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Collingwood railway station

Collingwood
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 2, showing station buildings, May 2014
General information
Location	Stanton Street, Abbotsford, Victoria 3067 City of Yarra Australia
Coordinates	37°48′16″S 144°59′37″E / 37.8044°S 144.9936°E / -37.8044; 144.9936
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Mernda Hurstbridge
Distance	4.83 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	CWD
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	21 October 1901; 122 years ago (1901-10-21)
Rebuilt	1986-1987
Electrified	July 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Collingwood Town Hall (1901-1909)
Passengers
2005–2006	275,409[1]
2006–2007	283,767[1]  3.03%
2007–2008	326,378[1]  15.01%
2008–2009	357,010[2]  9.38%
2009–2010	376,822[2]  5.54%
2010–2011	376,323[2]  0.13%
2011–2012	356,311[2]  5.32%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	384,016[2]  7.78%
2014–2015	437,628[1]  13.96%
2015–2016	523,295[2]  19.57%
2016–2017	533,767[2]  2%
2017–2018	537,610[2]  0.72%
2018–2019	564,450[2]  4.99%
2019–2020	460,950[2]  18.34%
2020–2021	221,100[2]  52%
2021–2022	248,400[3]  12.34%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station North Richmond towards Flinders Street Mernda line Victoria Park towards Mernda Hurstbridge line Victoria Park towards Hurstbridge
Track layout Legend toNorth Richmond 1 2 toVictoria Park

Collingwood railway station is located on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford, and opened on 21 October 1901 as Collingwood Town Hall. It was renamed Collingwood on 1 May 1909.^[4]

Whilst it is named after Collingwood (and, originally, the adjacent Collingwood Town Hall), the station is actually located in the neighbouring suburb of Abbotsford.^[5]

Collingwood station opened on 21 October 1901, when a direct railway line between Princes Bridge and Collingwood opened.^[4]

During 1986 and 1987, the station buildings and platforms were rebuilt,^[6][7] and were in use by 7 September 1987.^[8]

Collingwood has two side platforms. It is served by Mernda and Hurstbridge line trains.^[9][10]

Platform 1:

•  Mernda line  all stations services to Flinders Street
•  Hurstbridge line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Mernda line  all stations services to Mernda
•  Hurstbridge line  all stations and limited express services to Macleod, Greensborough, Eltham and Hurstbridge

Kinetic Melbourne operates twelve bus routes via Collingwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  246 : Elsternwick station – Clifton Hill^[11]
•  302 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Box Hill station^[12]
•  303 : Melbourne CBD (Queen Street) – Ringwood North^[13]
•  304 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Westfield Doncaster^[14]
•  305 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – The Pines Shopping Centre (peak-hour only)^[15]
•  309 : Melbourne CBD (Queen Street) – Donvale^[16]
•  318 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Deep Creek Reserve (Doncaster East)^[17]
•  350 : Melbourne CBD (Queen Street) – La Trobe University Bundoora campus^[18]
• SmartBus  905 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – The Pines Shopping Centre^[19]
• SmartBus  906 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Warrandyte^[20]
• SmartBus  907 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Mitcham station^[21]
• SmartBus  908 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – The Pines Shopping Centre (peak-hour only)^[22]

McKenzie's Tourist Services operates one bus route via Collingwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  684 : Eildon – Southern Cross station^[23]

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au