Mobiltown
Closed commuter rail station
General information
Coordinates	37°51′05″S 144°51′11″E / 37.85139°S 144.85306°E / -37.85139; 144.85306
Line(s)	Werribee
Distance	13.93 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Demolished
History
Opened	1953
Closed	29 January 1985
Former services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Seaholme towards Westona Werribee line Newport towards Flinders Street List of closed railway stations in Melbourne

Mobiltown is a former station on the Altona railway line, which now forms part of the Werribee railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It was located immediately north of the Kororoit Creek Road level crossing in the suburb of Altona North. The station opened in 1953 as the Standard Oil Platform, next to the oil refinery operated by the Vacuum Oil Company, and was used by refinery workers. Shortly after the company changed its name to Mobil Australia in 1954, the station's name was altered to reflect that.^[1] Mobiltown was made a public platform in 1958, and closed on 29 January 1985 because of low patronage. No trace of the platform remains and the rail overpass, which eliminated the Kororoit Creek Road level crossing in 2018, now overshadows the site of the station.

Australian singer-songwriter, Broderick Smith sang about the "Last Train From Mobiltown" on his group's 1981 album Broderick Smith's Big Combo.^[2]

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