Altona station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-western suburb of the same name, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Altona station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring one side platform. It opened on 1 December 1917.
Initially opened as Altona Beach, the station was given its current name of Altona on 3 October 1938.
History
Altona station was originally opened as the terminus of the line from Newport. In 1888, the Altona Bay Estate Company, a private land developer, constructed a railway to Altona. The first official trains ran on the line on 8 September of that year. In 9 November 1888, the line was extended to a station named "Altona Beach", which was about a kilometre to the west of the current station.
As a result of the collapse of the 1880s Land Boom, regular services to Altona Beach ceased after August 1890, and the Victorian Government declined the offer of the owners to gift it the line. In the 1890s, a company opened a brown coal mine near the terminus of the line and, in 1907, a siding was built in the same area to enable sand to be dispatched by rail. In 1910, the Altona Brown Coal Colliery Company began railing quantities of brown coal, using a short north-west extension of the Altona line.
In 1917, the owners of the railway entered into an agreement with the Victorian Railways (VR) to provide a regular passenger service, having guaranteed to cover any operating losses. In October 1981, the rail service was drastically cut, with all shuttle services withdrawn, and only two morning and evening trains being operated to and from Melbourne. on 14 April of that year, it was further extended, from Westona to Laverton. Also in that year, boom barriers were provided at the Pier Street level crossing.
Current
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!Platform
!Line
!Destination
!Via
!Service Type
!Notes
!Source
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| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |
|Flinders Street, Laverton
| rowspan="2" |Newport or Westona
| rowspan="2" |All stations services
|Weekdays: Services to Laverton serve the Altona Loop.
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|Flinders Street, Werribee
|After 7pm & Weekends: All services to and from Werribee run via the Altona Loop.
|}
From Late 2026
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|-
!Platform
!Line
!Destination
!Via
!Service Type
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |
|Sandringham, Laverton
| rowspan="2" |Newport & Flinders Street or Westona
| rowspan="2" |All stations services
|Weekdays: Services to Laverton serve the Altona Loop.
|-
|Sandringham, Werribee
|After 7pm & Weekends: All services to and from Werribee run via the Altona Loop.
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Transport links
CDC Melbourne operates three bus routes via Altona station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- : Laverton station – Footscray
- : Laverton station – Footscray
- : Laverton station – Williamstown
Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route to and from Altona station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- SmartBus : to Mordialloc
References
External links
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au