Jacana railway station

Jacana railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Glenroy in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jacana station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 15 February 1959.<ref name="vicsigjacana">Template:Cite web</ref>

The North East standard gauge line is located to the west of the station, crossing the broad gauge suburban lines via a flyover at the Craigieburn (down) end of the station. The Albion-Jacana freight line joins the main suburban line after the flyover, and the Western Ring Road passes under the station via a short tunnel.

History

Jacana station opened on 15 February 1959, a number of years before the Housing Commission started construction of its nearby Jacana estate.<ref name = "vicplacesjacana">Template:Citation</ref> The station, like the suburb itself, appears to get its name from a nearby street in neighbouring Broadmeadows.<ref name=vicplacesjacana/>

The railway past the site of Jacana originally opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane.<ref name=vicsigjacana/> In July 1958, construction of the station began,<ref name="divisionaldiaryjul58">Template:Cite magazine</ref> with the slewing of the down line occurring on 13 September of that year<ref name="divisionaldiaryoct58">Template:Cite magazine</ref> to make room for the island platform, as well as the flyover for the standard gauge line, which was under construction at the same time.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

On 17 December 1972, the station was damaged by fire.<ref name="theage">Template:Cite news</ref> Three days later, on 20 December, 10 wagons on a Sydney-bound freight train on the standard gauge line derailed immediately west of the station.<ref name=theage/> The pedestrian overpass at the station was damaged during the derailment, but was repaired by 24 December.<ref name="newsrailfeb73">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Much of the debris resulting from the derailment was also cleared by that date.<ref name=newsrailfeb73/>

In 1975, the current overpass on Pascoe Vale Road, to the west of the station, was provided, replacing an earlier overpass.<ref name="newsrailfeb75">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

On 14 November 1996, two Comeng train sets collided between Broadmeadows and Jacana, injuring 13 people.<ref name="hs1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="agecollision">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="hs2">Template:Cite news</ref> A city-bound train collided with a stationary Broadmeadows-bound train, and two carriages derailed.<ref name=hs1/><ref name=agecollision/>

Platforms and services

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

Current

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

Gallery

• 
  Northbound view from Platform 2, September 2007
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  Southbound view of Platform 2, December 2018

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au