Footscray Railway Station
Footscray is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Footscray, at the junction of the Sunbury and Werribee railway lines. The Williamstown line also passes through the station, along with V/Line services to the south-west, west, and north-west of Victoria. Footscray is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metlink Zone 1. It is the busiest non-CBD railway station in Melbourne based upon passenger boardings, and the sixth busiest overall, with an average of 13,700 boardings per day in 2009.
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