Glenbervie railway station

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Glenbervie railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Essendon in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Glenbervie station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 11 September 1922, with the current station provided in 1976.<ref name="VicsigGlenbervie">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

The railway line past the site of Glenbervie originally opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane. The station itself opened on 11 September 1922, a year after the line was electrified.<ref name=VicsigGlenbervie/> It was named in honour of local settler Thomas Napier, who was originally from Scotland.<ref name="historical">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="community">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Glenbervie, in Aberdeenshire, was the ancestral birthplace of Napier's father, grandfather, and great grandfather.<ref name=historical/><ref name=community/>

The station was initially provided with small timber station buildings. In 1976, they were replaced by the current buildings.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A timber footbridge originally linked the two platforms.

Platforms and services

Glenbervie has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

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Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations
2	Template:RouteBox	Craigieburn		All stations

Transport links

One bus route operates via Glenbervie station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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Gallery

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  Southbound view from Platform 1, July 2011

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au