Gowrie railway station
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Gowrie railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Fawkner in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Gowrie station is a ground level premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 17 May 1965.<ref name="VicsigGowrie">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="theage">Template:Cite news</ref>
History
1928–1956
On 16 October 1928, after the reinstatement of a passenger service on the Fawkner – Somerton line in March of that year, Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 21 opened at the site of the present Gowrie station.<ref name=VicsigGowrie/> It was closed on 5 May 1956, when the passenger service ceased.<ref name=VicsigGowrie/>
1965–present
On 17 May 1965, Gowrie station opened in its current form, on what was by then the Upfield line.<ref name=VicsigGowrie/><ref name=theage/> The name of the station derives from a former grazing property called Gowrie Park, which the owner named after Gowrie, in the UK.<ref name="vpfawkner">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="theage2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="agegowrie">Template:Cite news</ref> The Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park is located on part of the former property.<ref name=vpfawkner/>
Just after 4:45am on 2 August 1977, a seven-car Harris train set rolled away from the station when the driver and guard were changing ends, having taken the train out of a siding, prior to operating a city-bound service from Upfield.<ref name="herald">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="agerunaway">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="sun">Template:Cite news</ref> The train passed through fifteen level crossings and destroyed seven sets of hand gates before stopping just after Brunswick, between the Albert and Dawson Streets level crossings.<ref name=agerunaway/><ref name=herald/><ref name=sun/>
In 1998, Gowrie was upgraded to a premium station.<ref name="newsrailoct97">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Also in that year, the track from Fawkner to Gowrie was duplicated and boom barriers were provided at the Box Forest Road level crossing, in the up direction from the station.<ref name="somersault">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Immediately north of the station, the double track merges into a single track, which continues to the terminus at Upfield.<ref name=VicsigGowrie/> Prior to 1998, Platform 1 was a dock platform for terminating trains,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which meant that trains could not pass each other there, but had to do so further down the line at Merlynston.
Under the 2013 PTV Network Development Plan, the line between Gowrie and Upfield was to be duplicated, and the line to Roxburgh Park reinstated. That was to include a flyover across the North East standard gauge line, to allow Seymour V/Line services to run via Upfield, and eventual electrification of the line to Wallan.<ref>Network Development Plan – Metropolitan Rail Template:Webarchive Public Transport Victoria</ref>
Platforms and services
Gowrie 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); " |Gowrie 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 two routes via Gowrie station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- Template:Color box: Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre – Coburg<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
- Template:Color box: Upfield station – North Coburg<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
Dysons operates one bus route to and from Gowrie station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- Template:Color box: to Glenroy station<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Gowrie station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
References
External links
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au