Watsonia railway station

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Watsonia
PTV commuter rail station
Watsonia Railway Station.jpg
North-east bound view of station building and platforms, May 2014
General information
Location Greensborough Highway,
Watsonia, Victoria 3087
City of Banyule
Australia
Coordinates 37°42′40″S145°05′02″E / 37.7110°S 145.0838°E / -37.7110; 145.0838
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Hurstbridge
Distance19.92 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking350
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeWAT
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened23 June 1924;100 years ago (1924-06-23)
Rebuilt11 December 1977
ElectrifiedApril 1923 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesCollina (during construction)
Passengers
2005–2006510,050 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Macleod
towards Flinders Street
Hurstbridge line Greensborough
towards Hurstbridge
Track layout
Legend
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Macleod
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
1
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
2
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Greensborough

Watsonia railway station is located on the Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of the same name, and opened on 23 June 1924. [5]

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History

Watsonia station was provisionally known as Collina during construction. [5] Like the suburb itself, the station is named after Frank Watson, a local landowner who subdivided his property, Grace Park, into the Grace Park Station Estate. [6] [7]

The current station dates back to 1977, when that section of the railway line was lowered to remove a number of level crossings. [8] In 1979, the line between Macleod and Greensborough stations was duplicated. [5]

During 1988-1989, the present Greensborough Highway overpass, located nearby in the down direction from the station, was provided. [9]

In December 2007, Watsonia was upgraded to a premium station. [10]

Facilities, platforms and services

Watsonia is located in a deep cutting, between the Greensborough Highway and Watsonia Road. It has one island platform with two faces, with access to the platforms provided by a pedestrian overpass and a ramp. It is served by Hurstbridge line trainms. [11] The station features a customer service window, a coffee shop, an enclosed waiting room, and toilets.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

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