Westall railway station, Melbourne

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Westall
Station information

Code	WTL
Distance from Flinders St	21.4 km
Line	Cranbourne, Pakenham
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Station status	Unmanned station
Station facilities, connecting transport and timetables	Link
Melway map of station	Link
Google map of station	Link
Zone location	2

Station building after fire damage

Westall is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Clayton South, on the Pakenham and Cranbourne railway lines. It is in Metcard Zone 2.

Westall station is unmanned.

1 Location
2 Facilities
3 History
4 Fire
5 Station layout

[edit] Location

The station is located at the western end of the Westall Road overpass and next to Rayhur Street.

[edit] Facilities

The station consists of two side platforms. Platform 1 contains a large weatherboard building while platform 2 contains a small shelter. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2. The Westall Train Maintenance Centre is located at the DOWN end of the station.

Both platforms can be accessed via Rayhur Street.

[edit] History

Westall station opened on Tuesday, 6th February 1951.

[edit] Fire

On July 26, 2006, a fire started in the waiting room of the station building on platform one, causing major damage to half of the station building, ticket machines, seats and a section of the platform. The city bound 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. ¹ The damaged part of the building was subsequently demolished and rebuilt.