Moreland
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1, November 2021
General information
LocationCameron Street,
Coburg, Victoria 3058
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates37°45′16″S 144°57′43″E / 37.7545°S 144.9619°E / -37.7545; 144.9619
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Upfield
Distance8.78 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
  • Trams in Melbourne Tram
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking196
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step-free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeMLD
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened9 September 1884; 139 years ago (1884-09-09)
Closed27 July 2020
Rebuilt14 December 2020 (LXRP)
ElectrifiedDecember 1920
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006274,412[1]
2006–2007296,164[1] Increase 7.92%
2007–2008345,129[1] Increase 16.53%
2008–2009367,540[2] Increase 6.49%
2009–2010381,433[2] Increase 3.78%
2010–2011369,492[2] Decrease 3.13%
2011–2012339,088[2] Decrease 8.23%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014341,103[2] Increase 0.59%
2014–2015345,260[1] Increase 1.21%
2015–2016349,387[2] Increase 1.19%
2016–2017369,953[2] Increase 5.89%
2017–2018390,559[2] Increase 5.57%
2018–2019380,850[2] Decrease 2.48%
2019–2020272,400[2] Decrease 28.5%
2020–202191,250[2] Decrease 66.5%
2021–2022266,400[3] Increase 191.95%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Anstey
towards Flinders Street
 Upfield line Coburg
towards Upfield
Track layout
Legend
to Anstey
1
2
to Coburg

Moreland railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coburg, and it opened on 9 September 1884.[4]

History

Moreland station opened when the railway line from North Melbourne was extended to Coburg.[4] The station name comes from a Jamaican slave plantation that was run by the father and grandfather of land speculator Farquhar McCrae who, in 1839, acquired land between the Moonee Ponds Creek and Sydney Road.[5][6]

On 2 May 1975, the former ground-level station was damaged by fire.[7][8]

In 1983, a number of sidings at the station were dismantled.[4] In 1986, manually controlled boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Moreland Road level crossing, which was at the up end of the station.[9] In August 1988, former sidings "A", "B" and "C" and associated point work were abolished.[10] Also abolished were the up and down end crossovers, and a number of disc signals.[10]

On 7 May 2019, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the Moreland Road and Reynard Street level crossings would be grade separated.[11][12] On 14 December 2020, a new elevated station opened after the completion of those works, replacing the previous ground-level station, which closed on 27 July 2020.[13]

There was a footbridge at the down end of the former ground-level station, and there is a disused signal box below the up end of the elevated Platform 2.

Platforms and services

Moreland has two side platforms. It is served by Upfield line trains.[14]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links

Moreland Buslines operates one route via Moreland station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Yarra Trams operates two routes via Moreland station:

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c "Moreland". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ Morse, Dana (14 May 2022). "Moreland City Council to ditch slave plantation link, with ratepayers to choose new Woi-wurrung name". ABC News. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  6. ^ Barraclough, Ashleigh (3 July 2022). "Moreland Council votes to change name to Merri-bek, an Aboriginal word meaning 'rocky country'". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Fire sweeps rail office". The Herald. 2 May 1975. p. 3.
  8. ^ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). January 1976. p. 18.
  9. ^ "SRS Suburban Tour Notes – Coburg Line" (PDF). VR Website by Andrew Waugh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). November 1988. p. 346.
  11. ^ Eight crossings set to go in the north Archived 2 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Eight crossings set to go in the north – Level Crossing Removal Project
  12. ^ New Coburg and Moreland Stations Announced Archived 12 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine Level Crossing Removal Project 2019
  13. ^ Upfield line works Archived 1 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ "Upfield Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ^ "510 Essendon - Ivanhoe via Brunswick & Northcote & Thornbury". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. ^ "6 Moreland - Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. ^ "19 North Coburg - Flinders Street Station & City". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

Media related to Moreland railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons

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