General Motors railway station
closed railway station in Dandenong South, Victoria, Australia
General Motors Railway Station was a railway station in Melbourne, Australia.
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| Station information | |
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| Code | GMH |
| Distance from Flinders St | 33.8 km |
| Line | Pakenham |
| # Platforms | 2 |
| # Tracks | 2 |
| Status | Closed station |
| Opened | November 18, 1956 |
| Closed | July 28, 2002 |
| Melway map | Link |
| Google map | Link |
| Zone | 3 at time of closure, now 2 |
The station was opened on November 18, 1956 to service the General Motors factory near it. The station had two platforms and a footbridge into the factory. In 1991, the General Motors factory closed. Since the main purpose of the station was to support the factory, the station was no longer needed, but the station stayed open for eleven years after the factory had been destroyed. It was estimated to be the least used station in the entire city network. It had an average of eight passengers using it a day. The last trains stopped at the station on July 28 2002.
Other websites
change- General Motors station photo gallery #1[permanent dead link] (metf2nk)
- General Motors station photo gallery #2[permanent dead link] (Station pix by Somebody)
- PTUA: Monty Python Bureaucracy Closes Railway Station Archived 2007-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Victorian Railway Stations - General Motors
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General Motors is currently not in use and trains no longer stop here.