Fawkner railway station
Fawkner railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Hadfield, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Fawkner. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened on 12 December 1906 as Fawkner Cemetery. It was renamed Fawkner in 1914. It is located adjacent to the Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, which opened in 1906, and from then until 1939, special mortuary trains ran. From October 1914, only seven trains ran to Fawkner daily, as well as the daily mortuary train to the cemetery. A former mortuary  van is located near the entrance to Platform 2. Until 1959, Fawkner was the extent of suburban electrified services, with an AEC railmotor used from 1928 until 1959, to provide a connecting service north to Somerton. The line between Coburg and Fawkner was duplicated in 1959, however the duplicated line converged at the Up end of the station, and until 1998, the station had one platform (present day Platform 2). The second track and Platform 1 were added as part of the duplication of the line between Fawkner and Gowrie. Platforms and services. Fawkner has two side platforms. It is  serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services. Platform 1: Platform 2: Transport links. Broadmeadows Bus Service operates two routes via Fawkner station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: