South Morang railway station is located on the Mernda line in

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. It serves the north-eastern

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suburb of

South Morang South Morang is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Whittlesea local government area. South Morang recorded a population of 24,989 at the 2021 ...

, and opened on 22 April 2012.South Morang
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History

The first station on the site was Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 39, at the McDonalds Road

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on the former Whittlesea line,RMSP34 Epping Quarries Siding (Railmotor Stopping Place No.34)
Vicsig with a South Morang station a short distance further on. In its final years of operation, the passenger service was provided by a diesel electric railmotor (DERM). On 29 November 1959, the

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closed the line north of Lalor station, following the electrification of the line from

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to Lalor. The line to Epping station was electrified and re-opened on 29 November 1964, and the remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea dismantled, although the former right-of-way was left intact. Following the election of the Bracks State Government in October 1999, a promise was made to restore the rail service to South Morang by 2003. In 2004, it was decided a bus service would be introduced instead and, in May 2006, the original promise of restoring the railway was delayed until 2021. As a result of continued community pressure by the South Morang Rail Alliance, a coalition of community groups in the area, then

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, announced in 2008 that construction of the extension would be brought forward to 2010, as part of the ''

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''.Archived version of the Victorian Transport Plan
/ref> The Epping line was extended to the site of Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 39, on the border of South Morang and

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, about two kilometres short of the original South Morang station. The new station was opened to the public on 22 April 2012. As part of the extension project, five kilometres of track was duplicated between Keon Park and Epping stations, a second platform built at

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, and a

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project at Epping included the construction of a new station there.Project Overview
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, and an extension to Mernda opened on 26 August 2018.

Platforms and services

South Morang has one

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with two faces. It is served by Mernda line trains. Platform 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to

Transport links

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operates seven routes via South Morang station, under contract to

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* : Mill Park Lakes Palisades Estate – University Hill * : Mernda station –

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Bundoora Campus * : Mernda station – RMIT University Bundoora Campus * : to RMIT University Bundoora Campus * : to

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* : to Pacific Epping

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operates one SmartBus route via South Morang station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: * : Frankston station –

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Gallery

File:South Morang station from platform level.jpg, Eastbound view from Platform 1 in April 2012

References

External links

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South Morang extension project gallery
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