South Kensington railway station

South Kensington railway station is located on the Werribee and Williamstown lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the inner Melbourne suburb of Kensington opening on 11 March 1891.[1][2]

South Kensington
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view in July 2005
Location	Childers Street, Kensington
Coordinates	37°47′59″S 144°55′33″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Werribee Williamstown
Distance	3.49 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Unstaffed station
Station code	SKN
Fare zone	Myki zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	11 March 1891
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Footscray towards Werribee Werribee line North Melbourne towards Frankston via Flinders Street Footscray towards Williamstown Williamstown line      Sunbury line does not stop here

Freight lines run to the south of the station. The closest are used by V/Line to reverse empty trains from Traralgon and Bairnsdale line services, while the ones further south are used by a variety of standard gauge freight operators. The lines to the east join Melbourne Yard while those to the west are the South Kensington-West Footscray line that leads to either South Dynon or West Footscray via the Bunbury Street tunnel.

Private sidings formerly provided around South Kensington have now all closed. These included one to a large wool store to the north east (now demolished), one to a warehouse and silos the east (open but no longer served by rail), and two sidings to the north serving the Melbourne City Council abattoirs and Kenstore, a military warehouse complex opened during World War II.

The current configuration of the station dates from November 1976 when the line between South Kensington and Footscray was quadruplicated.[1]

As part of the Regional Rail Link project, the goods-only tracks immediately to the south of the station were replaced by a pair of tracks used by regional passenger trains going to and from Southern Cross station. The signal box formerly located on the down platform was also demolished to make way for the new tracks. A mural outside the station on Childers St was funded by the City to Maribyrnong River arm of the project, however it has since been painted over.