Preston | |||||||||||
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) Northbound view from Platform 2 in August 2015 | |||||||||||
| Location | Clinch Avenue, Preston Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°44′19″S 145°00′02″E / 37.7387°S 145.0006°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Mernda | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.47 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 261 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 4 | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||
| Station code | PRE | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1/2 overlap | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1889 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Murray Preston-Murray Road | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2008-2009 | 0.848 million[1] | ||||||||||
| 2009-2010 | 0.861 million[1]  1.53% | ||||||||||
| 2010-2011 | 0.852 million[1]  1.05% | ||||||||||
| 2011-2012 | 0.800 million[1] 6.01% | ||||||||||
| 2012-2013 | Not measured[1] | ||||||||||
| 2013-2014 | 0.859 million[1] 7.38% | ||||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Not measured[2] | ||||||||||
| 2015-2016 | 0.886 million[2] 3.14% | ||||||||||
| 2016-2017 | 0.879 million[2] 0.79% | ||||||||||
| 2017-2018 | 0.902 million[2] 2.62% | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Preston railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Preston, and opened on 8 October 1889 as Preston-Murray Road. It was renamed Murray on 1 August 1905, and Preston, on 1 December 1909.[3] It was upgraded to a Premium station in 1998.[4]
Preston Station is to be rebuilt as part of the grade separations at Murray Road and Cramer Street by the Level Crossing Removal Project.[5]
Platforms & services
Preston has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.[6]
Platform 1:
- Mernda line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Mernda line: all stations and limited stops services to Mernda
Transport links
Dysons operates two routes via Preston station:
- 552: North East Reservoir – Northcote Shopping Plaza[7]
- 553: Preston – West Preston[8]
Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Preston station:
Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Preston station:
- 527: Gowrie station – Northland Shopping Centre[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.)
- ^ a b c d "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ Preston Vicsig
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ^ "Cramer Street, Preston Level Crossing Removal Project". levelcrossings.vic.gov.au. Level Crossing Removal Project. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "552 North East Reservoir - Northcote Plaza via High Street". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "553 Preston - West Preston via Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "527 Gowrie - Northland via Murray Road". Public Transport Victoria.
External links
Media related to Preston railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons- Melway map at street-directory.com.au
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