Merlynston railway station

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Merlynston 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. Merlynston 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="VicsigMerlynston">Template:Cite web</ref>

Initially opened as North Coburg, the station was given its current name of Merlynston on 6 February 1922.<ref name="VicsigMerlynston">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Merlynston station opened when the railway line was extended from Coburg to Somerton.<ref name=VicsigMerlynston/> The locality was named by Donald Bain who, in 1919, purchased 31 hectares of land to be subdivided into a housing estate. Bain named the estate after his daughter, Merlyn.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="vpmerlynston">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1948, flashing light signals were provided at the Boundary Road level crossing, in the down direction from the station.<ref name=VicsigMerlynston/> In 1959, the current island platform was provided when the line was duplicated between Coburg and Fawkner.<ref name=VicsigMerlynston/>

In 1984, boom barriers were provided at the Boundary Road level crossing.<ref name="barriers">Template:Cite web</ref>

In November 1998, the level crossing at Shorts Road, south of the station, was closed,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and a dead-end street was created on either side of the railway line. Until the track was duplicated to Gowrie in that year,<ref name="VicsigUpfieldLine">Template:Cite web</ref> the line north of the station had only a single track, apart from the island platform at Gowrie, which had two platforms. However, one of those was a dock platform,<ref name="flickr">Template:Cite web</ref> meaning trains couldn't pass each other at Gowrie, and had to do so at Merlynston.

On 9 April 2002, Comeng motor carriage 533M was destroyed by a fire at the station. The fire also damaged part of the station building.<ref name="hs1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="hs2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="newsrailjun02">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Platforms and services

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A Comeng train on a Flinders Street-bound service arrives at Platform 1, October 2024

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

Current

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Platform Line Destination Via Service Type
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2 Template:RouteBox Upfield All stations

Broadmeadows Bus Service operates two routes via Merlynston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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

References

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