Regent railway station

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Regent
PTV commuter rail station
Regent Railway Station.jpg
Southbound view from Platform 2 in May 2014
General information
LocationRobinson Road,
Reservoir, Victoria 3073
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates 37°43′42″S145°00′10″E / 37.7284°S 145.0029°E / -37.7284; 145.0029
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Mernda
Distance13.61 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking159
Bicycle facilities6
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, host station
Station codeREG
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889;134 years ago (1889-10-08)
Rebuilt1970
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesPreston-Regent Street (1889-1905)
Passengers
2005–2006369,324 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Preston
towards Flinders Street
Mernda line Reservoir
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Preston
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
BSicon SKRZ-G2BUE.svg
Regent Street
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
1
BSicon STR+BSr.svg
2
BSicon STR+BSl.svg
BSicon STR+BSr.svg
BSicon STR+BSl.svg
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Reservoir

Regent railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Preston-Regent Street. It was renamed Regent on 1 August 1905. [5]

Contents

History

Named after the locality and nearby Regent Street, [6] Regent station opened on 8 October 1889, when the Inner Circle line was extended from North Fitzroy to Reservoir. [5]

In 1967, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the Regent Street level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station. [7] In 1970, the present station buildings were provided. [8] [9]

Platforms and services

Regent has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services. [10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates three bus routes via Regent station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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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. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  5. 1 2 "Regent". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Regent". Victorian Places. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  7. ↑ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  8. ↑ "System Sightings". Divisional Diary . Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1970. p. 22.
  9. ↑ "Way and Works". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. May 1972. p. 5.
  10. ↑ "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ↑ "552 North East Reservoir - Northcote Plaza via High Street". Public Transport Victoria . Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "553 Preston - West Preston via Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ↑ "567 Northcote - Regent via Northland". Public Transport Victoria.
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