Pascoe Vale railway station

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Pascoe Vale
PTV commuter rail station
Pascoe Vale railway station Platform 1 (northern view)(29 November 2024).jpg
Northbound view from Platform 1, November 2024
General information
LocationBurgundy Street,
Pascoe Vale, Victoria 3044
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates 37°43′49″S144°55′42″E / 37.7302°S 144.9284°E / -37.7302; 144.9284
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Craigieburn
Distance11.27 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking91
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes — step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codePVL
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened10 November 1885;139 years ago (1885-11-10)
ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2018 numbers
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Strathmore Craigieburn line Oak Park
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
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2
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Gaffney Street
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Pascoe Vale railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of the same name in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Pascoe Vale is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 10 November 1885. [5]

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History

Pascoe Vale station opened along with the railway line past the site of the station, as part of the North East line to School House Lane. [6] The station, like the suburb itself, was named after Pascoeville, a property owned by John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of the city of Melbourne. [7] [8]

The original station building, erected on Platform 1 in 1886, was replaced in the 1970s. In 1929, a signal box was provided, which controlled interlocked gates at the Gaffney Street level crossing, [9] until they were replaced with boom barriers in 1965. [5] [10]

Platforms and services

Pascoe Vale has two side platforms and is served by Craigieburn line trains. [11]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Two bus routes operate to and from Pascoe Vale 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 Metropolitan Station Patronage - 2008 - 2021 Phillip Mallis
  5. 1 2 "Pascoe Vale". vicsig.net. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. Turton, Keith W (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. The first hundred years of the Melbourne-Wodonga Railway 1873-1973. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 87. ISBN   0-85849-012-9.
  7. "Pascoe Vale". Victorian Places. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  9. "Pascoevale Railway Station". The Argus . No. 25, 807. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1929. p. 9. Retrieved 20 June 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  10. John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  11. "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "542 Roxburgh Park - Pascoe Vale via Meadow Heights & Broadmeadows & Glenroy (From 1st July 2025)". Public Transport Victoria . Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  13. "561 Macleod - Pascoe Vale via La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.