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Fawkner railway station

Fawkner
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1, June 2012
General information
Location	Sydney Road, Hadfield, Victoria 3046 City of Merri-bek Australia
Coordinates	37°42′53″S 144°57′38″E / 37.7147°S 144.9606°E / -37.7147; 144.9606
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Upfield
Distance	13.23 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	80
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	FAK
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	8 October 1889; 134 years ago (1889-10-08)
Closed	13 July 1903
Rebuilt	12 December 1906 16 November 1998
Electrified	December 1920 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Fawkner Cemetery (1906–1914)
Passengers
2005–2006	131,392[1]
2006–2007	151,250[1]  15.11%
2007–2008	179,541[1]  18.7%
2008–2009	207,991[2]  15.84%
2009–2010	218,950[2]  5.27%
2010–2011	189,029[2]  13.67%
2011–2012	171,260[2]  9.4%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	192,126[2]  12.18%
2014–2015	183,341[1]  4.57%
2015–2016	180,751[2]  5.92%
2016–2017	176,391[2]  2.41%
2017–2018	176,420[2]  0.01%
2018–2019	215,100[2]  21.92%
2019–2020	165,300[2]  23.15%
2020–2021	66,600[2]  59.7%
2021–2022	86,400[3]  29.73%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Merlynston towards Flinders Street Upfield line Gowrie towards Upfield
Track layout Legend toMerlynston 1 2 Fawkner Cemetery Road toGowrie

Fawkner railway station is located on the Upfield lineinVictoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburbs of Hadfield and Fawkner the station opened on 8 October 1889 as Fawkner. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened on 12 December 1906 as Fawkner Cemetery. It was renamed Fawkner in 1914.^[4]

Fawkner station originally opened on 8 October 1889, when the railway line from Coburg was extended to Somerton.^[4] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of Melbourne.^[5]

It is located adjacent to the Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, which opened in 1906, and from then until 1939, special mortuary trains operated.^[6] From October 1914, only seven trains operated to Fawkner daily, as well as the daily mortuary train to the cemetery.^[7] A former mortuary van is located near the entrance to Platform 2.

From 1920, Fawkner was the extent of suburban electrified services.^[4] From 1928 until 1959, an AEC railmotor was used to provide a connecting service north to Somerton.^[8][9] In that year, electrified services were extended to Upfield.^[4]

Also in 1959, flashing light signals were provided at the Cemetery Entrance level crossing, located nearby in the down direction of the station,^[4] and the line from Coburg was duplicated.^[4] However, the duplicated line converged at the up end of the station and, until 1998, the station had one platform (present day Platform 2). The second track and Platform 1 were added as part of the duplication of the line to Gowrie.^[10][11] Also in that year, boom barriers were provided at the Cemetery Entrance level crossing.^[12]

Fawkner has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services.^[13]

Platform 1:

•  Upfield line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Upfield line  all stations services to Upfield

Broadmeadows Bus Service operates two routes via Fawkner station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  530 : Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre – Coburg^[14]
•  531 : Upfield station – North Coburg^[15]

• Media related to Fawkner railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au