Showgrounds railway station, Melbourne
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Showgrounds is a railway station in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
. It is located on the Flemington Racecourse railway line in the suburb
of Flemington
, adjacent to the Melbourne Showgrounds.
The station is only open during special events, such as the annual Royal Melbourne Show
.
s for staff amenities, and a wooden station building for selling rail tickets. There are also entry turnstiles for entry to the Melbourne Showgrounds used during the Royal Melbourne Show, and a Ticketek
booking office for show admission tickets located on the platform.
It has no Metcard
ticket machine
s or validator
s, meaning that the booking office, when staffed for special events can only sell pre-encoded tickets, and that tickets sold here cannot be validated until arrival at the final destination.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is located on the Flemington Racecourse railway line in the suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of Flemington
Flemington, Victoria
Flemington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, situated between the Maribyrnong River and Moonee Ponds Creek 4 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. It was named by settler James Watson after Flemington estate in Scotland. Its Local Government Areas are the...
, adjacent to the Melbourne Showgrounds.
The station is only open during special events, such as the annual Royal Melbourne Show
Royal Melbourne Show
The Royal Melbourne Show is an agricultural show held at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds every September. The Royal Show began in 1848. The focus of the show is the display of rural industry, including livestock and produce. There are associated competitions and awards...
.
Facilities
There are multiple signal boxes located at the Showgrounds, in addition to several portable buildingPortable building
A portable building, or demountable building , is a building designed and built to be movable rather than permanently located. A common modern design is sometimes called a modular building, but portable buildings can be different in that they are more often used temporarily and taken away later....
s for staff amenities, and a wooden station building for selling rail tickets. There are also entry turnstiles for entry to the Melbourne Showgrounds used during the Royal Melbourne Show, and a Ticketek
Ticketek
Ticketek is an Australian event ticketing company. Formed in 1979, the company is owned by Nine Entertainment Co. and operates ticketing operations for entertainment and sporting events in Australia, and New Zealand....
booking office for show admission tickets located on the platform.
It has no 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
Ticket machine
A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine , is a vending machine that produces tickets. For instance, ticket machines dispense train tickets at railway stations and tram tickets at some tram stops and in some trams...
s or validator
Validator
A validator is a computer program used to check the validity or syntactical correctness of a fragment of code or document. The term is commonly used in the context of validating HTML, CSS and XML documents or RSS feeds though it can be used for any defined format or language.-HTML validator:In the...
s, meaning that the booking office, when staffed for special events can only sell pre-encoded tickets, and that tickets sold here cannot be validated until arrival at the final destination.