Pascoe Vale railway station

Pascoe Vale
PTV commuter rail station
Pascoe Vale railway station, August 2022
General information
Location	Burgundy 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
Distance	11.27 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	91
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	PVL
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	10 November 1885;139 years ago (1885-11-10)
Electrified	September 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	367,533 [1]

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Strathmore towards Flinders Street		Craigieburn line		Oak Park towards Craigieburn

Track layout
Legend to Strathmore CityLink 1 2 Gaffney Street to Oak Park

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. ^[4]

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. ^[5] 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. ^{[6] [7]}

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, ^[8] until they were replaced with boom barriers in 1965. ^{[4] [9]}

Platforms and services

Pascoe Vale has two side platforms and is served by Craigieburn line trains. ^[10]

Platform 1:

•   Craigieburn line   all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•   Craigieburn line   all stations services to Craigieburn

Transport links

Dysons operates two bus routes to and from Pascoe Vale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  542 : to Roxburgh Park station ^[11]
•  561 : to Macleod ^[12]

Gallery

• 
  Southbound view of the station platforms, seen from the Gaffney Street level crossing,
  March 2005

References

1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
4. "Pascoe Vale". vicsig.net. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
5. 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.
6. "Pascoe Vale". Victorian Places. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
7. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 11 February 2023.
8. "Pascoevale Railway Station". The Argus . No. 25, 807. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1929. p. 9. Retrieved 20 June 2019– via National Library of Australia.
9. John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
10. "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
11. "542 Roxburgh Park - Pascoe Vale via Meadow Heights & Broadmeadows & Glenroy". Public Transport Victoria.
12. "561 Macleod - Pascoe Vale via La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au