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Seddon railway station is located on the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Seddon, and opened on 10 December 1906.[1]

Seddon
PTV commuter rail station
South-west bound view in March 2007
General information
Location	Pentland Parade, Seddon, Victoria 3011 City of Maribyrnong Australia
Coordinates	37°48′32″S 144°53′44″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Werribee Williamstown
Distance	6.62 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, Unstaffed
Station code	SEN
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	10 December 1906; 115 years ago (1906-12-10)
Rebuilt	1981
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (August 1920)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Yarraville towards Werribee Werribee line Footscray towards Frankston via Flinders Street Yarraville towards Williamstown Williamstown line

The station, like the suburb itself, was named after Richard John Seddon, who was a worker at the Newport Workshops, a corporal in the artillery at Williamstown, and was Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1893-1906.[2]

The station opened as a double line block post with a signal box, for the control of trains in the section from Footscray to Yarraville stations. The block post closed in 1912, but automatic signalling was not provided on the section until 1927.[3]

The former timber buildings were demolished in 1980,[4] and were replaced with the current station buildings in 1981.[5]

Platforms and services

Seddon has two side platforms. It is served by Werribee and Williamstown trains.[6][7]

Platform 1:

•  Werribee line  all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston
•  Williamstown line  all stations services to Flinders Street and Frankston

Platform 2:

•  Werribee line  all stations services to Werribee and Laverton
•  Williamstown line  all stations services to Williamstown

Gallery

• 
  North-east bound view in June 2006

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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