Merlynston railway station
Merlynston railway station is located on the Upfield line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coburg North, and opened on 8 October 1889 as North Coburg. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened on 1 October 1914.[1] In 1922, it was renamed Merlynston after a well known estate in the area.[2]
Merlynston | |||||||||||
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![]() Northbound view in November 2006 | |||||||||||
Location | Bain Avenue, Coburg North Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°43′15″S 144°57′41″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Upfield | ||||||||||
Distance | 12.49 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Parking | 218 | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Station code | MYN | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki Zone 1/2 overlap | ||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 8 October 1889 | ||||||||||
Closed | 13 July 1903 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1 October 1914 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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A level crossing, formerly located at Shorts Road, south of the station, was closed in the late 1990s, and a dead-end street was created on either side of the railway line. Until the track was duplicated to Gowrie in 1998, the line north of the station had only a single track, apart from the island platform at Gowrie, which had two platforms. However, one platform was a dock platform, meaning trains couldn't cross at Gowrie, and had to cross at Merlynston. Boom barriers were provided at the nearby Boundary Road level crossing, located at the Down end of the station, in 1984.[3]
Comeng motor carriage 533M was destroyed by fire at the station on 9 April 2002.[4] The fire also damaged part of the station building.[4]
Platforms & services
Merlynston has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services.[5]
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:
- 530: Coburg – Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre[6]
- 531: North Coburg – Upfield station[7]
Dysons operates one route via Merlynston station:
- 534: Glenroy station – Coburg[8]
References
- Merlynston Vicsig
- "Items of interest". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 30 January 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 11 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- VR Website by Andrew Waugh
- "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. 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 on VicSig
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au