Moreland railway station

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

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

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Anstey

towards Flinders Street

|  | Upfield line |  | Coburg

towards Upfield

Track layout

Legend

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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]

## History[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Moreland Buslines operates one route via Moreland station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

* 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[edit]

* Former station front and entrance to Platform 1, October 2008

## References[edit]

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

Media related to Moreland railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons

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