Fitzroy railway station
Fitzroy | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Line(s) | Inner Circle |
| Other information | |
| Status | Closed |
| History | |
| Opened | 1888[1] |
| Closed | 1892 (To passengers) 1981 (To freight) |
Fitzroy is a former railway station which was on a branch of the Inner Circle line in Melbourne, Australia. The branch ran through the Edinburgh Gardens,[2] just east of the Brunswick Street Oval. The station was opened in 1888, but poor patronage led to its closure to passenger services in May 1892. The line was thereafter used only for goods trains, which lasted until 1981.[2] The site is now occupied by a medium-density housing estate.
The only remaining part of the station, a lengthy footbridge, has been dismantled and relocated to the Mornington Railway where it has been rebuilt and restored.[3][4]
References
- ^ "FRIDAY, APRIL 8". The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran And South Yarra Guardian. No. 1003. Victoria, Australia. 9 April 1881. p. 5. Retrieved 24 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia., ...leaving a train while in motion at the Fitzroy-street railway station on the 28th of last month...
- ^ a b "Phantom trails". The Age. 29 December 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ "Fitzroy". Victorian Railway Stations. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ "Footbridge". Mornington Railway. Retrieved 1 October 2012.