History
Fawkner opened on 8 October 1889. It closed in 1903 and reopened in 1906 as Fawkner Cemetery, and was renamed Fawkner in 1914. The adjacent cemetery opened in 1906, and from then until 1939 special mortuary trains ran. From October 1914 only seven trains daily ran to Fawkner, as well as the daily mortuary train to the cemetery. 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 station.
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