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Mernda railway station

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Mernda

PTV commuter rail station

Station concourse, elevated platforms, bus bays, forecourt and entrance, December 2021

General information

Location

Bridge Inn Road,
Mernda, Victoria 3754
City of Whittlesea
Australia

Coordinates

37°35′58″S 145°6′5″E / 37.59944°S 145.10139°E

Owned by

VicTrack

Operated by

Metro Trains

Line(s)

Mernda

Distance

33.07 kilometres from
Southern Cross^[1]

Platforms

2 (1island)

Tracks

Connections

Bus

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Parking

1,000 spaces

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Accessible

Yes—step free access

Other information

Status

Operational, premium station

Station code

MDD

Fare zone

Myki Zone 2

Website

Public Transport Victoria

History

Opened

26 August 2018; 5 years ago

Electrified

July 2018 (1500 V DC overhead)

Passengers

2018–2019

562,350^[2]

2019–2020

527,250^[2]

6.24%

2020–2021

327,900^[2]

37.8%

2021–2022

447,850^[3]

36.58%

2022–2023

672,750^[4]

50.22%

Services

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Hawkstowe towards Flinders Street		Mernda line		Terminus

Former service

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Line open		Whittlesea line		Yan Yean
	List of closed railway stations in Melbourne

Track layout

Legend

					toHawkstowe



					KD045 Drain




			1
			2










					Former Whittlesea line

Mernda railway station is a commuter railway station and the terminus of the Mernda line, serving the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of MerndainVictoria, Australia. Mernda is an elevated premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 23 December 1889, with current station provided in 2018 along with the duplication of track between South Morang and Mernda.^[1]

History

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The original Mernda station opened on 23 December 1889, when the railway line from Epping was extended to Whittlesea.^[1] It was originally named South Yan Yean, and was renamed Mernda on 1 December 1913.^[5]

Mernda operated until the closure of the line beyond Lalor on 29 November 1959, following the electrification of the line as far as Lalor.^[1] Epping was re-opened on 29 November 1964, with the electrification of that section of the line.^[1] The remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea was dismantled in the 1970s, although the former right-of-way remained intact. Prior to the rebuilding, all that remained of the former station was a degraded platform, which was overgrown with exotic vegetation, including a peppercorn tree. The station-master's house was believed to have been moved to the Findon Pony Club, and still serves as their clubrooms.

Restoration of the railway to Mernda was identified as a goal in the Strategic Transportation Study undertaken by the City of Whittlesea in 2002. The council had forecast that the population in Mernda and Doreen will be 40,000 by that time. The South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance, which was successful in lobbying the state government to fulfill its promise of reinstating the rail line to South Morang, then lobbied the government to commit to reinstating the line to Mernda.^[6] In February 2016, the Victorian State Government announced the station would reopen in 2019.^[7]

The State Government announced funding in its 2016/17 State Budget to provide 8 km of duplicated track between South Morang and Mernda, a rebuilt station at Mernda with 1,000 car-parking spaces, and an additional station to be built near Marymede Catholic College.^[8] On 26 August 2018, this extension opened.^[9]^[1]

Platforms and services

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Mernda has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.^[10]

Platform 1:

Mernda line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

Mernda line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Transport links

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Dysons operates eight bus routes via Mernda station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

381 : to Diamond Creek station^[11]
382 : Whittlesea – Northland Shopping Centre^[12]
385 : Whittlesea – Greensborough Plaza^[13]
386 : to RMIT University Bundoora campus^[14]
387 : to RMIT University Bundoora campus^[15]
388 : to Mernda station (anti-clockwise loop via Doreen)^[16]
389 : to Mernda station (clockwise loop via Doreen)^[17]
390 : to Craigieburn station^[18]

Gallery

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Southbound view from Platform 2, during the Community Sneak Peek Day, August 2018
Station forecourt, bus bays, concourse, elevated platforms and entrance, August 2018

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Mernda". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

^ ^a ^b ^c Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis

^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic

^ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic

^ McLean, Jack (November 1995). "Reservoir – Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 333–337.

^ "South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance". South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

^ Getting on with it: Mernda rail project released to market Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Premier of Victoria 28 February 2016

^ Mernda Rail Extension Public Transport Victoria

^ Meet Mernda, your new line. Archived 1 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria

^ "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.

^ "381 Mernda Station to Diamond Creek Station". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

^ "382 Whittlesea – Northland SC via South Morang Station". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

^ "385 Whittlesea-Mernda Station – Greensborough". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

^ "386 Mernda Station – Bundoora RMIT via Cravens Rd & South Morang Station". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

^ "387 Mernda Station – Bundoora RMIT via Hawkstowe Pde & South Morang". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

^ "388 Mernda Station – Doreen – Mernda Station (Anti-clockwise)". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

^ "389 Mernda Station – Doreen – Mernda Station (Clockwise)". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

^ "390 Mernda Station – Craigieburn Station via Wollert". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.