Dennis railway station

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Dennis
PTV commuter rail station
Dennis Railway Station.jpg
Westbound view from Platform 2, May 2014
General information
LocationCain Avenue,
Northcote, Victoria 3070
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates 37°46′45″S145°00′30″E / 37.7793°S 145.0083°E / -37.7793; 145.0083
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Hurstbridge
Distance8.40 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking36
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeDEN
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened4 February 1924;100 years ago (1924-02-04)
Rebuilt1979
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006284,850 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Westgarth
towards Flinders Street
Hurstbridge line Fairfield
towards Hurstbridge
Track layout
Legend
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BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Westgarth
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BSicon STRf.svg
1
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
2
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
Victoria Road
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BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Fairfield

Dennis railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Northcote, and opened on 4 February 1924. [4]

Contents

History

Opening on 4 February 1924, Dennis station is named after Northcote Councillor William Dennis, a member of the council for over 40 years. [5] [6]

In 1964, boom barriers replaced hand-operated gates at the Victoria Road level crossing, located nearby in the down direction of the station. [7] [8]

In 1979, the current station buildings were provided. [9]

Platforms and services

Dennis has two side platforms. It is served by Hurstbridge line trains. [10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Kinetic Melbourne operates two bus routes via Dennis station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ↑ "Dennis". vicsig.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Items of interest". The Argus . Victoria, Australia. 28 December 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 10 September 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Victoria Road". vicsig.net. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. ↑ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  9. ↑ "Works". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1979. p. 120.
  10. ↑ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ↑ "250 City (Queen St) - La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ↑ "251 City (Queen St) - Northland SC". Public Transport Victoria.
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