Union railway station, Melbourne

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Union
PTV commuter rail station
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View from the main station concourse, looking over both platforms, May 2023
General information
LocationBeresford Street
Mont Albert, Victoria 3127
City of Whitehorse
Australia
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s)
Distance14.14 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeUNN
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) [1]
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
Services
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Chatham
towards Flinders Street
Lilydale line Box Hill
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Box Hill
towards Belgrave
Track layout
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Union railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mont Albert, and opened on 22 May 2023 after the closure of Mont Albert and Surrey Hills stations. It was built as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project. [2]

Contents

In December 2020, it was announced that Mont Albert and Surrey Hills stations (approximately 750 m (2,460 ft) apart) would be closed, and replaced with a station in between them. This was due to the fact that level crossing removal works on Union Road and Mont Albert Road required a rebuild of the stations, which would have violated rail safety standards as they were located on curved tracks. Moving the stations to straighter track would necessitate moving them closer together, hence the decision to only build one station with the western entry in Surrey Hills and an eastern entry in Mont Albert. [3]

The name of the new station was announced as Union on 23 March 2022, selected both to represent the unity of the two stations and for the nearby Union Road shopping village. [2] [4]

Platforms and services

Union has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is served by Lilydale and Belgrave line trains. [5] [6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

CDC Melbourne operates one bus route via Union station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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

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References

  1. ↑ "New Union station to open on 22 May". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "A 'Union' of two communities". Level Crossing Removal Authority. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Surrey Hills and Mont Albert community update – December 2020". Level Crossing Removal Authority. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Egging, Kiel (23 March 2022). "LXRA: Station name revealed for Surrey Hills and Mont Albert level crossing works" . Whitehorse Leader. Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. ↑ "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. ↑ "612 Box Hill - Chadstone via Surrey Hills & Camberwell & Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ↑ "766 Box Hill - Burwood via Surrey Hills". Public Transport Victoria.

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