Spotswood railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Spotswood

| type = PTV commuter rail station

| style = Melbourne

| image = Spotswood Southbound View.jpg

| caption = Southbound view from Platform 1, showing station buildings, September 2022

| address = Hope Street,
Spotswood, Victoria 3015

| borough = City of Hobsons Bay

| country = Australia

| coordinates = {{coord|-37.8306|144.8858|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-VIC|display=inline,title}}

| distance = 9.22 kilometres from
Southern Cross

| line = {{plainlist|

{{rcb|Melbourne|Werribee|croute}}
{{rcb|Melbourne|Williamstown|croute}}

}}

| other =

| structure = Ground

| platform = 2 side

| depth =

| levels =

| tracks = 2

| parking = 15

| bicycle = Yes

| opened = {{start date and age|1878|12|1|df=y}}

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = August 1920 (1500 V DC overhead)

| accessible = Yes—step free access

| code = SPT

| owned = VicTrack

| operator = Metro Trains

| zone = Myki Zone 1

| status = Operational, unstaffed

| former = Edom (1878-1881)
Bayswater (1881)
Spottiswoode (1881-1905)

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box|passengers = 183,269[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417090904/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEcNOel8EBciHQX8H4F5aWiKdc-DpF3V/view |date=17 April 2022 }} Department of Transport|pass_year = 2005–2006}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 200,275|pass_year = 2006–2007|pass_percent = 9.27}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 220,175|pass_year = 2007–2008|pass_percent = 9.93}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 255,816[https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217132046/https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ |date=17 December 2022 }} Philip Mallis|pass_year = 2008–2009|pass_percent = 16.18}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 267,640|pass_year = 2009–2010|pass_percent = 4.62}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 257,659|pass_year = 2010–2011|pass_percent = -3.72}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 254,230|pass_year = 2011–2012|pass_percent = -1.33}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = Not measured|pass_year = 2012–2013}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 280,837|pass_year = 2013–2014|pass_percent = 10.46}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 293,792|pass_year = 2014–2015|pass_percent = 4.61}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 322,964|pass_year = 2015–2016|pass_percent = 9.87}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 318,215|pass_year = 2016–2017|pass_percent = -1.41}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 329,126|pass_year = 2017–2018|pass_percent = 3.42}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 344,850|pass_year = 2018–2019|pass_percent = 4.77}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 273,300|pass_year = 2019–2020|pass_percent = -20.74}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 122,500|pass_year = 2020–2021|pass_percent = -55.17}}

{{Rail pass box|passengers = 170,900[https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306190204/https://discover.data.vic.gov.au//dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries |date=6 March 2023 }} Data Vic|pass_year = 2021–2022|pass_percent = 39.51}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Melbourne

|line1=Werribee|left1=Newport|to-left1=Werribee or Williamstown|right1=Yarraville

|line2=Williamstown|left2=Newport|to-left2=Werribee or Williamstown|right2=Yarraville

}}

| website = [https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1182 Public Transport Victoria]

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Spotswood railway station is a commuter railway station on the Werribee and Williamstown lines, which are part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the western suburb of Spotswood, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and opened on 1 December 1878.{{cite web|url=http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Spotswood|title=Spotswood|website=vicsig.net|access-date=14 February 2023|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214125452/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Spotswood|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.railgeelong.com/location/spotswood|title=Spotswood Station|website=Rail Geelong|access-date=14 February 2023|archive-date=9 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209065401/https://www.railgeelong.com/location/spotswood/|url-status=live}}

Initially opened as Edom, the station has been renamed three times: to Bayswater on 1 September 1881, Spottiswoode on 1 October of that year, and Spotswood on 1 August 1905.

History

As with the suburb it serves, the station was named after John Stewart Spottiswoode, who purchased land in the area in 1841.{{cite web |url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/spotswood |title=Spotswood |publisher=Victorian Places |accessdate=28 December 2022 |archive-date=28 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228120554/https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/spotswood|url-status=live}}

Over the years, a number of sidings were provided for businesses in the area. In 1914, a branch line was opened at the down end of the station to the Newport Power Station, in addition to a number of other sidings serving oil terminals in the area. A siding at the up end of the station served the Australian Glass Manufacturers factory, and was used to receive sand trains from Koala Siding (near Nyora on the South Gippsland line). The last sand train operated on 15 January 1998,.{{cite magazine |date=February 1998 |title=Farewell - The Sand Train |magazine=Newsrail |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |pages=71–76}}

In 1972, both platforms were extended.{{cite magazine |date=July 1972 |title=Way and Works |magazine=Divisional Diary |publisher=Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) |page=6}} In 1988, a number of points and dwarf signals at the station were abolished. In 1989, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Hudson Road level crossing, located at the up end of the station.

In 1994, a number of alterations occurred at the station, including the removal of a crossover at the down end, as well as the overhead wire for siding "K", the connections for siding "K" and the oil sidings, and a number of points and signals.

There is a disused signal box at the up end of Platform 1, which was decommissioned on 12 August 2001,{{cite magazine |date=November 2001 |title=Signalling Alterations |magazine=Somersault |publisher=Signalling Record Society (Victoria) |page=94}} along with the removal of the crossover at the up end, a number of dwarf signals, and a siding. In 2007, the remains of some sidings that ran along public roads in the area were removed by Hobsons Bay Council.

On 26 October 2022, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the level crossing would be grade separated by 2030, with the railway line likely to be rebuilt over the road, including a new station.{{Cite web |title=Making The Werribee Line Level Crossing Free {{!}} Premier of Victoria |url=http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/making-werribee-line-level-crossing-free |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=www.premier.vic.gov.au |language=en |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025232033/https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/making-werribee-line-level-crossing-free |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-27 |title=Making the Werribee Line level crossing-free |url=https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/news/level-crossing-removal-project/making-the-werribee-line-level-crossing-free |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Victoria’s Big Build |language=en |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031121718/https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/news/level-crossing-removal-project/making-the-werribee-line-level-crossing-free |url-status=live }}

Platforms and services

Spotswood has two side platforms and is served by Werribee and Williamstown line trains.{{cite PTV route|Werribee|mode=train}}{{cite PTV route|Williamstown|mode=train}}

Platform 1:

{{RouteBox|Werribee line|Werribee line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Werribee}}|white}} all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston
{{RouteBox|Williamstown line|Williamstown line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Williamstown}}|white}} all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston

Platform 2:

{{RouteBox|Werribee line|Werribee line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Werribee}}|white}} all stations services to Laverton via Altona (weekdays only); all stations services to Werribee
{{RouteBox|Williamstown line|Williamstown line|#{{rcr|Melbourne|Williamstown}}|white}} all stations services to Williamstown

Gallery

File:Metro_Trains_Melbourne_Siemens_at_Spotswood.jpg|Werribee bound Siemens train arriving at Platform 2, April 2013

References

External links

[http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd3/map.php?x=144.885870162976&y=-37.830515357482525&l=13&mt=4 Melway map] at street-directory.com.au

{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations|Werribee=y|Williamstown=y|state=collapsed}}

Category:Railway stations in Australia opened in 1878

Category:Railway stations in the City of Hobsons Bay