Balaclava railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Balaclava
IMAGELINK=BalaclavaStation.jpg
CAPTION=Looking towards the city from platform 1
CODE=BCV
DISTANCE=7.8 km
LINES=Sandringham
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Host Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19956 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19956#lineInformation Link]
MELWAY=

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ZONE=1

Balaclava is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Balaclava, on the Sandringham railway line. Balaclava is classed as a Host Station and is in Metcard Zone 1.

Facilities

The station is located above the Carlisle Street rail overpass, which provides station access.

The station consists of two elevated side platforms: Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a large pebblemix building, while platform 2 (Sandringham bound) has a smaller pebblemix building. 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 coin-only Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2.

Underneath the station on Carlisle Street are tram routes 3 and 16.

History

Balaclava station opened on December 19 1859. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Balaclava VICSIG Infrastructure - Balaclava] ]

In 1996 two men found $200,000 in a drum buried beneath one of the platforms. [cite web
url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/lstories/lr060202.htm
title=ABC Radio National - The Law Report Transcript
date=February 6, 1996
publisher=www.abc.net.au
accessdate=2008-08-03] They handed it into the police and the find was reported in the media. In the same week another man found a second drum under the platform containing a similar quantity of money, which he also turned into the police. As no one claimed the money, both men were granted ownership of the money they found, despite being considered trespassers on land owned by the Public Transport Corporation. [cite web
url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/lstories/lr990713.htm
title=ABC Radio National - The Law Report Transcript
date=July 13, 1996
publisher=www.abc.net.au
accessdate=2008-08-03]

References

External links

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