Northcote railway station

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Northcote
PTV commuter rail station
Northcote Northbound View.jpg
Northbound view from Platform 2 in November 2022
General information
LocationHerbert Street,
Northcote, Victoria 3070
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates 37°46′11″S144°59′41″E / 37.7697°S 144.9948°E / -37.7697; 144.9948
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Mernda
Distance8.97 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
  • Melbourne tram logo.svg Tram
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking5
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeNCE
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889;133 years ago (1889-10-08)
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesMiddle Northcote (1889-1906)
Passengers
2005–2018 numbers
2005–2006288,958 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Merri Mernda line Croxton
towards Mernda
Track layout
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to Merri
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2
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Arthurton Road
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Northcote railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Northcote, and opened on 8 October 1889 as Middle Northcote. It was renamed Northcote on 10 December 1906. [4]

Contents

History

Northcote station opened on 8 October 1889, when the Inner Circle line was extended from North Fitzroy to Reservoir. [4] Like the suburb itself, the station is believed to be named after Stafford Henry Northcote, who was British Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1874 and 1880, Foreign Secretary between 1885 and 1886, and a co-author of the Northcote–Trevelyan Report in 1853. [5] [6]

In 1973, both platforms were extended at the down end of the station. [4]

In 1986, the former goods sidings, located at the down end of the station, were abolished. [7] A crossover, also located at the down end, was spiked out of use around that time, [7] and was removed at a later date.

During October 1987, the double line block system between Northcote – Merri and Northcote – Thornbury was abolished, and replaced with three position signalling. [8] Also occurring in that year, boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Arthurton Road level crossing, located at the down end of the station. [9] The signal box for the level crossing was also abolished during that time. [4]

On 4 May 2010, as part of the 2010/2011 State Budget, $83.7 million was allocated to upgrade Northcote to a premium station, along with nineteen others. [10] [11] However, in March 2011, this was scrapped by the Baillieu Government. [12]

Platforms and services

Northcote has two side platforms. It is served by Mernda line trains. [13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

Yarra Trams operates two routes via Northcote station:

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