Pascoe Vale railway station

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

37°43′49″S 144°55′42″E / 37.7302°S 144.9284°E / -37.7302; 144.9284Owned byVicTrackOperated byMetro TrainsLine(s)North EastDistance11.27 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne BusConstructionStructure typeGroundParking91Bicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYes—step free accessOther informationStatusOperational, unstaffedStation codePVLFare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlapWebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened10 November 1885; 138 years ago (1885-11-10)ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)Passengers2005–2006367,533[1]2006–2007410,952[1] Increase 11.81%2007–2008460,107[1] Increase 11.96%2008–2009515,446[2] Increase 12.02%2009–2010555,273[2] Increase 7.72%2010–2011541,214[2] Decrease 2.53%2011–2012497,596[2] Decrease 8.05%2012–2013Not measured[2]2013–2014520,726[2] Increase 4.64%2014–2015532,966[1] Increase 2.35%2015–2016579,470[2] Increase 8.72%2016–2017626,276[2] Increase 8.07%2017–2018645,054[2] Increase 2.99%2018–2019657,930[2] Increase 1.99%2019–2020545,050[2] Decrease 17.15%2020–2021239,250[2] Decrease 56.1%2021–2022256,800[3] Increase 7.33% Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Strathmore Craigieburn line Oak Park
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
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to Strathmore
CityLink
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Gaffney Street

Pascoe Vale railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Pascoe Vale, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Pascoe Vale station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 10 November 1885.[4]

History

Pascoe Vale station opened on 10 November 1885, 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 Pascoeville, a property owned by John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of Melbourne.[6][7]

The original station building, provided on Platform 1 in 1886, has since been replaced. In 1929, a signal box was provided, which controlled interlocked gates at the Gaffney Street level crossing,[8] until they were replaced with boom barriers in 1965.[4][9]

Platforms and services

Pascoe Vale has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.[10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  •  Craigieburn line  all stations services to Craigieburn

Dysons operates two bus routes to and from Pascoe Vale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  • Southbound view of the station platforms, seen from the Gaffney Street level crossing, March 2005
    Southbound view of the station platforms, seen from the Gaffney Street level crossing,
    March 2005

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 "Pascoe Vale". vicsig.net. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. ^ 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. ^ "Pascoe Vale". Victorian Places. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Pascoevale Railway Station". The Argus. No. 25, 807. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1929. p. 9. Retrieved 20 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  10. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "542 Roxburgh Park - Pascoe Vale via Meadow Heights & Broadmeadows & Glenroy". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "561 Macleod - Pascoe Vale via La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.
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