Moreland railway station

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Moreland
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Southbound view from Platform 1 with the views of Melbourne CBD in the distance, November 2021
General information
LocationCameron Street,
Coburg, Victoria 3058
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates 37°45′16″S144°57′43″E / 37.7545°S 144.9619°E / -37.7545; 144.9619
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Upfield
Distance8.78 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
  • Melbourne tram logo.svg Tram
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking196
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step-free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeMLD
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened9 September 1884;139 years ago (1884-09-09)
Closed27 July 2020
Rebuilt14 December 2020 (LXRP)
ElectrifiedDecember 1920
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006274,412 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Anstey
towards Flinders Street
Upfield line Coburg
towards Upfield
Track layout
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Moreland railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coburg, and it opened on 9 September 1884. [4]

Contents

History

Moreland station opened when the railway line from North Melbourne was extended to Coburg. [4]

The name Moreland has been associated with the local area since 1839 when land speculator Farquhar McCrae acquired 638 acres of land between the Moonee Ponds Creek and Sydney Road. McCrae named this land Moreland after the Jamaican slave plantation that was run by his father and grandfather. The landholdings were increased in 1841 to encompass a total of 908 acres, which was subdivided in 1858 including the establishment of Moreland Road. [5] [6] [7]

On 2 May 1975, the former ground-level station was damaged by fire. [8] [9]

In 1983, a number of sidings at the station were dismantled. [4] In 1986, manually controlled boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Moreland Road level crossing, which was at the up end of the station. [10] In August 1988, former sidings "A", "B" and "C" and associated point work were abolished. [11] Also abolished were the up and down end crossovers, and a number of disc signals. [11]

On 7 May 2019, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the Moreland Road and Reynard Street level crossings would be grade separated. [12] [13] On 14 December 2020, a new elevated station opened after the completion of those works, replacing the previous ground-level station, which closed on 27 July 2020. [14]

There was a footbridge at the down end of the former ground-level station, and there is a disused signal box below the up end of the elevated Platform 2.

Platforms and services

Moreland has two side platforms. It is served by Upfield line trains. [15]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Moreland station:

Yarra Trams operates two routes via Moreland station:

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
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  6. ↑ Morse, Dana (14 May 2022). "Moreland City Council to ditch slave plantation link, with ratepayers to choose new Woi-wurrung name". ABC News. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Barraclough, Ashleigh (3 July 2022). "Moreland Council votes to change name to Merri-bek, an Aboriginal word meaning 'rocky country'". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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  9. ↑ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). January 1976. p. 18.
  10. ↑ "SRS Suburban Tour Notes – Coburg Line" (PDF). VR Website by Andrew Waugh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). November 1988. p. 346.
  12. ↑ Eight crossings set to go in the north Archived 2 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Eight crossings set to go in the north – Level Crossing Removal Project
  13. ↑ New Coburg and Moreland Stations Announced Archived 12 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine Level Crossing Removal Project 2019
  14. ↑ Upfield line works Archived 1 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria.
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  16. ↑ "510 Essendon - Ivanhoe via Brunswick & Northcote & Thornbury". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. ↑ "6 Moreland - Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. ↑ "19 North Coburg - Flinders Street Station & City". Public Transport Victoria.

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