About SideTracked Caches
This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breath taking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found at the SideTracked Website.
History
Newmarket railway station is a communter railway station on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne railwat network. It serves the northern suburb of Flemington in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Newmarket station is an elevated station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 November 1860, with the current station provided in 1871. It initially closed on 1 July 1864, then reopened on 9 October 1871.
Special services to Flemington Racecourse and Showground pass through the station, but do not stop, with signs on Platform 2 advising passengers of this. The junction for the Flemington Racecourse line is located immediately north of the station.
Cache
This cache is not in station property or the car park, but close by where you can see the two train lines diverging. There's even a seat nearby for you to sit and watch the trains if you interested. BYO pen. Access from the train station is via a foot-tunnel under the railway near the Pin Oak Crescent and Finsbury Street junction.
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