Kensington railway station, Melbourne
# Kensington railway station, Melbourne

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.

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. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Kensington, in central London.

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. 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.

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

## Platforms and services

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

Platform 1:

* Craigieburn line all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

* Craigieburn line all stations services to Craigieburn

## Transport links

Transit Systems Victoria operates one route via Kensington station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

* 402 : Footscray station – East Melbourne

## Gallery

* Southbound view from Platform 1 in October 2005
