Strathmore railway station

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

37°44′37″S 144°55′39″E / 37.7436°S 144.9274°E / -37.7436; 144.9274Owned byVicTrackOperated byMetro TrainsLine(s)CraigieburnDistance9.79 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne BusConstructionStructure typeGroundParking80Bicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleNo—steep rampOther informationStatusOperational, unstaffedStation codeSMEFare zoneMyki Zone 1WebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened28 October 1890; 133 years ago (1890-10-28)Rebuilt24 February 1972ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)Previous namesNorth Essendon (1890-1955)Passengers2005–2006304,150[1]2006–2007325,127[1] Increase 6.89%2007–2008350,690[1] Increase 7.86%2008–2009347,295[2] Decrease 0.96%2009–2010370,580[2] Increase 6.7%2010–2011371,052[2] Increase 0.12%2011–2012342,510[2] Decrease 7.69%2012–2013Not measured[2]2013–2014363,011[2] Increase 5.98%2014–2015362,179[1] Decrease 0.22%2015–2016383,280[2] Increase 5.82%2016–2017391,050[2] Increase 2.02%2017–2018401,881[2] Increase 2.76%2018–2019389,922[2] Decrease 2.97%2019–2020318,600[2] Decrease 18.29%2020–2021130,750[2] Decrease 58.96%2021–2022151,600[3] Increase 15.94% Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Glenbervie Craigieburn line Pascoe Vale
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
Legend
to Glenbervie
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Moonee Ponds Creek

Strathmore railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon, and opened on 28 October 1890 as North Essendon. It was renamed Strathmore on 1 March 1955.[4]

History

Strathmore station on 28 October 1890, with the railway line past the site of the station originally opening in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane.[5] The station, like the suburb itself, was named after a Presbyterian church which opened in 1936. The church was named by local settler Thomas Napier, who had a property named Rosebank in the area. The Strathmore name comes from a valley in Scotland, near where Napier was born.[6][7]

Located at the point where the original Sydney Road (now Pascoe Vale Road) crossed the railway line via a level crossing, it was considered one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in Melbourne, until grade separation works were completed in 1964.[5][4]

In 1965, a number of signals at the station were abolished, in conjunction with the replacement of double line block signalling with three position signalling between Broadmeadows and Essendon.[4]

On 24 February 1972, the present station building on Platform 1 was provided.[8]

Platforms and services

Strathmore has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.[9]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  •  Craigieburn line  all stations services to Craigieburn

Transport links

Kastoria Bus Lines operates one route via Strathmore station:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route to and from Strathmore station:

Gallery

  • Southbound view from Platform 2, May 2019
    Southbound view from Platform 2, May 2019

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c "Strathmore". vicsig.net. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b Turton, Keith W (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. The first hundred years of the Melbourne-Wodonga Railway 1873-1973. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 87. ISBN 0-85849-012-9.
  6. ^ "Strathmore". Victorian Places. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Way and Works". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1972. p. 16.
  9. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ a b "512 Strathmore - East Coburg via Pascoe Vale South & Coburg West & Coburg". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

  • Melway map at street-directory.com.au
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