railroad.wikisort.org - Station

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]

South Morang
PTV commuter rail station
Station front and entrance in April 2012
General information
Location	McDonalds Road, South Morang, Victoria 3752 City of Whittlesea Australia
Coordinates	37°38′57″S 145°4′3″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Mernda
Distance	25.99 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	450
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	SMG
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	23 December 1889
Closed	29 November 1959
Rebuilt	22 April 2012; 10 years ago (2012-04-22)
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (November 2011)
Previous names	Stopping Place No. 39
Passengers
2013-2014	0.929 million[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Epping towards Flinders Street Mernda line Middle Gorge towards Mernda

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:

•  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 South Morang station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  382 : Whittlesea – Northland Shopping Centre[9]
•  383 : Mill Park Lakes Palisades Estate – University Hill[10]
•  386 : Mernda station – RMIT University Bundoora Campus[11]
•  387 : Mernda station – RMIT University Bundoora Campus[12]
•  564 : to RMIT University Bundoora Campus[13]
•  569 : to Pacific Epping[14]
•  577 : to Pacific Epping[15]

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

•  SmartBus   901 : Frankston station – Melbourne Airport[16]

Gallery

• 
  Eastbound view from Platform 1 in April 2012

References

External links

• Media related to South Morang railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• South Morang extension project gallery

---