Reservoir railway station
Reservoir | |||||||||||
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PTV commuter rail station | |||||||||||
Location | High Street, Reservoir, Victoria 3073 City of Darebin Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°43′00″S 145°00′26″E / 37.7168°S 145.0071°ECoordinates: 37°43′00″S 145°00′26″E / 37.7168°S 145.0071°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Trains | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Mernda | ||||||||||
Distance | 14.94 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Parking | 380 | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Operational, Premium Station | ||||||||||
Station code | RES | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki Zone 1/2 Overlap | ||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 8 October 1889 | ||||||||||
Closed | 2 December 2019 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 16 December 2019 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 1500 V DC overhead | ||||||||||
Previous names | Preston - Reservoir | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2008-2009 | 1.237 million[1] | ||||||||||
2009-2010 | 1.317 million[1] 6.47% | ||||||||||
2010-2011 | 1.273 million[1] 3.34% | ||||||||||
2011-2012 | 1.157 million[1] 9.11% | ||||||||||
2012-2013 | Not measured[1] | ||||||||||
2013-2014 | 1.181 million[1] 2.07% | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Reservoir railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Preston-Reservoir. It was renamed Reservoir on 1 December 1909.[2][3]
History[]
The station was the terminus for suburban services on the Whittlesea line. The line was duplicated in December 1910 and, in July 1921, Reservoir became the terminus for electric trains. In 1924, an 8-metre-long turntable was provided at the station, to turn the AEC railmotor which operated between Reservoir and Whittlesea station, running two trips a day.[2] Electric trains were extended to Thomastown in December 1929, and the turntable was abolished in 1940.
Automatic boom barriers replaced hand-operated gates at the former High Street level crossing in 1963.[3][4]
In the early hours of 13 July 1975, a deliberately lit fire damaged Harris motor 567M and Tait motor 345M, both of which were stabled at the station.[5]
On 18 December 1986, a number of sidings and signals were abolished.[3] Further sidings were abolished on 1 April 1987.[3]
On 8 May 1988, the former signal box and interlocked frame were abolished. Also abolished were crossovers, formerly located at the up and down ends of the station,[6] as well as the double line block signalling system between Reservoir and Keon Park, which was replaced with automatic three-position signalling.[6] Pedestrian boom barriers were provided at the pedestrian crossing, located at the down end of the station, and at the former High Street level crossing.[6] Two months earlier, the double line block system between Bell and Reservoir had been abolished.[6]
A new High Street level crossing was completed in 1991,[7] an arrangement that existed until the grade separation of the level crossing in 2019.
On 25 June 1996, Reservoir was upgraded to a Premium Station.[8]
In January 2016, the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced that the High Street level crossing would be removed by grade separation.[9][10] Preliminary designs were released in September 2018, showing the grade separation as elevated rail with a new station in the current location.[11] Plans for grade separation have dated as far back as the mid 1970s.[12]
On 2 December 2019, the old ground-level station was closed to the general public, and the new station, elevated above a multi-road intersection, was opened on 16 December. As part of the work, crossovers were reinstated at both the up and down ends of the rebuilt station.[3]
Platforms and services[]
Reservoir has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Mernda line trains.[13]
Platform 1:
- Mernda line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Mernda line all stations services to Mernda
Transport links[]
Dysons operates seven routes via Reservoir station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 301 : to La Trobe University Bundoora Campus[14]
- 552 : North East Reservoir – Northcote Shopping Plaza[15]
- 553 : Preston – West Preston[16]
- 555 : Pacific Epping – Northland Shopping Centre[17]
- 556 : Pacific Epping – Northland Shopping Centre[18]
- 558 : to North West Reservoir[19]
- 561 : Macleod – Pascoe Vale station[20]
Gallery[]
Northbound view, taken from the former ground level Platform 2, in November 2013
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)) - ^ a b Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 333–337.
- ^ a b c d e Reservoir Vicsig
- ^ Public Office Record Victoria. "Reservoir - Public Record Office Victoria Photographic Collection". proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=41. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "Rollingstock & Locomotives". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1975. p. 201.
- ^ a b c d "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1988. p. 220.
- ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1991. p. 338.
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ^ Carey, Adam (31 January 2016). "End of the line for older Melbourne stations being torn down and rebuilt". The Age. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ High Street, Reservoir - Level Crossing Removal Authority
- ^ "Reservoir level crossing project design announced". Level Crossing Removal Authority. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1976. p. 19.
- ^ "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "301 Reservoir Station - La Trobe University (Bundoora Campus)". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "552 North East Reservoir - Northcote Plaza via High Street". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "553 Preston - West Preston via Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "555 Epping - Northland via Lalor & Thomastown & Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "556 Epping Plaza SC - Northland SC via Keon Park". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "558 Reservoir via North West Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "561 Macleod - Pascoe Vale via La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.
External links[]
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
- Premium Melbourne railway stations
- Railway stations in Melbourne
- Railway stations in Australia opened in 1889