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 | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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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]
South Morang has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Mernda line trains.[8]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
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:
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