Strathmore railway station

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Strathmore
PTV commuter rail station
Strathmore railway station Platform 2 (northern view)(29 November 2024).jpg
Northbound view from Platform 2, November 2024
General information
LocationAmelia Avenue,
Essendon, Victoria 3040
City of Moonee Valley
Australia
Coordinates 37°44′37″S144°55′39″E / 37.7436°S 144.9274°E / -37.7436; 144.9274
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Craigieburn
Distance9.79 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking80
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo — steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeSME
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened28 October 1890;134 years ago (1890-10-28)
Rebuilt24 February 1972
ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesNorth Essendon (1890-1955)
Passengers
2005–2018 numbers
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Glenbervie
towards Flinders Street
Craigieburn line Pascoe Vale
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
Legend
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BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Glenbervie
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1
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
2
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
BSicon MFADEgq.svg
BSicon WASSERq.svg
BSicon hKRZWae(Rr).svg
BSicon hKRZWae(Ll).svg
BSicon MFADEfq.svg
BSicon WASSERq.svg
Moonee Ponds Creek
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to Pascoe Vale

Strathmore railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Essendon in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Strathmore station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 28 October 1890, with the current station provided in 1972. [5]

Contents

Initially opened as North Essendon, the station was given its current name of Strathmore on 1 March 1955. [5]

History

Strathmore station on 28 October 1890, with the railway line past the site of the station originally opening in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane. [6] The station, like the suburb itself, was named after a Presbyterian church which opened in 1936. The church was named by local settler Thomas Napier, who had a property named Rosebank in the area. The Strathmore name comes from a valley in Scotland, near where Napier was born. [7] [8]

Located at the point where the original Sydney Road (now Pascoe Vale Road) crossed the railway line via a level crossing, it was considered one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in Melbourne, until grade separation works were completed in 1964. [6] [5]

In 1965, a number of signals at the station were abolished, in conjunction with the replacement of double line block signalling with three position signalling between Broadmeadows and Essendon. [5]

On 24 February 1972, the present station building on Platform 1 was provided. [9]

Platforms and services

Strathmore has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains. [10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Two bus routes operate via Strathmore 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 3 4 "Strathmore". vicsig.net. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. 1 2 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. p. 87. ISBN   0-85849-012-9.
  7. ↑ "Strathmore". Victorian Places. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  8. ↑ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun . Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Way and Works". Divisional Diary . Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1972. p. 16.
  10. ↑ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ↑ "469 Moonee Ponds - Keilor East via Airport West (From 1st July 2025)". Public Transport Victoria . Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "512 Strathmore - East Coburg via Pascoe Vale South & Coburg West & Coburg". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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