Merlynston railway station

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Merlynston
PTV commuter rail station
MerlynstonNov2006.jpg
North-east bound view of the station building in November 2006
LocationBain Avenue,
Coburg North, Victoria 3058
City of Moreland
Australia
Coordinates37°43′15″S 144°57′41″E / 37.7209°S 144.9613°E / -37.7209; 144.9613Coordinates: 37°43′15″S 144°57′41″E / 37.7209°S 144.9613°E / -37.7209; 144.9613
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Upfield
Distance12.49 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking218
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeMYN
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889; 132 years ago (1889-10-08)
Closed13 July 1903
Rebuilt1 October 1914
19 July 1959
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(December 1920)
Previous namesNorth Coburg (1889-1922)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Batman
towards Flinders Street
 Upfield line Fawkner
towards Upfield

Merlynston railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coburg North, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as North Coburg. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened on 1 October 1914. On February 6 1922, it was renamed Merlynston.[1]

The station is named after a well-known real estate subdivision in the area,[2] which was named after Merlyn, the daughter of local landowner Donald Bain.[3]

The current island platform was provided in 1959, when the line was duplicated between Coburg and Fawkner stations.[1]

Flashing light signals were provided at the nearby Boundary Road level crossing, located at the Down end of the station, in 1948,[1] with boom barriers provided later on in 1984.[4]

A level crossing, formerly located at Shorts Road, south of the station, was closed in November 1998,[5] 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.

On 9 April 2002, Comeng motor carriage 533M was destroyed by a fire at the station. The fire also damaged part of the station building.[6]

Platforms and services[]

Merlynston has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services.[7]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[]

Broadmeadows Bus Service operates two routes via Merlynston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  530 : Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre – Coburg[8]
  •  531 : Upfield station – North Coburg[9]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Merlynston Vicsig
  2. ^ "Items of interest". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 30 January 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 11 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Merlynston Victorian Places
  4. ^ VR Website by Andrew Waugh
  5. ^ Shiel, Fegus (1 November 1998). "Gates shut on a suburb's quiet boom". The Age. p. 11.
  6. ^ "General News". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 2002. p. 172.
  7. ^ "Upfield Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ "530 Campbellfield - Coburg via Fawkner". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. ^ "531 Upfield - North Coburg via Somerset Estate". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ "534 Glenroy to Coburg via Boundary Road & Sydney Road". Public Transport Victoria.

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