Brunswick had a goods yard which closed in 1966.[4] The goods siding and associated points and signal discs were abolished in that same year.[4] In 1972, the station platforms were lengthened.[4]
Just after 4:45am on 2 August 1977, a seven-car Harris train set rolled away from Gowrie, after the driver and guard were changing ends after taking the train out of a siding, because it was scheduled to operate a city-bound service from Upfield.[8][9][10] The train passed through fifteen level crossings and destroyed seven sets of hand gates, before stopping just south of Brunswick, between the Albert and Dawson Streets level crossings.[8][9][10]
In 1998, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the Albert Street level crossing, at the up end of the station,[11] and replaced interlocked gates at the Victoria Street level crossing, at the down end of the station.[12] The signal box protecting Victoria Street was also abolished during that time.[12]
In September 2022, it was announced that Brunswick, along with other stations on the Upfield line, would be elevated to remove eight level crossings on the line.[13] Further details, designs and a construction timeline will be released closer to 2027.
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