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Strathmore railway station

Strathmore 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 Essendon, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Strathmore station is a ground level staffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 28 October 1890, with the current station provided in 1972.[4]

Strathmore
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 2, December 2022
General information
LocationAmelia Avenue,
Essendon, Victoria
City of Moonee Valley
Australia
Coordinates37°44′37″S 144°55′39″E / 37.7436°S 144.9274°E / -37.7436; 144.9274
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Craigieburn
Distance9.79 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking80
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeSME
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened28 October 1890; 134 years ago (1890-10-28)
Rebuilt24 February 1972
ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesNorth Essendon (1890-1955)
Passengers
2005–2006304,150[1]
2006–2007325,127[1] Increase 6.89%
2007–2008350,690[1] Increase 7.86%
2008–2009347,295[2] Decrease 0.96%
2009–2010370,580[2] Increase 6.7%
2010–2011371,052[2] Increase 0.12%
2011–2012342,510[2] Decrease 7.69%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014363,011[2] Increase 5.98%
2014–2015362,179[1] Decrease 0.22%
2015–2016383,280[2] Increase 5.82%
2016–2017391,050[2] Increase 2.02%
2017–2018401,881[2] Increase 2.76%
2018–2019389,922[2] Decrease 2.97%
2019–2020318,600[2] Decrease 18.29%
2020–2021130,750[2] Decrease 58.96%
2021–2022151,600[3] Increase 15.94%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Glenbervie
towards Flinders Street
 Craigieburn line Pascoe Vale
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
Legend
to Glenbervie
1
2
Moonee Ponds Creek
to Pascoe Vale

Initially opened as North Essendon, the station was given its current name of Strathmore on 1 March 1955.[4]

History

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Strathmore station on 28 October 1890, 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 a Presbyterian church which opened in 1936. The church was named by local settler Thomas Napier, who had a property named Rosebank in the area. The Strathmore name comes from a valley in Scotland, near where Napier was born.[6][7]

Located at the point where the original Sydney Road (now Pascoe Vale Road) crossed the railway line via a level crossing, it was considered one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in Melbourne, until grade separation works were completed in 1964.[5][4]

In 1965, a number of signals at the station were abolished, in conjunction with the replacement of double line block signalling with three position signalling between Broadmeadows and Essendon.[4]

On 24 February 1972, the present station building on Platform 1 was provided.[8]

Platforms and services

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

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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Kastoria Bus Lines operates one route via Strathmore station:

  •  469 : Moonee Ponds Junction – Keilor East[10]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one route to and from Strathmore station:

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    Southbound view from Platform 2, May 2019

References

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  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 c d "Strathmore". vicsig.net. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b 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. ^ "Strathmore". Victorian Places. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Way and Works". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1972. p. 16.
  9. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ a b "512 Strathmore - East Coburg via Pascoe Vale South & Coburg West & Coburg". Public Transport Victoria.
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