Batman railway station is located on the
Upfield line in
Victoria
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,
Australia
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. It serves the northern
Melbourne
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suburb of
Coburg North, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as Bell Park. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened again on 1 October 1914 as Batman.
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History
Batman opened on 8 October 1889, when the line was extended from
Coburg
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to
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* Somerton, Victoria ...
.
[ It was named after one of the founders of Melbourne, ]John Batman
John Batman (21 January 18016 May 1839) was an Australian grazier, entrepreneur and explorer. He is best known for his role in the founding of Melbourne.
Born and raised in the then-British colony of New South Wales, Batman settled in Van Die ...
.
The current island platform
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was provided in 1959, when the line was duplicated between Coburg and Fawkner
Fawkner is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Hume and Merri-bek local government areas. Fawkner recorded a population of 14,274 at the 2021 census.
The ma ...
stations.[
A ]siding
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that once existing for the former Lincoln Mills knitting works on Gaffney Street was provided in 1920,[ and was abolished in 1970, along with the associated signal discs and posts.][
In 1982, a ]crossover
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* ''Crossover'' (Yoshino ...
at the station was abolished, along with a number of signals
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and levers.[
A disused ]signal box
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is located at the Up end of the station, which was provided in 1935, along with interlocked gates at the Gaffney Street level crossing
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.[ The gates were replaced with ]boom barrier
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s in the late 1990s, when the Upfield line was upgraded.
Platforms and services
Batman has one island platform
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with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains
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' Upfield line services.
Platform 1:
* all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
* all stations services to Upfield
Transport links
Broadmeadows Bus Service
Broadmeadows Bus Service is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operates eight routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It is owned by Northern Transit Holdings, which also operates Kastoria Bus Lines, Nationwide Tour ...
operates one route via Batman station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria
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:
* : Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre – Coburg
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Dysons
Dysons is a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia.
History
Dysons was founded in June 1952 when Laurie Dyson purchased the business of Ned Gastin with route 46A Regent station to Janefield Hospital. Over the years a number of route ...
operates one route via Batman station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* : Glenroy station
Glenroy Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.
It is situated approximately north of Fitzroy Crossing and east of Derby in the Kimberley region.
History
The property was established in the earl ...
– Coburg
Yarra Trams
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operates one route via Batman station:
* : North Coburg – Flinders Street station
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( Elizabeth Street Melbourne CBD
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)
References
External links
Melway map
at street-directory.com.au
{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Upfield=y, state=collapsed
Railway stations in Melbourne
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1889
Railway stations in the City of Merri-bek