England.[5][6] He had previously built Melbourne's first tram in 1884, which ran from the station northwards to the Fairfield Park Estate. It closed shortly after the station opened in 1890.[7]

From 1891 to 1893, Fairfield was the junction for the northern end of the former Outer Circle line,[8] and was later the junction for the APM Siding which operated from 1919 to the 1990s and served the nearby Australian Paper Manufacturers paper mill.

The station was upgraded in the early 1910s with new timber station buildings constructed in 1911.[9] That included replacing the former at-grade pedestrian crossing at Rathmines Street with a pedestrian footbridge, opened in March 1914.[10]

In 1969, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Station Street level crossing, at the down end of the station.[11][12] In 1988, the goods siding at the station was abolished.[4]

In 1999, the station building on Platform 1 underwent restoration.[13]

Platforms and services

Fairfield has two side platforms, and is served by Hurstbridge line trains.[14]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links

Dysons operates two bus routes via Fairfield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Gallery

References

  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 "Fairfield". vicsig.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Fairfield". Victorian Places. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ^ Jones, Russell. "Melbourne Tram Museum: Melbourne's horse trams". www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  8. ^ Beardsell, David; Herbert, Bruce (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). ISBN 0-85849-024-2.
  9. ^ "New Station Buildings". The Age. No. 17, 878. Victoria, Australia. 5 July 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Overhead Bridge at Fairfield". Heidelberg News And Greensborough And Diamond Creek Chronicle. No. 851. Victoria, Australia. 14 March 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "S0092: Station Street". vicsig.net. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  12. ^ Sinnatt, John (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  13. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). December 1999. p. 376.
  14. ^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ^ "567 Northcote - Regent via Northland". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. ^ "609 Hawthorn to Fairfield via Kew". Public Transport Victoria.

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