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Westall railway station is located on the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Clayton South opening on 6 February 1951.〔(Westall ) Vicsig〕 ==History== Westall station was opened as a workers only platform on 16 October 1954. It was provided for the adjacent Martin & King railway coachbuilding factory. The station was opened to the public on 1 June 1959 when all trains on the line began stopping there. The station had a stabling yard located at the southern end, as well as a number of industrial sidings serving nearby factories.〔(Signalling diagram of Westall - 1975 )〕 In 1997 the Westall train maintenance centre was opened in the former goods yard, as part of the decentralisation of train stabling and maintenance from the former Jolimont Yards. The buildings were approximately 2,850 m² in size, and permit bogie repair and replacement, under carriage and overhead work. The facility cost $15 million, which also included the Bayswater facility. On 26 July 2006, a fire started in the waiting room of the station building on Platform 1, causing major damage to half of the station building, ticket machines,〔(Unofficial Metcard site: Metcard Vending Machine 2 (MVM 2) )〕 seats and a section of the platform. The citybound platform was closed off and passenger services heading towards Melbourne ran express from Springvale to Clayton bypassing Westall until temporary fencing was placed around the building.〔(Victoria Police: Fire at Westall railway station )〕 The damaged part of the building was subsequently demolished and rebuilt. In May 2008, the Government of Victoria announced the Westall precinct would receive a $151 million upgrade which included a rebuilt station, a new third platform, a third 2.6 kilometre line between Centre Road and Springvale Road and additional storage space at Westall depot. Work commenced in January 2010.〔(Westall Rail Upgrade Project ) Department of Transport〕〔(Westall Rail Upgrade Project map ) Department of Transport〕〔(Westall Rail Upgrade, Melbourne ) WT Partnership〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Westall railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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