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Bacchus Marsh railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Bacchus Marsh opening on 10 February 1887 as the temporary terminus of the line from Melbourne. On 4 December 1889 the line was extended to Ballan which completed the direct Melbourne to Ballarat line.〔(Bacchus Marsh ) Vicsig〕 A number of sidings opposite the station are used to stable trains. It also has an operations 70' turntable that is mainly used for turning steam locomotives on special trains. ==History== The contract for the construction of the station building was awarded in 1889 for £1809/8/11. A 45 lever interlocking frame in a signal box was brought into use in 1890, by this time the station had a main platform with a dock platform at the eastern end, a main line and crossing loop, turntable, and a number of sidings. The station was originally provided with a 53' long turntable. In 1957 it was replaced by a 70' unit.〔(Bacchus Marsh ) Victorian Station Histories〕 In the late 1940s, brown coal mined at nearby Maddingley began to be transported in large quantities by rail, dedicated trains running between Bacchus Marsh and the APM Siding in the Melbourne suburb of Fairfield. The coal was used to fire the boilers at the Australian Paper Manufacturers paper mill, with 400 tonnes of coal per day was transferred in two trains per day. This traffic continued until the late 1970s when the boilers were converted to natural gas firing. Control of trains on the single track was controlled with the Electric Staff system until 1967, when the Automatic and Track Control (ATC) system was provided. At the same time remote control of the signals Bank Box Loop was provided, the same being done to the track towards Parwan Loop in 1987. Control of the signals at Rockbank station were moved into the signal box in 1990.〔 As part of the Regional Fast Rail project the control of signals was relocated to Ballarat station,〔(Bacchus Marsh Signal Box ) Vicsig〕 and the platform was extended eastwards in order to increase the speed of trains passing through the curve at the western end of the station. In addition, the curves over the Parwan Creek valley were realigned for higher speeds. In 2008, 160 additional car parks were opened at the station for the use of rail commuters.〔(160 Extra Car Parking Spaces for Bacchus Marsh Parkways ) Minister for Public Transport 24 January 2008〕 Closed station Parwan was located between Bacchus Marsh and Melton, while closed stations Rowsley and Ingliston were located between Bacchus Marsh and Ballan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bacchus Marsh railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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