Moreland railway station

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]

Moreland
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1, November 2021
General information
Location	Cameron Street, Coburg, Victoria 3058 City of Merri-bek Australia
Coordinates	37°45′16″S 144°57′43″E / 37.7545°S 144.9619°E / -37.7545; 144.9619
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Upfield
Distance	8.78 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus Tram
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	196
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes—step-free access
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	MLD
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	9 September 1884; 139 years ago (1884-09-09)
Closed	27 July 2020
Rebuilt	14 December 2020 (LXRP)
Electrified	December 1920 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	274,412^[1]
2006–2007	296,164^[1]  7.92%
2007–2008	345,129^[1]  16.53%
2008–2009	367,540^[2]  6.49%
2009–2010	381,433^[2]  3.78%
2010–2011	369,492^[2]  3.13%
2011–2012	339,088^[2]  8.23%
2012–2013	Not measured^[2]
2013–2014	341,103^[2]  0.59%
2014–2015	345,260^[1]  1.21%
2015–2016	349,387^[2]  1.19%
2016–2017	369,953^[2]  5.89%
2017–2018	390,559^[2]  5.57%
2018–2019	380,850^[2]  2.48%
2019–2020	272,400^[2]  28.5%
2020–2021	91,250^[2]  66.5%
2021–2022	266,400^[3]  191.95%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Anstey towards Flinders Street Upfield line Coburg towards Upfield
Track layout Legend to Anstey 1 2 to Coburg

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:

•  Upfield line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Upfield line  all stations services to Upfield

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Moreland station:

•  510 : Essendon station – Ivanhoe station^[15]

Yarra Trams operates two routes via Moreland station:

•  : to Glen Iris^[16]
•  : North Coburg – Flinders Street station (Elizabeth Street CBD)^[17]

Gallery

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  Former station front and entrance to Platform 1, October 2008

References

1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
4. "Moreland". vicsig.net. 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. 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. 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. (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
10. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). November 1988. p. 346.
11. Eight crossings set to go in the north 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 12 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine Level Crossing Removal Project 2019
13. Upfield line works 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

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au