Kensington
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2 in December 2021
General information
LocationBelair Street,
Kensington, Victoria 3031
City of Melbourne
Australia
Coordinates37°47′38″S 144°55′51″E / 37.7939°S 144.9307°E / -37.7939; 144.9307
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)North East
Distance3.58 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeKEN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 November 1860; 163 years ago (1860-11-01)
Closed1 July 1864; 159 years ago (1864-07-01)
Rebuilt9 October 1871; 152 years ago (1871-10-09)
ElectrifiedMay 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006453,280[1]
2006–2007489,745[1] Increase 8.04%
2007–2008515,166[1] Increase 5.19%
2008–2009556,954[2] Increase 8.11%
2009–2010566,692[2] Increase 1.74%
2010–2011577,507[2] Increase 1.9%
2011–2012526,695[2] Decrease 8.79%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014553,078[2] Increase 5%
2014–2015540,515[1] Decrease 2.27%
2015–2016563,789[2] Increase 4.3%
2016–2017550,677[2] Decrease 2.32%
2017–2018546,510[2] Decrease 0.75%
2018–2019533,050[2] Decrease 2.46%
2019–2020424,600[2] Decrease 20.34%
2020–2021211,900[2] Decrease 50.09%
2021–2022242,300[3] Increase 14.34%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
North Melbourne
towards Flinders Street
 Craigieburn line Newmarket
towards Craigieburn
     Flemington Racecourse line does not stop here
Track layout
Legend
to North Melbourne
Macaulay Road
1
2
to Newmarket

Kensington railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Kensington, and it opened on 1 November 1860.[4]

Special services to Flemington Racecourse and Showgrounds pass through the station, but do not stop, with signs on Platform 2 advising passengers of this.

History

Kensington station opened on 1 November 1860, just over a week after the railway line to Essendon opened as part of the private Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company. The station closed with the line on 1 July 1864, but was reopened on 9 October 1871, under government ownership.[5] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Kensington, in central London.[6][7]

In 1886, the station building on Platform 1 was constructed, as was the signal box. In 1965, the interlocked gates at the Macaulay Road level crossing were replaced with boom barriers.[5] The signal box is located at the up end of the station, just past the level crossing. A siding is also located at the up end, used for the nearby grain silos.[8]

On 5 November 1986, a collision between a Broadmeadows-bound Comeng train and locomotive H4 occurred near the station.[9][10][11][12] Also in that year, a number of goods lines to the south of the station were booked out of use.[4] The overhead wires for these lines were also removed around this time.[4]

Platforms and services

Kensington has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Craigieburn line services.[13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links

Transit Systems Victoria operates one route via Kensington 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 "Kensington". vicsig.net. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b Turton, Keith W (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. The first hundred years of the Melbourne-Wodonga Railway 1873-1973. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 23, 86. ISBN 0-85849-012-9.
  6. ^ "Place Names". Essendon Historical Society. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Kensington Interlocking Information". vicsig.net. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  9. ^ Yates, Michael (6 November 1986). "Trains collide on suburban line". The Herald. p. 1.
  10. ^ Harrington, Tony (7 November 1986). "Points failure is blamed for train crash". The Age. p. 16.
  11. ^ Flickr – High Bicyclist Photostream
  12. ^ Flickr – High Bicyclist Photostream
  13. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ "402 Footscray Station - East Melbourne via North Melbourne". Public Transport Victoria.

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