Watsonia
PTV commuter rail station
North-east bound view in May 2014
General information
LocationGreensborough Highway,
Watsonia, Victoria 3087
City of Banyule
Australia
Coordinates37°42′40″S 145°05′02″E / 37.7110°S 145.0838°E / -37.7110; 145.0838
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Hurstbridge
Distance19.92 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking350
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeWAT
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened23 June 1924; 99 years ago (1924-06-23)
Rebuilt11 December 1977
ElectrifiedApril 1923 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesCollina (during construction)
Passengers
2005–2006510,050[1]
2006–2007527,193[1] Increase 3.36%
2007–2008578,149[1] Increase 9.66%
2008–2009598,000[2] Increase 3.43%
2009–2010632,000[2] Increase 5.69%
2010–2011655,000[2] Increase 3.64%
2011–2012619,000[2] Decrease 5.5%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014669,000[2] Increase 8.08%
2014–2015643,585[1] Decrease 3.79%
2015–2016710,845[3] Increase 10.45%
2016–2017711,914[3] Increase 0.15%
2017–2018614,113[3] Decrease 13.74%
2018–2019715,500[4] Increase 16.5%
2019–2020577,000[4] Decrease 19.36%
2020–2021242,150[4] Decrease 58%
2021–2022303,800[4] Increase 25.45%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Macleod
towards Flinders Street
 Hurstbridge line Greensborough
towards Hurstbridge
Track layout
Legend
to Macleod
1
2
to Greensborough

Watsonia railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Watsonia, and it opened on 23 June 1924.[5]

History

Watsonia station opened on 23 June 1924, and was provisionally known as Collina during construction.[5] Like the suburb itself, the station is named after Frank Watson, a local landowner who subdivided his property Grace Park into the Grace Park Station Estate.[6][7]

The current station dates back to 1977, when this section of the railway line was lowered to remove a number of level crossings.[8] In 1979, the line between Macleod and Greensborough was duplicated.[5]

During 1988-1989, the present Greensborough Highway overpass, located nearby in the down direction of the station, was provided.[9]

In December 2007, Watsonia was upgraded to a premium station.[10]

Facilities, platforms and services

Watsonia is located in a deep cutting, between the Greensborough Highway and Watsonia Road. It has one island platform with two faces, with access to the platforms provided by a pedestrian overpass and a ramp. The station features a customer service window, a coffee shop, an enclosed waiting room and toilets.

It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services.[11]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links

Dysons operates two routes via Watsonia station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from [1] Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  3. ^ a b c Station patronage in Victoria for 2013-2018 Philip Mallis
  4. ^ a b c d Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  5. ^ a b c "Watsonia". vicsig.net. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Watsonia and Watsonia North". Victorian Places. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1978. p. 69.
  9. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1988. p. 186.
  10. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 2008. p. 88.
  11. ^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "514 Eltham - Glenroy via Greensborough". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ^ "566 Lalor - Northland via Plenty Road & Childs Road & Grimshaw Street". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

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