South Morang railway station

South Morang
Station front in April 2012
Location McDonalds Road, South Morang
Coordinates 37°38′57″S 145°4′3″E / 37.64917°S 145.06750°E / -37.64917; 145.06750Coordinates: 37°38′57″S 145°4′3″E / 37.64917°S 145.06750°E / -37.64917; 145.06750
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Mernda
Distance 25.99 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Below ground
Parking 450
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code SMG
Fare zone Myki zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 22 April 2012
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013-2014) 0.929 million[1]
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Mernda line
towards Mernda

South Morang railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Morang, opening on 22 April 2012.[2]

History

Stopping Place No 39[3] was the original South Morang station, a single platform at McDonalds Road,[4] on the Whittlesea line. Operated by DERMs, the Victorian Railways closed the line north of Lalor station in November 1959, after the electrification of the line from Reservoir to Lalor. Epping station was re-opened in November 1964, with the electrification of that section of the line, and the remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea was dismantled, with the former right-of-way remaining intact. All that remained of the original station was the platform mound.

From 26 August 2018, Comeng and X-Trapolis 100 trains began to operate on the Mernda line beyond South Morang.

Epping Line upgrade

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 would be delivered instead and in May 2006, the original promise of rail was delayed until 2021. As a result of continued community pressure by the South Morang Rail Alliance, an alliance of all the community groups in the area, Premier Brumby announced in 2008 that construction of the extension would be brought forward to 2010, with the new station opening to the public on 22 April 2012.

The Epping line was extended to the border of South Morang and Mill Park, about two kilometres short of the original station site. As part of the extension project, five kilometres of track was duplicated between Keon Park and Epping stations, a second platform built at Thomastown, while a grade separation project resulted in a new station at Epping.[5] Provision was made to allow the line to be extended northwards to Mernda, opening on 26 August 2018.[6][7]

Platforms & services

South Morang has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.[8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dyson's Bus Services operate eight routes via South Morang station:

Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via South Morang station:

References

  1. ↑ "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. )
  2. ↑ South Morang Vicsig
  3. ↑ "South Morang finally gets its line". The Age. 23 April 2012.
  4. ↑ Weston Langford Railway Photography
  5. ↑ Project Overview Transport Victoria
  6. ↑ Getting on with it: Mernda rail project released to market Premier of Victoria 28 February 2016
  7. ↑ "Meet Mernda, your new line". www.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  8. ↑ South Morang Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  9. ↑ Route 382 Northland Shopping Centre - Whittlesea timetable Public Transport Victoria
  10. ↑ Route 564 Bundoora RMIT - South Morang timetable Public Transport Victoria
  11. ↑ Route 569 Epping Plaza Shopping Centre - South Morang timetable Public Transport Victoria
  12. ↑ Route 573 Bundoora RMIT - Mill Park Lakes timetable Archived 2 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  13. ↑ Route 577 Epping Plaza - South Morang Station timetable Archived 7 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  14. ↑ Route 955 City - Mernda timetable Public Transport Victoria
  15. ↑ Route 901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport timetable Public Transport Victoria
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