Strathmore railway station

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Strathmore 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. Strathmore station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 28 October 1890, with the current station provided in 1972.<ref name="VicsigStrathmore">Template:Cite web</ref>

Initially opened as North Essendon, the station was given its current name of Strathmore on 1 March 1955.<ref name="VicsigStrathmore">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Strathmore station on 28 October 1890, with the railway line past the site of the station originally opening in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane.<ref name=RTurton>Template:Cite book</ref> The station, like the suburb itself, was named after a Presbyterian church which opened in 1936. The church was named by local settler Thomas Napier, who had a property named Rosebank in the area. The Strathmore name comes from a valley in Scotland, near where Napier was born.<ref name="vpstrathmore">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="heraldsun">Template:Cite web</ref>

Located at the point where the original Sydney Road (now Pascoe Vale Road) crossed the railway line via a level crossing, it was considered one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in Melbourne, until grade separation works were completed in 1964.<ref name=RTurton/><ref name=VicsigStrathmore/>

In 1965, a number of signals at the station were abolished, in conjunction with the replacement of double line block signalling with three position signalling between Broadmeadows and Essendon.<ref name=VicsigStrathmore/>

On 24 February 1972, the present station building on Platform 1 was provided.<ref name="divisionaldiaryapr1972">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Platforms and services

Strathmore 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

Two bus routes operate via Strathmore station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Template:Color box: Moonee Ponds Junction – Keilor East (operated by CDC Melbourne)<ref name="ptv469">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Color box: to East Coburg (operated by Kinetic Melbourne)<ref name="ptv512">Template:Cite web</ref>

Gallery

Southbound view from Platform 2, May 2019
Northbound view from Platform 2, December 2022
Partial view of the PSO box and seating area at the northern end of Platform 1, November 2024
A Comeng train on a Craigieburn-bound service idles at Platform 2, November 2024
Station building and entrance seen from the station car park, November 2024
Station building, ramp and entrance to Platform 1, November 2024
The underpass north of the station and directional signage, November 2024
A bus stop outside Platform 2, November 2024
Station ramp and entrance to Platform 2, November 2024
Station building on Platform 1, November 2024