Merlynston railway station

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Merlynston
Merlynston railway station Platform 2 (northern view)(14 September 2025).jpg
Northbound view from Platform 2, September 2025
General information
LocationBain Avenue,
Coburg North, Victoria 3058
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates 37°43′15″S144°57′41″E / 37.7209°S 144.9613°E / -37.7209; 144.9613
System PTV commuter rail station
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line Upfield
Distance12.49 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking218
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step-free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeMYN
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889;136 years ago (1889-10-08)
Closed13 July 1903
Rebuilt1 October 1914
19 July 1959
ElectrifiedDecember 1920
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesNorth Coburg (1889–1922)
Passengers
2005–2006257,385 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Batman
towards Flinders Street
Upfield line Fawkner
towards Upfield
Track layout
Legend
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BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Batman
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BSicon STRf.svg
1
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
2
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BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
Boundary Road
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BSicon STR.svg
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to Fawkner
Location
Merlynston railway station

Merlynston railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg North in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Merlynston station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 1959. It initially closed on 13 July 1903, then reopened on 1 October 1914. [4]

Contents

Initially opened as North Coburg, the station was given its current name of Merlynston on 6 February 1922. [4]

History

Merlynston station opened when the railway line was extended from Coburg to Somerton. [4] The locality was named by Donald Bain who, in 1919, purchased 31 hectares of land to be subdivided into a housing estate. Bain named the estate after his daughter, Merlyn. [5] [6]

In 1948, flashing light signals were provided at the Boundary Road level crossing, in the down direction from the station. [4] In 1959, the current island platform was provided when the line was duplicated between Coburg and Fawkner. [4]

In 1984, boom barriers were provided at the Boundary Road level crossing. [7]

In November 1998, the level crossing at Shorts Road, south of the station, was closed, [8] and a dead-end street was created on either side of the railway line. Until the track was duplicated to Gowrie in that year, [9] the line north of the station had only a single track, apart from the island platform at Gowrie, which had two platforms. However, one of those was a dock platform, [10] meaning trains couldn't pass each other at Gowrie, and had to do so 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. [11] [12] [13]

Platforms and services

A Comeng train on a Flinders Street-bound service arrives at Platform 1, October 2024 Comeng 471M at Merlynston railway station Platform 1 (11 October 2024).jpg
A Comeng train on a Flinders Street-bound service arrives at Platform 1, October 2024

Merlynston has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Metro Trains' Upfield line trains. [14]

Current

Merlynston platform arrangement
PlatformLineDestinationViaService TypeNotes
1  Upfield line   Flinders Street City Loop All stations
2  Upfield line   Upfield All stations

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

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Merlynston". vicsig.net. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Items of interest". The Argus (Melbourne) . Victoria, Australia. 30 January 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 11 September 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Merlynston". Victorian Places. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  7. ↑ Waugh, Andrew. "SRS Suburban Tour Notes – Coburg Line" (PDF). VR History. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Shiel, Fergus (1 November 1998). "Gates shut on a suburb's quiet boom". The Sunday Age. p. 11.
  9. ↑ "Upfield Line". vicsig.net. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Sunday 17-7-1988 Gowrie". Flickr – High Bicyclist Photostream. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  11. ↑ Gould, Russell (10 April 2002). "Passengers flee fire". Herald Sun . p. 3.
  12. ↑ Cullen, Philip (11 April 2002). "Train arsonists sought". Herald Sun. p. 12.
  13. ↑ "General News". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). June 2002. p. 172.
  14. ↑ "Upfield Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ↑ "530 Campbellfield - Coburg via Fawkner". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. ↑ "531 Upfield - North Coburg via Somerset Estate". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. ↑ "534 Glenroy to Coburg via Boundary Road & Sydney Road". Public Transport Victoria.
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