History
South Kensington opened in 1891. Private sidings around South Kensington included the Four and Twenty Pies factory to the north east (now demolished and an industrial park), a warehouse and silos the east (open but now not rail served), and two sidings to the north: Kensington Abattoirs and Kenstore (the first in the process of demolition, the second now residential)
The current configuration dates from 1976 when the line between South Kensington and Footscray was quadruplicated. On 17 December 2004 the last X'trapolis 100 to be handed over to Connex (now Metro Trains Melbourne) made a special trip from Flinders Street to South Kensington and back again, via the City Loop.
Read more about this topic: South Kensington Railway Station
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