Moonee Ponds Junction tram stop

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Moonee Ponds Junction
PTV tram stop
Pascoe Vale Road viewed from Moonee Ponds Junction.jpg
Northbound view up Pascoe Vale Road from
tram route 59 stop (February 2014)
General information
LocationCorner Ascot Vale, Mount Alexander & Pascoe Vale Roads, Moonee Ponds
Australia
Coordinates 37°46′02″S144°55′30″E / 37.76715°S 144.92488°E / -37.76715; 144.92488
Owned by VicTrack
Platforms2 (2 side)
Tracks2
Tram routes Melbourne tram route 59 icon.svg Melbourne tram route 82 icon.svg
Tram operators Yarra Trams
Bus stands9
Bus operators CDC Melbourne
Dysons
Kastoria Bus Lines
Transit Systems
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational
Station code32
Fare zone Myki zone 1
History
RebuiltJanuary 2016
Electrified600 V DC overhead
Services
Preceding station Melbourne tram logo.svg Yarra Trams Following station
Moonee Valley Civic Centre
towards Airport West
Route 59 Montgomery Street
towards Flinders Street Station
Terminus Route 82 Chaucer Street
towards Footscray

Moonee Ponds Junction is a bus and tram interchange on the junction of Ascot Vale Road / Pascoe Vale Road and Mount Alexander Road in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne (Puckle Street / Dean Street also meets at the same point). It is located approximately 400 metres east of Moonee Ponds station. In June 2015, Yarra Trams revealed plans to build a covered tram stop. [1] The work was completed in January 2016. [2]

Contents

Trams

It is served by Yarra Trams routes 59 and 82. [3] [4] Previously route 82 trams terminated at a separate platform south of the existing pair in the middle of the Ascot Vale Road. As part of the January 2016 rebuild, a headshunt was built to the north of the main platforms with route 82 now terminating at the main platform.

Buses

Moonee Ponds Junction has nine bus stands that are served by CDC Melbourne, Dysons, Kastoria Bus Lines and Transit Systems. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Moonee Ponds tram upgrade project Archived 2015-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Yarra Trams 2 June 2015
  2. ↑ Moonee Ponds Junction tram stop upgrade Yarra Trams 4 January 2016
  3. ↑ Route 59 Yarra Trams
  4. ↑ Route 82 Yarra Trams
  5. ↑ Moonee Ponds Interchange Public Transport Victoria
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "472 Williamstown - Moonee Ponds via Footscray". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ↑ "504 Moonee Ponds - Clifton Hill via East Brunswick". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. ↑ "505 Moonee Ponds - Melbourne University via Parkville Gardens". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ↑ "506 Moonee Ponds - Westgarth Station via Brunswick". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ↑ "508 Alphington - Moonee Ponds via Northcote & Brunswick". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ↑ "476 Moonee Ponds - Watergardens via Keilor". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ↑ "469 Moonee Ponds - Keilor East via Strathmore". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ↑ "477 Moonee Ponds - Broadmeadows Station via Essendon & Airport West & Gladstone Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ↑ "483 Sunbury - Moonee Ponds via Diggers Rest". Public Transport Victoria.
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