Tottenham railway station

Tottenham railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of West Footscray, and it opened on 2 March 1891.[4]

This article is about the railway station in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with Tottenham Court Road station or Tottenham Hale station.
For the railway station in New South Wales, Australia, see Bogan Gate–Tottenham railway line. For the railway station in Ontario, Canada, see South Simcoe Railway.

Tottenham
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view from Platform 1, with a Siemens train arriving, in February 2017
General information
LocationSunshine Road,
West Footscray, Victoria 3012
City of Maribyrnong
Australia
Coordinates37°47′57″S 144°51′48″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Sunbury
Distance9.10 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeTOT
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened2 March 1891 (1891-03-02)
Rebuilt27 July 1982
ElectrifiedOctober 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006257,431[1]
2006–2007302,383[1] Increase 17.46%
2007–2008373,341[1] Increase 23.46%
2008–2009469,777[2] Increase 25.83%
2009–2010468,401[2] Decrease 0.29%
2010–2011491,280[2] Increase 4.88%
2011–2012432,533[2] Decrease 11.95%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014409,177[2] Decrease 5.39%
2014–2015501,084[1] Increase 22.46%
2015–2016580,975[2] Increase 15.94%
2016–2017619,469[2] Increase 6.62%
2017–2018631,883[2] Increase 2%
2018–2019613,100[2] Decrease 2.97%
2019–2020442,450[2] Decrease 27.83%
2020–2021190,650[2] Decrease 56.91%
2021–2022232,450[3] Increase 21.92%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
West Footscray
towards Flinders Street
 Sunbury line Sunshine
towards Sunbury or Watergardens

The station is located above the Ashley Street rail overpass, which provides station access. Tottenham Yard lies north of the station. A number of freight only lines also operate alongside, along with the Melbourne – Sydney and Melbourne – Adelaide standard gauge lines. The Regional Rail Link lines operate to the south of the station.[5]

History

Tottenham station opened on 2 March 1891 and, like the suburb itself, was named after Tottenham in Middlesex, England.[6]

During 1981–1982, the station was rebuilt as an island platform, to eliminate the Ashley Street level crossing, replacing it with a rail overpass over a two-lane road tunnel. The up line first opened on 19 May 1981,[4] and the down line and island platform opened later, on 27 July 1982.[4] At the same time, the signal box was demolished, and a number of signal posts and a crossover were abolished.[4][7][8]

In 2014, a minor upgrade was undertaken to the station as part of the Regional Rail Link project. The biggest of these was the extension of the bridge over Ashley Street to accommodate the new tracks. The façade facing Sunshine Road was also upgraded, as well as a new car-park and "park and ride" facilities added, and a power substation built on Sunshine Road, just beyond the car park.

Demolished station White City was located between Tottenham and Sunshine. On 4 October 1981, the station was closed to all traffic.[9]

Platforms and services

Tottenham has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Sunbury line services. Express services do not stop at Tottenham.[10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

By late 2025, it is planned that services on the Sunbury line will be through-routed to the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines, via the new Metro Tunnel.

See also

References
  1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. "Tottenham". vicsig.net. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. Tottenham railway station Regional Rail Link
  6. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  7. Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962-1983. p. 107. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  8. VR History by Andrew Waugh
  9. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1981. p. 274.
  10. "Sunbury Line". Public Transport Victoria.
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