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Preston railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Preston, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Preston-Murray Road. It was renamed Murray on 1 August 1905, and renamed Preston on 1 December 1909.[5]

Preston
PTV commuter rail station
Entry to the rebuilt Preston station, with signs denoting the re-opening, in September 2022
General information
LocationClinch Avenue,
Preston, Victoria 3072
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates37°44′19″S 145°00′02″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance12.47 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking254 (unfinished)[1]
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codePRE
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 Overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889; 133 years ago (1889-10-08)
Rebuilt1973
5 September 2022[2]
(Level Crossing Removal Project)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (July 1921)
Previous namesPreston-Murray Road (1889-1905)
Murray (1905-1909)
Passengers
2008-20090.848 million[3]
2009-20100.861 million[3] 1.53%
2010-20110.852 million[3] 1.05%
2011-20120.800 million[3] 6.01%
2012-2013Not measured[3]
2013-20140.859 million[3] 7.38%
2014-2015Not measured[4]
2015-20160.886 million[4] 3.14%
2016-20170.879 million[4] 0.79%
2017-20180.902 million[4] 2.62%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Bell Mernda line Regent
towards Mernda

Boom barriers replaced hand gates at the former Cramer Street and Murray Road level crossings, which were located in the Up and Down directions respectively, in 1967.[5]

The former ground level station buildings were provided in 1973.[6]

It was upgraded to a Premium Station in 1998.[7]

On 30 November 2018, it was announced by the Level Crossing Removal Project that the Murray Road and Cramer Street level crossings would be removed by grade separation,[8][9][10] with the rail line to be raised over both roads.[11] Designs for the rebuilt station were released on 4 October 2020,[12] with major construction starting in February 2021.[13] The station closed from 30 May 2022 to allow demolition and construction of the new station, with the station re-opening on 5 September of that year.[2]


Platforms and services


Preston has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.[14]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:



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

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

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




References


  1. - Victoria's Big Build
  2. Modern stations at Preston just weeks away - Victoria's Big Build
  3. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) 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.)
  4. "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. Preston Vicsig
  6. "Way and Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1973. p. 34.
  7. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  8. More level crossing removals on the way - Level Crossing Removal Project
  9. Murray Road, Preston - Level Crossing Removal Project
  10. "Cramer Street, Preston Level Crossing Removal Project". levelcrossings.vic.gov.au. Level Crossing Removal Project. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  11. Eight crossings set to go in the north - Level Crossing Removal Project
  12. First look at new Bell and Preston stations - Level Crossing Removal Project
  13. Full steam ahead at Preston - Level Crossing Removal Project
  14. "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "552 North East Reservoir - Northcote Plaza via High Street". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "553 Preston - West Preston via Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "527 Gowrie - Northland via Murray Road". Public Transport Victoria.





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