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 List of Melbourne railway stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne, Australia.
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Stations are broken up into 3 Metcard ticketing zones (some stations are in two zones, where tickets for either zone may be used), as well as the City Saver area, which is within Zone 1 and covers the central business district.
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 Encyclopedia: Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3.6 million (2001 census) in the Melbourne metropolitan area and 69,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area).
Melbourne has undergone a major urban 'revival', such that it is sometimes classed as being in a second tier of "world cities"; the GaWC study group in the UK ranks Melbourne, on the basis of relative availability of specialised "advanced services" as a "minor world city" comparable to cities such as Montreal, Osaka, and Prague.
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 Fawkner, Victoria
The railway station was opened in 1965, and is named after Gowrie Park, a grazing property named by its owner who came from Gowrie, England.
The cemetery is immediately west of the railway line and the Fawkner station was opened in 1906.
Although the station only received mortuary trains at first, a small amount of housing was encourage by its presence, and ordinary passenger trains began in 1914.
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 Melbourne
Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia and the capital of the south eastern state of Victoria.
The government of the City of Melbourne is the Melbourne City Council, which, as Victoria’s capital city, speaks on behalf of all Melbourne in local, national and international forums.
The City of Melbourne is committed to ensuring that it’s one of the safest, healthiest and cleanest cities in the world.
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 Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy
When the Melbourne international exhibition was opened he walked in the procession through the avenue of nations alongside Mr Francis Henty, then the sole survivor of the brotherhood who founded Victoria.
He bought a share in a station property with which he had some success, did some exploring, and in 1848 was offered a seat on a proposed nominee council by the governor, Sir George Grey (q.v.).
The family settled in Melbourne in 1852, and the boy was educated at a private school conducted by the Rev. T.
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 List of closed Melbourne railway stations
This is a list of former railway stations in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Also, Melbourne's two central stations were, or are being rebuilt:
These stations previously existed in slightly different locations, and/or at a higher or lower level (for example, originally at ground level then lowered into a cutting), to their modern-day counterparts.
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 Metlink - Your guide to public transport in metropolitan Melbourne
The alteration to these train services is due to the closure of platforms 13 and 14 at Spencer Street Station, part of the station redevelopment project.
This alteration is due to construction works on platforms 13 and 14, part of the Spencer Street Station redevelopment project.
These temporary alterations are due to Spencer Street Station redevelopment works and City Loop track works taking place.
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 Fawkner railway station, Melbourne - free-definition
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 Moreland City Council - News - Inside Moreland Magazine November 2005 - Moreland history quiz
Where in Moreland was John Fawkner’s house (Fawkner was one of the co-founders of Melbourne)?
Thirteen: Jewell, Brunswick, Anstey, Moreland, Coburg, Batman, Merlynston, Fawkner, Gowrie on the Upfield line and Pascoe Vale, Oak Park, Glenroy and Jacana on the Broadmeadows line.
Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner and Glenroy each have a Murray Street while Coburg also has a Murray Road.
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 Fawkner, Victoria
In anticipation of this the Coburg Reserve Estate Co. subdivided land for housing, citing the convenience of the North Coburg railway station and another near the present Fawkner station.
The railway station was opened in 1965, and is named after Gowrie Park, a grazing property named by its owner who came from Gowrie, England.
Although the station only received mortuary trains at first, a small amount of housing was encourage by its presence, and ordinary passenger trains began in 1914.
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 Fawkner, Victoria
By the outbreak of the second world war Fawkner had about 180 buildings, and shortly after the war the Housing Commission built 113 houses in south Fawkner.
The railway station was opened in 1965, and is named after Gowrie Park, a grazing property named by its owner who came from Gowrie, England.
Although the station only received mortuary trains at first, a small amount of housing was encourage by its presence, and ordinary passenger trains began in 1914.
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 Melbourne
Melbourne was founded in 1834 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, unlike many of Australia's capital cities which were founded as penal colonies (Adelaide is another notable exception).
Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,366,542 (census 2001).
Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
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 Melbourne
Melbourne was founded on 10 May 1835 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, unlike some of Australia's capital cities which were founded as penal colonies (Adelaide and Perth are other notable exceptions).
Melbourne has undergone a major urban 'revival', such that it is sometimes classed as being in a second tier of "world cities"; the GaWC study group in the UK ranks Melbourne, on the basis of relative availability of specialised "advanced services" as a "minor world city" comparable to cities such as Vancouver, Osaka, and Prague.
Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
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 Melbourne
Melbourne was founded in 1834 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Fawkner unlike many of Australia's capital cities were founded as penal colonies (Adelaide is another notable exception).
Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state Victoria and the second largest city in Australia with a population of 3 366 (census 2001).
Melbourne is a large commercial and industrial centre with many of Australia's largest and many multinational corporations (approximately one-third of the 100 largest operating in Australia as of 2002) headquartered there.
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 Glenroy, Victoria
Jacana, in Glenroy north and Broadmeadows, has a similar status to that of Gowrie with a station and a primary school.
Glenroy's Shopping centre continues to be an active one near the railway station, with a market and a small strip in Wheatsheaf Road.
Gowrie is the name of a railway station (next after Fawkner station), and there is a Gowrie Park primary school.
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 Melbourne Information
Melbourne was founded in 1834 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, unlike many of Australia's capital cities which were founded as Penal colonypenal colonies (Adelaide is another notable exception).
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Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the original Australian AboriginesAboriginal inhabitants of the area.
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Melbourne was founded in 1834 by a group of free settlers led by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, unlike many of Australia's capital cities which were founded as penal colonies with the exception of Adelaide.
Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the originial Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
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 Oak Park, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oak Park was relatively slowly developed, as the area did not have a railway station until housing development had commenced in the 1950s.
Oak Park was formed from part of the John Pascoe Fawkner estate.
Oak Park is bound by New Road, Victoria Street, Kiama Street and Charlotte Street in the north, Watt Avenue and Pascoe Vale Road in the east, Moonee Ponds Creek in the west and Main Street in the south.
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 Melbourne Central City, Victoria
The Museum railway station underneath was renamed Melbourne Central, virtually upon the announced transfer of the Museum from Swanston Street to the Carlton Gardens.
Fortunately for central Melbourne the transport utilities were in place, with railway lines from the suburbs and a dense network of cable trams, mostly put in service between 1887 and 1890.
Fawkner arrived at Melbourne on 11 October and John Batman arrived on 20 April, 1836.
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 glenroytxt.shtml
north of Melbourne, bounded on the west by the Moonee Ponds Creek, on the south by Pascoe Vale, on the west by Fawkner and on the north by Broadmeadows.
One of the family properties was Glenroy Farm, located immediately east of the railway line (1872) and accessed by a private level crossing along the alignment of the present day Glenroy Road.
Gowrie Park was a pastoral property owned by James Robertson from Gowrie, England.
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Founded in 1853, it was something of a backwater until a railway was built connecting it to Melbourne in 1889.
Yan Yean reservoir was one of Melbourne's earliest catchments, constructed from 1850 to 1857 and still in use today.
Whittlesea is a small township on the northern outskirts of Melbourne.
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