Moreland railway station

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Moreland railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Moreland station is an elevated unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 9 September 1884, with the current station provided in December 2020.<ref name="VicsigMoreland">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Moreland station opened when the railway line from North Melbourne was extended to Coburg.<ref name=VicsigMoreland/>

The name Moreland has been associated with the local area since 1839 when land speculator Farquhar McCrae acquired 638 acres of land between the Moonee Ponds Creek and Sydney Road. McCrae named this land Moreland after the Jamaican slave plantation that was run by his father and grandfather. The landholdings were increased in 1841 to encompass a total of 908 acres, which was subdivided in 1858 including the establishment of Moreland Road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 2 May 1975, the former ground-level station was damaged by fire.<ref name="theherald">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="newsrailjan76">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 1983, a number of sidings at the station were dismantled.<ref name=VicsigMoreland/> In 1986, manually controlled boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Moreland Road level crossing, which was at the up end of the station.<ref name="barriers">Template:Cite web</ref> In August 1988, former sidings "A", "B" and "C" and associated point work were abolished.<ref name="newsrailnov88">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Also abolished were the up and down end crossovers, and a number of disc signals.<ref name=newsrailnov88/>

Under the Level Crossing Removal Project, the Moreland Road and Reynard Street level crossings were removed by grade separation and Moreland Station was rebuilt at elevation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The level crossings and ground level station closed on 27 July 2020;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the elevated line opened to trains on 2 November 2020,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the rebuilt station opened to passengers on 14 December 2020. The Platform 1 heritage building of the former ground level station was restored during these works.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Platforms and services

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A PID on Platform 1 displaying a Flinders Street via City Loop service, August 2024
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A Comeng train on a Flinders Street via City Loop service arrives at Platform 1, August 2024

Moreland has two side platforms. It is served by Upfield 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 Upfield All stations

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Moreland station:

Yarra Trams operates two routes via Moreland station:

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