Merlynston railway station
37°43′15″S 144°57′41″E / 37.7209°S 144.9613°E / -37.7209; 144.9613
Southern Cross
19 July 1959
(1500 V DC overhead)
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Merlynston railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg North, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Merlynston station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 1959. It initially closed on 13 July 1903, then reopened on 1 October 1914.[4]
Initially opened as North Coburg, the station was given its current name of Merlynston on 6 February 1922.[4]
History
Merlynston station opened when the railway line was extended from Coburg to Somerton.[4] The locality was named by Donald Bain who, in 1919, purchased 31 hectares of land to be subdivided into a housing estate. Bain named the estate after his daughter, Merlyn.[5][6]
In 1948, flashing light signals were provided at the Boundary Road level crossing, in the down direction from the station.[4] In 1959, the current island platform was provided when the line was duplicated between Coburg and Fawkner.[4]
In 1984, boom barriers were provided at the Boundary Road level crossing.[7]
In November 1998, the level crossing at Shorts Road, south of the station, was closed,[8] and a dead-end street was created on either side of the railway line. Until the track was duplicated to Gowrie in that year,[9] the line north of the station had only a single track, apart from the island platform at Gowrie, which had two platforms. However, one of those was a dock platform,[10] meaning trains couldn't pass each other at Gowrie, and had to do so at Merlynston.
On 9 April 2002, Comeng motor carriage 533M was destroyed by a fire at the station. The fire also damaged part of the station building.[11][12][13]
Platforms and services
Merlynston has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Metro Trains' Upfield line trains.[14]
Platform 1:
- Upfield line all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Upfield line all stations services to Upfield
Transport links
Broadmeadows Bus Service operates two routes via Merlynston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 530 : Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre – Coburg[15]
- 531 : Upfield station – North Coburg[16]
Dysons operates one bus route via Merlynston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 534 : Glenroy station – Coburg[17]
References
- ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
- ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
- ^ a b c d e "Merlynston". vicsig.net. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Items of interest". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 30 January 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 11 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Merlynston". Victorian Places. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Waugh, Andrew. "SRS Suburban Tour Notes – Coburg Line" (PDF). VR History. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Shiel, Fergus (1 November 1998). "Gates shut on a suburb's quiet boom". The Sunday Age. p. 11.
- ^ "Upfield Line". vicsig.net. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Sunday 17-7-1988 Gowrie". Flickr – High Bicyclist Photostream. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Gould, Russell (10 April 2002). "Passengers flee fire". Herald Sun. p. 3.
- ^ Cullen, Philip (11 April 2002). "Train arsonists sought". Herald Sun. p. 12.
- ^ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). June 2002. p. 172.
- ^ "Upfield Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "530 Campbellfield - Coburg via Fawkner". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "531 Upfield - North Coburg via Somerset Estate". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "534 Glenroy to Coburg via Boundary Road & Sydney Road". Public Transport Victoria.
External links
- Media related to Merlynston railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
- Merlynston – Vicsig
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
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