Batman railway station

Batman railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg North in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Batman station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 1959. It initially closed on 13 July 1903, then reopened on 1 October 1914.<ref name="VicsigBatman">Template:Cite web</ref>

Initially opened as Bell Park, the station was given its current name of Batman on 1 October 1914.<ref name="VicsigBatman">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Batman station opened when the railway line was extended from Coburg to Somerton.<ref name=VicsigBatman/> It was named after one of the founders of Melbourne, John Batman.<ref>Template:Cite book (2003 facsimile edition)</ref>

In 1920, a siding for the former Lincoln Mills knitting works on Gaffney Street was provided.<ref name=VicsigBatman/> In 1959, the current island platform was provided, when the line was duplicated between Coburg and Fawkner.<ref name=VicsigBatman/>

In 1970, the siding serving the Lincoln Mills knitting works was abolished, along with the associated signal discs and posts.<ref name=VicsigBatman/> In 1982, a crossover at the station was abolished, along with a number of signals and levers.<ref name=VicsigBatman/>

There is a disused signal box at the up end of the station, which was provided in 1935, controlling interlocked gates at the Gaffney Street level crossing.<ref name=VicsigBatman/> In 1998, the gates were replaced with boom barriers, when the Upfield line was upgraded.<ref name="somersaultjan99">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Platforms and services

Batman has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Upfield line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

colspan="6" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |Batman platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations
2	Template:RouteBox	Upfield		All stations

Transport links

Broadmeadows Bus Service operates one route via Batman station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Template:Color box: Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre – Coburg<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Dysons operates one bus route via Batman station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Template:Color box: Glenroy station – Coburg<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Yarra Trams operates one route via Batman station:

• File:Melbourne tram route 19 icon.svg: North Coburg – Flinders Street station (via Elizabeth Street)<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Gallery

• Southbound view from Platform 2, showing directly at station building, June 2019
  Southbound view from Platform 2, showing directly at station building, June 2019
• Northbound view from Platform 1, June 2019
  Northbound view from Platform 1, June 2019

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au