South Morang railway station

South Morang
PTV commuter rail station
Station front and entrance in April 2012
Location	McDonalds Road, South Morang, Victoria 3752 City of Whittlesea Australia
Coordinates	37°38′57″S 145°4′3″E / 37.64917°S 145.06750°E / -37.64917; 145.06750Coordinates: 37°38′57″S 145°4′3″E / 37.64917°S 145.06750°E / -37.64917; 145.06750
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Mernda
Distance	25.99 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	450
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	SMG
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1889
Closed	1959
Rebuilt	22 April 2012
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (2011)
Previous names	Stopping Place No. 39
Passengers
2013-2014	0.929 million[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Epping towards Flinders Street Mernda line Middle Gorge towards Mernda

South Morang railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Morang, and it opened on 22 April 2012.^[2]

History[]

Stopping Place No. 39^[3] was the original South Morang station. It was a single platform that was located on McDonalds Road,^[4] on the Whittlesea line. Operated by DERMs, the Victorian Railways closed the line north of Lalor station on 29 November 1959,^[2] after the electrification of the line from Reservoir to Lalor. Epping station was re-opened on 29 November 1964, with the electrification of that section of the line,^[2] and the remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea dismantled, with the former right-of-way remaining intact. All that remained of the original station was the platform mound.

Following the election of the Bracks State Government in October 1999, a promise was made to restore the rail service to South Morang by 2003. In 2004, it was decided a bus would be delivered instead, and in May 2006, the original promise of rail was delayed until 2021. As a result of continued community pressure by the South Morang Rail Alliance, an alliance of all the community groups in the area, then Premier John Brumby announced in 2008 that construction of the extension would be brought forward to 2010. The station was opened to the public on 22 April 2012.^[2]

The Epping line was extended to the border of South Morang and Mill Park, about two kilometres short of the original station site. As part of the extension project, five kilometres of track was duplicated between Keon Park and Epping stations, a second platform built at Thomastown, while a grade separation project resulted in a new station at Epping.^[5] Provision was made to allow the line to be extended northwards to Mernda. An extension to Mernda opened on 26 August 2018.^[6][7]

Platforms and services[]

South Morang has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.^[8]

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 South Morang station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  382 : Whittlesea – Northland Shopping Centre^[9]
•  383 : Mill Park Lakes Palisades Estate – University Hill^[10]
•  386 : Mernda station – RMIT University Bundoora Campus^[11]
•  387 : Mernda station – RMIT University Bundoora Campus^[12]
•  564 : to RMIT University Bundoora Campus^[13]
•  569 : to Pacific Epping^[14]
•  577 : to Pacific Epping^[15]

Kinetic Group operates one SmartBus route via South Morang station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  SmartBus   901 : Frankston station – Melbourne Airport^[16]

Gallery[]

• 

  Eastbound view from Platform 1 in April 2012

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to South Morang railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• South Morang extension project gallery