Preston railway station, Melbourne

Preston railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Preston, and opened on 8 October 1889 as Preston-Murray Road. It was renamed Murray on 1 August 1905, and Preston, on 1 December 1909.[3] It was upgraded to a Premium station in 1998.[4]

Preston
Northbound view from Platform 2 in August 2015
LocationClinch Avenue, Preston
Australia
Coordinates37°44′19″S 145°00′02″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Mernda
Distance12.47 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking261
Bicycle facilities4
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusPremium station
Station codePRE
Fare zoneMyki zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesMurray
Preston-Murray Road
Traffic
Passengers (2008-2009)0.848 million[1]
Passengers (2009-2010)0.861 million[1]  1.53%
Passengers (2010-2011)0.852 million[1]  1.05%
Passengers (2011-2012)0.800 million[1]  6.01%
Passengers (2012-2013)Not measured[1]
Passengers (2013-2014)0.859 million[1]  7.38%
Passengers (2014-2015)Not measured[2]
Passengers (2015-2016)0.886 million[2]  3.14%
Passengers (2016-2017)0.879 million[2]  0.79%
Passengers (2017-2018)0.902 million[2]  2.62%
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Mernda line
Regent
towards Mernda

Preston Station is to be rebuilt as part of the grade separations at Murray Road and Cramer Street by the Level Crossing Removal Project.[5]

Platforms & services

Preston has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.[6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates two routes via Preston station:

Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Preston station:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Preston station:

References
  1. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link))
  2. "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. Preston Vicsig
  4. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  5. "Cramer Street, Preston Level Crossing Removal Project". levelcrossings.vic.gov.au. Level Crossing Removal Project. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  6. "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "552 North East Reservoir - Northcote Plaza via High Street". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. "553 Preston - West Preston via Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "527 Gowrie - Northland via Murray Road". Public Transport Victoria.
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