Watergardens is a railway station in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

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, Australia

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, located in the suburb of Sydenham

Sydenham, Victoria

For other places called Sydenham, see Sydenham .Sydenham is a suburb 25 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank. At the 2006 Census, Sydenham had a population of 9644....

, on the Sydenham railway line. Watergardens is classed as a premium station

Premium station

A premium station is a category of railway station on Melbourne's Metro Rail Network which is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. In terms of station standards, a premium station is a high standard station which sits above the medium standard host stations and the low standard unmanned...

 and is in Metcard

Metcard

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 Zone 2. The station is the terminus for the Sydenham railway line.

Facilities

Watergardens has a footbridge that houses an enclosed waiting area, ticket facilities, toilets and stairs and lift access to all platforms, while the platforms have a medium to large shelter. A large Metcard

Metcard

"OneLink" redirects here. For the computer/cable company, see OneLink Communications.Metcard is the brand name of an integrated ticketing system used to access public transport in Melbourne, Australia. It is a universal ticket which allows users to ride on the city's Metlink network, consisting of...

 ticket machine sits next to the booking office that has most ticketing options, notes and coins.

Platforms and services

Platform 1:

• Bendigo line — V/Line services to Southern Cross
• Sydenham line — terminating services; peak hour limited stops services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

• Sydenham line — terminating services; returning as limited stops services to Flinders Street
• Bendigo line — V/Line services to Southern Cross

Platform 3:

• Bendigo line — V/Line services to Sunbury, Kyneton, Bendigo (1 service per day extends to Echuca, 1 service per day extends to Swan Hill)

History

The original station opened on 1 March 1859 as Keilor Road. It was renamed Sydenham in 1887. Interlock gates and wickets were provided at Melton Highway

Melton Highway

Melton Highway links Melbourne's outer north-western suburbs of Melton and Taylors Lakes ; it has a Victorian route designation of .-Route:...

 in 1926, and were replaced with boom barriers in 1987.

The station was relocated in the up direction

Railroad directions

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, and was renamed Watergardens in 2002, as part of the Sydenham line electrification project. V/Line

V/Line

V/Line is a not for profit regional passenger train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. It was created after the split-up of VicRail in 1983. V/Line is owned by the V/Line Corporation which is a Victorian State Government statutory authority...

 services to Sunbury

Sunbury railway station, Melbourne

Sunbury is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the township of Sunbury, on the Melbourne - Bendigo railway. The station is staffed during daylight hours for most train services until approximately 8pm, and is in Metcard and myki Zone 2...

 and Bendigo continue past Sydenham. Prior to the electrification, metropolitan electric services terminated at St Albans

St Albans railway station, Melbourne

St Albans is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of St Albans, on the Sydenham railway line. St Albans is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.-Facilities:...

. The station was built as a replacement for the former Sydenham station, and was to be named Sydenham, which name was built into the brickwork of the station building. However, naming rights were sold to the adjacent shopping centre

Watergardens Town Centre

Watergardens Town Centre is a super regional shopping centre and homemaker complex located twenty-four kilometres north-west of Melbourne primarily in the suburb of Taylors Lakes and partially in the suburb of Sydenham, served by Watergardens railway station...

, so the station is known as Watergardens, although operationally the station and line still use the Sydenham name.