Moreland railway station

Moreland
Southbound view from Platform 1, November 2024
General information
LocationCameron Street,
Coburg, Victoria 3058
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates37°45′16″S 144°57′43″E / 37.7545°S 144.9619°E / -37.7545; 144.9619
SystemPTV commuter rail station
OwnerVicTrack
OperatorMetro Trains
LineUpfield
Distance8.78 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Tram routes
6, 19
Connections
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
  • Trams in Melbourne Tram
Construction
Structure type
Elevated
Parking196
Cycle facilities
Yes
AccessibleYes—step-free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeMLD
Fare zoneMyki zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened9 September 1884 (1884-09-09)
Rebuilt14 December 2020 (LXRP)
ElectrifiedDecember 1920
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006274,412[1]
2006–2007296,164[1] Increase 7.92%
2007–2008345,129[1] Increase 16.53%
2008–2009367,540[2] Increase 6.49%
2009–2010381,433[2] Increase 3.78%
2010–2011369,492[2] Decrease 3.13%
2011–2012339,088[2] Decrease 8.23%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014341,103[2] Increase 0.59%
2014–2015345,260[1] Increase 1.21%
2015–2016349,387[2] Increase 1.19%
2016–2017369,953[2] Increase 5.89%
2017–2018390,559[2] Increase 5.57%
2018–2019380,850[2] Decrease 2.48%
2019–2020272,400[2] Decrease 28.5%
2020–202191,250[2] Decrease 66.5%
2021–2022266,400[3] Increase 191.95%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Anstey
towards Flinders Street
 Upfield line Coburg
towards Upfield
Track layout
to Anstey
1
2
to Coburg
Location

Moreland station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Moreland station is an elevated unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 9 September 1884, with the current station provided in December 2020.[4]

History

Moreland station opened when the railway line from North Melbourne was extended to Coburg.[4]

The name Moreland has been associated with the local area since 1839 when land speculator Farquhar McCrae acquired 638 acres of land between the Moonee Ponds Creek and Sydney Road. McCrae named this land Moreland after the Jamaican slave plantation that was run by his father and grandfather. The landholdings were increased in 1841 to encompass a total of 908 acres, which was subdivided in 1858 including the establishment of Moreland Road.[5][6][7]

On 2 May 1975, the former ground-level station was damaged by fire.[8][9]

In 1983, a number of sidings at the station were dismantled.[4] In 1986, manually controlled boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the former Moreland Road level crossing, which was at the up end of the station.[10] In August 1988, former sidings "A", "B" and "C" and associated point work were abolished.[11] Also abolished were the up and down end crossovers, and a number of disc signals.[11]

Under the Level Crossing Removal Project, the Moreland Road and Reynard Street level crossings were removed by grade separation and Moreland Station was rebuilt at elevation.[12] The level crossings and ground level station closed on 27 July 2020;[13] the elevated line opened to trains on 2 November 2020,[14][15] and the rebuilt station opened to passengers on 14 December 2020. The Platform 1 heritage building of the former ground level station was restored during these works.[16]

Heritage listing

The former Coburg railway line was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 23 October 1997 in recognition of its historical significance. The heritage curtail is extensive that includes seven distinct precincts that contain nineteenth century station buildings and platforms at Coburg, Moreland, Jewell, and Brunswick, substations, signal boxes, gatekeepers cabins, remnant interlocking and safe-working equipment, levers and rodding, signals, gates and industrial sidings.[17]

Platforms and services

A PID on Platform 1 displaying a Flinders Street via City Loop service, August 2024
A Comeng train on a Flinders Street via City Loop service arrives at Platform 1, August 2024

Moreland has two side platforms. It is served by Upfield line trains.[18]

Moreland platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type Notes Source
1  Upfield line  Flinders Street City Loop All stations See City Loop for operating patterns [19]
2  Upfield line  Upfield All stations [19]


Kinetic Melbourne operates one route via Moreland station:

  •  510 : Essendon station – Ivanhoe station[20]

Yarra Trams operates two routes via Moreland station:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  3. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. 1 2 3 "Moreland". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Lesh, James (April 2022). "Report on the place name: Moreland" (PDF). Deakin University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Morse, Dana (14 May 2022). "Moreland City Council to ditch slave plantation link, with ratepayers to choose new Woi-wurrung name". ABC News. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Barraclough, Ashleigh (3 July 2022). "Moreland Council votes to change name to Merri-bek, an Aboriginal word meaning 'rocky country'". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Fire sweeps rail office". The Herald. 2 May 1975. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). January 1976. p. 18.
  10. ↑ "SRS Suburban Tour Notes – Coburg Line" (PDF). VR Website by Andrew Waugh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). November 1988. p. 346.
  12. ↑ "Eight crossings set to go in the north". Level Crossing Removal Project. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Coburg and Moreland level crossing removal update" (PDF). Victoria's Big Build. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "Upfield Line trains return to tracks early, 43 level crossings gone for good". Victoria's Big Build. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "Crossings gone, trains back on Upfield line two weeks early" (PDF). www.premier.vic.gov.au. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "Upfield line works". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  17. ↑ "Former Coburg Railway Line, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H0952, Heritage Overlay HO180". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Upfield Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. 1 2 "Craigieburn & Upfield Line timetable" (PDF). Transport Victoria. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "510 Essendon - Ivanhoe via Brunswick & Northcote & Thornbury". Public Transport Victoria.
  21. ↑ "6 Moreland - Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
  22. ↑ "19 North Coburg - Flinders Street Station & City". Public Transport Victoria.

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