Brunswick railway station, Melbourne
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Brunswick railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Brunswick, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Brunswick station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 9 September 1884.[4]
The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[5]
History
Brunswick station opened when the railway line from North Melbourne was extended to Coburg. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Brunswick Park, a property that was purchased by Thomas Wilkinson and a partner.[6][7] Brunswick Park was named in honour of either Princess Caroline of Brunswick, or the 1840 marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, of the royal house of Brunswick.[6][7]
Brunswick had a goods yard which closed in 1966.[4] The goods siding and associated points and signal discs were abolished in that same year.[4] In 1972, the station platforms were lengthened.[4]
Just after 4:45am on 2 August 1977, a seven-car Harris train set rolled away from Gowrie, after the driver and guard were changing ends after taking the train out of a siding, because it was scheduled to operate a city-bound service from Upfield.[8][9][10] The train passed through fifteen level crossings and destroyed seven sets of hand gates, before stopping just south of Brunswick, between the Albert and Dawson Streets level crossings.[8][9][10]
In 1998, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the Albert Street level crossing, at the up end of the station,[11] and replaced interlocked gates at the Victoria Street level crossing, at the down end of the station.[12] The signal box protecting Victoria Street was also abolished during that time.[12]
On 19 September 2022, it was announced that Brunswick, along with Jewell and Anstey, would be elevated to remove eight level crossings on the line.[13] Further details, designs and a construction timeline will be released closer to 2027.
Platforms and services
Brunswick has two side platforms. It is served by Upfield line trains.[14]
Platform 1:
- Upfield line all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Upfield line all stations services to Upfield
Transport links
Dysons operates two bus routes via Brunswick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 508 : Alphington station – Moonee Ponds Junction[15]
- 509 : Brunswick West – Barkly Square Shopping Centre[16]
Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Brunswick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- Night Bus 951 : to Glenroy station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)[17]
Yarra Trams operates one route via Brunswick station:
- : North Coburg – Flinders Street station (via Elizabeth Street)[18]
Gallery
- Southbound view from Platform 1, April 2006
References
- ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
- ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
- ^ a b c d "Brunswick". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ Brunswick Signal Box Gates & Station Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Department of the Environment
- ^ a b "Brunswick and Brunswick City". Victorian Places. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ a b First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ a b "'Old system' blamed for rail runaway". The Age. 3 August 1977. p. 13.
- ^ a b Money, Lawrence; Birnbauer, Bill (2 August 1977). "Runaway – Train slams seven gates". The Herald.
- ^ a b "VicRail quiz on runaway". The Sun News-Pictorial. 3 August 1977. p. 11.
- ^ "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. Signalling Record Society (Victoria). November 1998. p. 108.
- ^ a b "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. Signalling Record Society (Victoria). January 1999. p. 5.
- ^ "Eight More Dangerous Level Crossings To Go By 2027 | Premier of Victoria". www.premier.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Upfield Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "508 Alphington - Moonee Ponds via Northcote & Brunswick". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "509 Brunswick West - Barkly Square SC via Hope St & Sydney Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ 951 Brunswick Station – Glenroy Station via West Coburg Archived 27 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
- ^ "19 North Coburg - Flinders Street Station & City". Public Transport Victoria.
External links
- Media related to Brunswick railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
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