South Morang railway station

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South Morang
PTV commuter rail station
South Morang railway station main entrance.jpg
Station front and entrance in April 2012
General information
LocationMcDonalds Road,
South Morang, Victoria 3752
City of Whittlesea
Australia
Coordinates37°38′57″S 145°4′3″E / 37.64917°S 145.06750°E / -37.64917; 145.06750Coordinates: 37°38′57″S 145°4′3″E / 37.64917°S 145.06750°E / -37.64917; 145.06750
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance25.99 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking450
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeSMG
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened23 December 1889
Closed29 November 1959
Rebuilt22 April 2012; 12 years ago (2012-04-22)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(November 2011)
Previous namesStopping Place No. 39
Passengers
2013-20140.929 million[1]
Services
Preceding station File:Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Epping
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Middle Gorge
towards Mernda

South Morang railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Morang, and opened on 22 April 2012.[2]

History

The first station on the site was Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 39, at the McDonalds Road level crossing on the former Whittlesea line[3][4] There was a South Morang station a short distance further on. In its final years of operation, the passenger service was provided by a diesel electric railmotor (DERM)

On 29 November 1959, the Victorian Railways closed the line north of Lalor station,[2] following the electrification of the line from Reservoir to Lalor. The line to Epping station was electrified and re-opened on 29 November 1964,[2] and the remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea dismantled, although the former right-of-way was left intact.

Following the election of the Bracks State Government in October 1999, a promise was made to restore the rail service to South Morang by 2003. In 2004, it was decided a bus service would be introduced instead and, in May 2006, the original promise of restoring the railway was delayed until 2021. As a result of continued community pressure by the South Morang Rail Alliance, a coalition of community groups in the area, then Premier, John Brumby, announced in 2008 that construction of the extension would be brought forward to 2010.

The Epping line was extended to the site of Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 39, on the border of South Morang and Mill Park, about two kilometres short of the original South Morang station. The new station was opened to the public on 22 April 2012.[2] As part of the extension project, five kilometres of track was duplicated between Keon Park and Epping stations, a second platform built at Thomastown, and a grade separation project at Epping included the construction of a new station there.[5]

Provision was for the new line to be extended further northwards to Mernda, and an extension to Mernda opened on 26 August 2018.[6][7]

Platforms and services

South Morang has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Mernda line trains.[8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links

Dysons operates seven routes via South Morang station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via South Morang station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Gallery

  • Eastbound view from Platform 1 in April 2012

    Eastbound view from Platform 1 in April 2012

References

  1. ^ "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Research and statistics - Public Transport Victoria". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.)
  2. ^ a b c d South Morang Vicsig
  3. ^ Carey, Adam (23 April 2012). "South Morang finally gets its line". The Age. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ "South Morang (2), Was RMSP 39 looking towards future end of track". Weston Langford Railway Photography. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. ^ Project Overview Transport Victoria
  6. ^ Getting on with it: Mernda rail project released to market Premier of Victoria 28 February 2016
  7. ^ "Meet Mernda, your new line". www.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. ^ "382 Whittlesea - Northland SC via South Morang Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ "383 Palisades - University Hill". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "386 Mernda Station - Bundoora RMIT via South Morang". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "387 Mernda Station - Bundoora RMIT via Hawkstowe Pde & South Morang". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. ^ "564 Bundoora RMIT - South Morang". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ^ "569 Epping Plaza SC - South Morang". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ^ "577 Epping Plaza SC - South Morang Station via Findon Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. ^ "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.

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