Reservoir railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Preston-Reservoir. It was renamed Reservoir on 1 December 1909.[2][3]

Reservoir
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2 in February 2020
General information
Location	High Street, Reservoir, Victoria 3073 City of Darebin Australia
Coordinates	37°43′00″S 145°00′26″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Mernda
Distance	14.94 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	380
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	RES
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 Overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	8 October 1889; 133 years ago (1889-10-08)
Closed	2 December 2019
Rebuilt	16 December 2019
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (July 1921)
Previous names	Preston - Reservoir (1889-1909)
Passengers
2008-2009	1.237 million[1]
2009-2010	1.317 million[1]  6.47%
2010-2011	1.273 million[1]  3.34%
2011-2012	1.157 million[1]  9.11%
2012-2013	Not measured[1]
2013-2014	1.181 million[1]  2.07%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Regent towards Flinders Street Mernda line Ruthven towards Mernda

History

The station was the terminus for suburban services on the Whittlesea line. The line was duplicated in December 1910 and, in July 1921, Reservoir became the terminus for electric trains. In 1924, an 8-metre-long turntable was provided at the station, to turn the AEC railmotor which operated between Reservoir and Whittlesea station, running two trips a day.[2] Electric trains were extended to Thomastown in December 1929, and the turntable was abolished in 1940.

Automatic boom barriers replaced hand-operated gates at the former High Street level crossing in 1963.[3][4]

In the early hours of 13 July 1975, a deliberately lit fire damaged Harris motor 567M and Tait motor 345M, both of which were stabled at the station.[5]

On 18 December 1986, a number of sidings and signals were abolished.[3] Further sidings were abolished on 1 April 1987.[3]

On 8 May 1988, the former signal box and interlocked frame were abolished. Also abolished were crossovers, formerly located at the up and down ends of the station,[6] as well as the double line block signalling system between Reservoir and Keon Park, which was replaced with automatic three-position signalling.[6] Pedestrian boom barriers were provided at the pedestrian crossing, located at the down end of the station, and at the former High Street level crossing.[6] Two months earlier, the double line block system between Bell and Reservoir had been abolished.[6]

A new High Street level crossing was completed in 1991,[7] an arrangement that existed until the grade separation of the level crossing in 2019.

On 25 June 1996, Reservoir was upgraded to a Premium Station.[8]

In January 2016, the Level Crossing Removal Authority announced that the High Street level crossing would be removed by grade separation.[9][10] Preliminary designs were released in September 2018, showing the grade separation as elevated rail with a new station in the current location.[11] Plans for grade separation have dated as far back as the mid 1970s.[12]

On 2 December 2019, the old ground-level station was closed to the general public, and the new station, elevated above a multi-road intersection, was opened on 16 December. As part of the work, crossovers were reinstated at both the up and down ends of the rebuilt station.[3]

Platforms and services

Reservoir has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Mernda line trains.[13]

Platform 1:

•  Mernda line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Mernda line  all stations services to Mernda

Transport links

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

•  301 : to La Trobe University Bundoora Campus[14]
•  552 : North East Reservoir to Northcote Plaza[15]
•  553 : Preston to West Preston[16]
•  555 : Pacific Epping to Northland Shopping Centre[17]
•  556 : Pacific Epping to Northland Shopping Centre[18]
•  558 : to North West Reservoir[19]
•  561 : Macleod to Pascoe Vale station[20]

Gallery

• 
  Northbound view, taken from the former ground level Platform 2, in November 2013
• 
  New elevated Reservoir station, rebuilt by the Level Crossing Removal Project and opened in December 2019.

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au