Coburg 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
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, and it opened on 9 September 1884.
History
Coburg opened as a terminus on 9 September 1884, when the line was extended from
North Melbourne
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.
On 8 October 1889, the line was extended to
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Un ...
.
[ The line beyond Coburg closed on 13 July 1903, but reopened to ]Fawkner
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The ma ...
on 13 November 1906.[ Electrification to Coburg occurred on 2 December 1920.][ Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the ]Duke of Edinburgh
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, a member of the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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. At the time of the renaming from Pentridge to Coburg in 1870, the Duke was planning a visit to the colony
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.[
In 1957 and 1958, a number of sidings were abolished at the station.][
In 1962, ]boom barrier
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s replaced hand-operated gates at the former Bell Street level crossing
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, which was located at the Down end of the station. In 1972, the former ground level station building was refurbished. By 1978, the former goods yard
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, which was located to the west of the station, was closed.[
A disused ]signal box
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is located below the elevated railway line at the Up end of the station, directly opposite the former Munro Street level crossing. It was provided in 1928 to control the interlocked gates at the former level crossing, and replaced the original signal box.[ In 1983, boom barriers replaced these interlocked gates.][
Although the line from Coburg to ]Fawkner
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The ma ...
was duplicated in 1959, Coburg continued to have only one side platform
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, used by trains travelling in both directions. In 1995, an additional platform (Platform 2) was provided at the former ground level station.[ It was built along the former No.3 road, which was booked out of service in 1992.][ On 28 June 1996, Coburg was upgraded to a ]Premium Station
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. In 1997, a crossover
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was provided at the Up end of the station. However, all other remaining crossovers and points
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were abolished at that same time.[
On 7 May 2019, the ]Level Crossing Removal Project
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After pledging the removal of 50 level crossings at the 2014 Victoria ...
announced that the Bell Street and Munro Street level crossings were to be grade separated
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. A new elevated station opened after the completion of these works on 14 December 2020, replacing the previous ground level station, which closed on 27 July 2020.
Platforms and services
Coburg has two side platform
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s. 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
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operates one route via Coburg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria
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:
* : Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre – Coburg
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Dysons
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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 three routes via Coburg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* : Eltham station – Glenroy station
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(via Lower Plenty
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)
* : Eltham station – Glenroy station (via Greensborough)
* : Macleod
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– Pascoe Vale station
Kinetic Melbourne
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operates one SmartBus
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route via Coburg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* : Altona station – Mordialloc
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Moreland Buslines
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operates one route via Coburg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* : Strathmore station
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– East Coburg
Ventura Bus Lines
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operates two routes via Coburg station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
* : Coburg – Reservoir
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* : Gowrie station
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– Northland Shopping Centre
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Yarra Trams
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operates one route via Coburg station:
* : Coburg North
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– Flinders Street station
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( Elizabeth Street CBD)
Gallery
File:Coburg railway station, Melbourne.jpg, Southbound view from the former ground level Platform 2 in June 2012
File:Coburg Railway Station 2019.jpg, Southbound view of the former ground level station in October 2019
References
External links
*
Melway map
at street-directory.com.au
{{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Upfield=y, state=collapsed
Premium Melbourne railway stations
Railway stations in Melbourne
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1884
Railway stations in the City of Merri-bek