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Local District Past Residents
Albion Railway Station (1889 - 1919)
St. Albans Rd, Sunshine North
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Albion Station (1889 - 1919)
Location: St. Albans Rd, Sunshine North.
Distance from Spencer Street Station (Southern Cross Station): – 15.13km (9.4 miles).
The station was named after the nearby Albion Quarrying Company.
Key Dates:
1889 – Railways Commissioners received a request from the St. Albans Line Travellers League asking for a new station between Braybrook Junction and St. Albans. Previously the former Albion – Darlington Railway Station existed at Ballarat Rd but this was closed in 1861.
1890 – Station Master’s house and platforms are completed.
1891 – Albion Railway Station opens.
1892 – A red flag was placed in a box on the train for passengers to use if they wanted to stop at this station.
1898 – The old station buildings were sold to Mr O’Connor.
1913 – Shelter sheds were erected as platform buildings.
1919 – The Albion Railway Station closed.
Ref: Fifteen Railway Stations of the West (Footscray to Sunbury) by Tom Rigg January 2009.
Ref: Names of Victorian Railway Stations by Mr. Thomas O'Callaghan J.P. 1918
Photo: S&DHS.