Lakeside railway station, Melbourne

Lakeside
Puffing Billy Railway station
Down end of the station
General information
Coordinates	37°55′48″S 145°27′34″E
Line(s)	Gembrook
Distance	55.12 km (34.25 mi) from Flinders Street
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
History
Opened	1944
Closed	1954
Rebuilt	1975
Services
Preceding station Puffing Billy Railway Following station Nobelius towards Belgrave Gembrook line Wright towards Gembrook

Lakeside railway station is situated on the Puffing Billy Railway in Melbourne, Australia. It was opened in 1944 to serve Emerald Lake Park, a popular picnic and recreation reserve created during World War II. The station originally consisted of a short single-face platform on the up side of the line, approximately on the site of the current locomotive water tanks. It had a name board and a red flag for intending passengers to signal to the train crew, but no shelter.

Lakeside today is a staff station, with a passing loop, island platform and waiting shelters. A booking office and refreshment room is across the track on what was the post-reopening single-face platform. There is also a second loop siding beyond the former park access road for the single-face third platform which services the Visitor Centre. A short, dead-end spur extends past the down end of this loop siding.

Of interest is a working wig-wag level crossing warning signal, which operates at the former park access road between the platform and storage siding. It is believed to be the only regularly operating wig-wag signal in Victoria.

Australia's biggest model railway, the Emerald Lake Model Railway, is located near the station.

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  A view of the platform

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au