Moreland 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.
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History
Moreland station opened on 9 September 1884, when the line from
North Melbourne
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was extended to
Coburg
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.
[ The station name comes from a Jamaican ]slave plantation
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that was run by the father and grandfather of land speculator Farquhar McCrae, who acquired land between the Moonee Ponds Creek
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and Sydney Road
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in 1839.
On 2 May 1975, the former ground level station was badly damaged by fire.
In 1983, a number of sidings at the station were dismantled.[ In 1986, manually controlled ]boom barrier
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s replaced interlocked gates at the former Moreland Road level crossing
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, which was located at the Up end of the station. In August 1988, former sidings "A", "B" and "C" and associated point
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work were abolished. Also abolished were the Up and Down end crossovers
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, and a number of disc signals
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.[
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 Moreland Road and Reynard 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.
A footbridge was located at the Down end of the former ground level station, whilst a disused signal box
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is located below the Up end of the elevated Platform 2.
Platforms and services
Moreland 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
Moreland Buslines
Moreland Buslines is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operates two routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria.
History
In 1955, Clarrie Wright began operating a Reo bus on routes 510 Melville Road to High Street and 511 Ess ...
operates one route via Moreland station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria
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:
* : Essendon station
Essendon railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon, and it opened on 1 November 1860. – Ivanhoe station
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Yarra Trams
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operates two routes via Moreland station:
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* : North Coburg – Flinders Street station
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( Elizabeth Street CBD)
Gallery
File:Moreland Station 1.jpg, Former station front and entrance to Platform 1 in October 2008
References
External links
*
Melway map
at street-directory.com.au
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Railway stations in Melbourne
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1884
Railway stations in the City of Merri-bek
Tram stops in Melbourne