Coolaroo railway station

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Coolaroo
PTV commuter rail station
Coolaroo station from bridge.jpg
Southbound view in June 2017
LocationPascoe Vale Road, Coolaroo, Victoria 3048
City of Hume
Australia
Coordinates37°39′36″S 144°55′34″E / 37.660°S 144.926°E / -37.660; 144.926Coordinates: 37°39′36″S 144°55′34″E / 37.660°S 144.926°E / -37.660; 144.926
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Craigieburn
Distance19.31 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking490
Bicycle facilities26
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeCLO
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened6 June 2010
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Broadmeadows
towards Flinders Street
 Craigieburn line Roxburgh Park
towards Craigieburn

Coolaroo railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coolaroo, and it opened on 6 June 2010.[1][2]

History[]

Originally scheduled for completion by the 1980s, under the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan,[3] the Victorian Government set aside $38 million for the construction of the station in the 2007/2008 Budget.[4] Completion was expected in 2010,[4] with the project re-announced as part of the state government Victorian Transport Plan in December 2008.[5] Although long proposed, the station was built separately to the 2007 electrification of the line from Broadmeadows to Craigieburn.[4]

The railway past the site of Coolaroo station originally opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to Wodonga. Work on the slewing of the parallel standard gauge track commenced in December 2008, and was completed by January 2009, to allow construction of Platform 1. Work on the lift wells was underway by August 2009, with the main span of the footbridge lifted into place in October of the same year.

The station was opened by former Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, and then Minister for Transport, Martin Pakula, on 6 June 2010.

Platforms and services[]

Coolaroo has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Craigieburn line services.[6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[]

Dysons operates one route via Coolaroo station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  540 : Upfield station – Broadmeadows station[7]

Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Coolaroo station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Coolaroo station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  Night Bus   952 : Broadmeadows station – Craigieburn (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Coolaroo Vicsig
  2. ^ "More peak hour services for Melbourne's south east". Media Release: Minister for Public Transport. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Traffic – New VR Bus Service". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1974. p. 47.
  4. ^ a b c New metropolitan railway stations Archived 7 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Department of Infrastructure
  5. ^ "Coolaroo Train Project". Victorian Transport Plan. www4.transport.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. ^ "540 Upfield - Broadmeadows via Coolaroo". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. ^ "952 Night bus: City - Footscray - Maribyrnong - Airport West - Gladstone Park - Broadmeadows". Public Transport Victoria.

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