Preston railway station, Melbourne

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Preston
PTV commuter rail station
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Preston station east-facing facade, July 2023
General information
LocationClinch Avenue,
Preston, Victoria 3072
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates 37°44′19″S145°00′02″E / 37.7387°S 145.0006°E / -37.7387; 145.0006
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Mernda
Distance12.47 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking254 [1]
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codePRE
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889;134 years ago (1889-10-08) 2022 (new station)
Closed2022 (old station)
Rebuilt1973
5 September 2022 (LXRP) [2] 2023 (new Station)
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesPreston-Murray Road (1889-1905)
Murray (1905-1909)
Passengers
2005–2006591,010 [3]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Bell
towards Flinders Street
Mernda line Regent
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
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Preston railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, serving the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Preston, Victoria, Australia. Preston is a premium status elevated structure station featuring two platforms, on an island platform. The station opened on 8 October 1889 as Preston-Murray Road, before being shortened to Murray on 1 August 1905, and finally renamed Preston on 1 December 1909. [7]

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History

Opening on 8 October 1889, when the Inner Circle line was extended from North Fitzroy to Reservoir, [7] Preston station, like the suburb itself, was named after Preston in Sussex, England. [8] [9] The name was chosen by Edward Wood, who was originally from Sussex and, in 1850, opened a general store at the corner of the current day intersection of High and Wood Streets. [8]

In 1967, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Cramer Street and Murray Road level crossings, which were located in the up and down directions respectively. [10] In 1973, the former ground level station buildings were provided, replacing the original 1889 structures. [11] In 1998, Preston was upgraded to a premium station. [12]

On 30 November 2018, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the Murray Road and Cramer Street level crossings would be removed by grade separation, [13] [14] [15] with the rail line to be elevated over both roads. [16] On 4 October 2020, designs for the rebuilt station were released, [17] with major construction starting in February 2021. [18] On 30 May 2022, the station was closed to allow demolition and construction of the new station. On 5 September of that year, the rebuilt station opened. [2]

Platforms and services

Preston has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services. [19]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates two bus routes via Preston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Preston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Preston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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  2. 1 2 "Modern stations at Preston just weeks away". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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