Glenbervie railway station

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

37°44′50″S 144°55′15″E / 37.747197°S 144.920920°E / -37.747197; 144.920920Owned byVicTrackOperated byMetro TrainsLine(s)North EastDistance9.13 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConstructionStructure typeGroundParking65Bicycle facilities5AccessibleNo—steep rampOther informationStatusOperational, unstaffedStation codeGBVFare zoneMyki Zone 1WebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened11 September 1922; 101 years ago (1922-09-11)Rebuilt1976ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)Passengers2005–2006268,706[1]2006–2007295,366[1] Increase 9.92%2007–2008336,544[1] Increase 13.94%2008–2009345,979[2] Increase 2.8%2009–2010350,656[2] Increase 1.35%2010–2011347,931[2] Decrease 0.77%2011–2012315,886[2] Decrease 9.21%2012–2013Not measured[2]2013–2014337,101[2] Increase 6.71%2014–2015344,879[1] Increase 2.3%2015–2016366,179[2] Increase 6.17%2016–2017368,501[2] Increase 0.63%2017–2018367,174[2] Decrease 0.36%2018–2019380,824[2] Increase 3.71%2019–2020301,950[2] Decrease 20.71%2020–2021109,700[2] Decrease 63.66%2021–2022131,350[3] Increase 19.73% Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Essendon Craigieburn line Strathmore
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
Legend
to Essendon
1
2
to Strathmore

Glenbervie railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon, and opened on 11 September 1922.[4]

History

The railway line past the site of Glenbervie station originally opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane. The station itself opened on 11 September 1922, a year after the line was electrified.[4] It was named in honour of local settler Thomas Napier, who was originally from Scotland.[5][6] Glenbervie, in Aberdeenshire, was the ancestral birthplace of Napier's father, grandfather, and great grandfather.[5][6]

The station was initially provided with small timber station buildings. In 1976, they were replaced by the current buildings.[7][8] A timber footbridge originally linked the two platforms.

Platforms and services

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

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  •  Craigieburn line  all stations services to Craigieburn

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 "Glenbervie". vicsig.net. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Place Names". Essendon Historical Society. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Railway". Strathmore History. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962 - 1983. p. 106. ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
  9. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ Public Transport Victoria. "Glass St/Napier St". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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