Lakeside railway station, Melbourne
Lakeside | |||||||||||
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Puffing Billy Railway Station | |||||||||||
![]() Down end of the station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°55′48″S 145°27′34″E / 37.93005°S 145.45935°ECoordinates: 37°55′48″S 145°27′34″E / 37.93005°S 145.45935°E | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Gembrook | ||||||||||
Distance | 55.12 km (34.25 mi) from Flinders Street | ||||||||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1944 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1954 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1975 | ||||||||||
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Lakeside railway station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in Melbourne, Australia. It was opened in 1944 to serve Emerald Lake Park, a popular picnic and recreation reserve created during World War II. The station originally consisted of a short single-face platform on the Up side of the line, approximately on the site of the current locomotive water tanks. It had a name board and a red flag for intending passengers to signal to the train crew, but no shelter.
Lakeside today is a staff station, with a passing loop, island platform and waiting shelters. A booking office and refreshment room is across the track on what was the post-reopening single-face platform. There is also a second loop siding beyond the former park access road for the single-face third platform which services the Visitor Centre. A short, dead-end spur extends past the Down end of this loop siding.
Of interest is a working wig-wag level crossing warning signal, which operates at the former park access road between the platform and storage siding. It is believed to be the only regularly operating wig-wag signal in Victoria.
Australia's biggest model railway, the Emerald Lake Model Railway, is located near the station.[1]
References
- ^ "Emerald Lake Model Railway is in the Dandenong Ranges in Emerald, Victoria". www.emeraldlakemodelrailway.com.au. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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