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| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box|passengers = 562,350<ref name="patronage2008-2021">[https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021] Philip Mallis</ref>|pass_year = 2018–2019}} |
| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box|passengers = 562,350<ref name="patronage2008-2021">[https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217132046/https://philipmallis.com/blog/2022/03/09/railway-station-and-tram-stop-patronage-in-victoria-for-2008-2021/ |date=17 December 2022 }} Philip Mallis</ref>|pass_year = 2018–2019}} |
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{{Rail pass box|passengers = 527,250<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2019–2020|pass_percent = -6.24}} |
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{{Rail pass box|passengers = 327,900<ref name=patronage2008-2021/>|pass_year = 2020–2021|pass_percent = -37.8}} |
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{{Rail pass box|passengers = 447,850<ref name="patronage2021-2022">[https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/annual-metropolitan-train-station-patronage-station-entries Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)] Data Vic</ref>|pass_year = 2021–2022|pass_percent = 36.58}} |
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'''Mernda railway station''' is the terminus of the [[Railways in Melbourne|suburban electrified]] [[Mernda railway line|Mernda line]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It serves the north-eastern [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Mernda, Victoria|Mernda]], and it opened on 26 August 2018.<ref name="vicsigmernda">{{cite web|url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Mernda|title=Mernda|website=vicsig.net|access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> |
'''Mernda railway station''' is the terminus of the [[Railways in Melbourne|suburban electrified]] [[Mernda railway line|Mernda line]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It serves the north-eastern [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Mernda, Victoria|Mernda]], and it opened on 26 August 2018.<ref name="vicsigmernda">{{cite web|url=https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Mernda|title=Mernda|website=vicsig.net|access-date=4 February 2023|archive-date=14 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314152123/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Mernda|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Mernda operated until the closure of the line beyond [[Lalor railway station|Lalor]] on 29 November 1959, following the [[Railway electrification|electrification]] of the line as far as Lalor.<ref name=vicsigmernda/> Epping was re-opened on 29 November 1964, with the electrification of that section of the line.<ref name=vicsigmernda/> The remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea was dismantled in the 1970s, although the former [[Right of way|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 [[Schinus|peppercorn]] tree. The [[station-master]]'s house was believed to have been moved to the Findon Pony Club, and still serves as their clubrooms. |
Mernda operated until the closure of the line beyond [[Lalor railway station|Lalor]] on 29 November 1959, following the [[Railway electrification|electrification]] of the line as far as Lalor.<ref name=vicsigmernda/> Epping was re-opened on 29 November 1964, with the electrification of that section of the line.<ref name=vicsigmernda/> The remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea was dismantled in the 1970s, although the former [[Right of way|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 [[Schinus|peppercorn]] tree. The [[station-master]]'s house was believed to have been moved to the Findon Pony Club, and still serves as their clubrooms. |
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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, Victoria|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 railway station|South Morang]], then lobbied the government to commit to reinstating the line to Mernda.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance|url=http://www.merndarail.com.au/|publisher=South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance|accessdate=2014-01-13}}</ref> In February 2016, the [[Victoria State Government|Victorian State Government]] announced the station would reopen in 2019.<ref>[http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/getting-on-with-it-mernda-rail-project-released-to-market/ Getting on with it: Mernda rail project released to market] Premier of Victoria 28 February 2016</ref> |
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, Victoria|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 railway station|South Morang]], then lobbied the government to commit to reinstating the line to Mernda.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance|url=http://www.merndarail.com.au/|publisher=South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance|accessdate=2014-01-13|archive-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204142153/http://www.merndarail.com.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2016, the [[Victoria State Government|Victorian State Government]] announced the station would reopen in 2019.<ref>[http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/getting-on-with-it-mernda-rail-project-released-to-market/ Getting on with it: Mernda rail project released to market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306212927/http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/getting-on-with-it-mernda-rail-project-released-to-market/ |date=6 March 2016 }} Premier of Victoria 28 February 2016</ref> |
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The State Government announced funding in its ''2016/17 [[Government budget|State Budget]]'' to provide 8 km of [[Double-track railway|duplicated track]] between South Morang and Mernda, a rebuilt station at Mernda with 1,000 [[Parking lot|car-parking]] spaces, and an [[Middle Gorge railway station|additional station]] to be built near Marymede Catholic College.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160805091353/http://ptv.vic.gov.au/projects/rail-projects/mernda-rail-extension Mernda Rail Extension] Public Transport Victoria</ref> On 26 August 2018, this extension opened.<ref>[https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/getting-around/network-changes/meet-mernda-your-new-line/ Meet Mernda, your new line.] Public Transport Victoria</ref><ref name=vicsigmernda/> |
The State Government announced funding in its ''2016/17 [[Government budget|State Budget]]'' to provide 8 km of [[Double-track railway|duplicated track]] between South Morang and Mernda, a rebuilt station at Mernda with 1,000 [[Parking lot|car-parking]] spaces, and an [[Middle Gorge railway station|additional station]] to be built near Marymede Catholic College.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160805091353/http://ptv.vic.gov.au/projects/rail-projects/mernda-rail-extension Mernda Rail Extension] Public Transport Victoria</ref> On 26 August 2018, this extension opened.<ref>[https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/getting-around/network-changes/meet-mernda-your-new-line/ Meet Mernda, your new line.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801124935/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/getting-around/network-changes/meet-mernda-your-new-line/ |date=1 August 2018 }} Public Transport Victoria</ref><ref name=vicsigmernda/> |
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==Platforms and services== |
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[[Dysons]] operates [[List of bus routes in Melbourne|eight bus route]]s via Mernda station, under contract to [[Public Transport Victoria]]: |
[[Dysons]] operates [[List of bus routes in Melbourne|eight bus route]]s via Mernda station, under contract to [[Public Transport Victoria]]: |
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* {{color box|00a54f|'''381'''|white}}: to [[Diamond Creek railway station|Diamond Creek station]]<ref>{{cite PTV route|mode=bus|route=381|access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> |
* {{color box|00a54f|'''381'''|white}}: to [[Diamond Creek railway station|Diamond Creek station]]<ref>{{cite PTV route|mode=bus|route=381|access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> |
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* {{color box|f68b1f|'''382'''|white}}: [[Whittlesea, Victoria|Whittlesea]] – [[Northland Shopping Centre]]<ref name="ptv382">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15260/382-whittlesea-northland-sc-via-south-morang-station|title=382 Whittlesea - Northland SC via South Morang Station|website=[[Public Transport Victoria]]|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> |
* {{color box|f68b1f|'''382'''|white}}: [[Whittlesea, Victoria|Whittlesea]] – [[Northland Shopping Centre]]<ref name="ptv382">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15260/382-whittlesea-northland-sc-via-south-morang-station|title=382 Whittlesea - Northland SC via South Morang Station|website=[[Public Transport Victoria]]|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=4 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504232605/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15260/382-whittlesea-northland-sc-via-south-morang-station|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* {{color box|9c9726|'''385'''|white}}: Whittlesea – [[Greensborough Plaza]]<ref name="ptv385">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15261/385-whittlesea-mernda-station-greensborough|title=385 Whittlesea-Mernda Station - Greensborough|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> |
* {{color box|9c9726|'''385'''|white}}: Whittlesea – [[Greensborough Plaza]]<ref name="ptv385">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15261/385-whittlesea-mernda-station-greensborough|title=385 Whittlesea-Mernda Station - Greensborough|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=4 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504232609/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15261/385-whittlesea-mernda-station-greensborough|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* {{color box|8c62aa|'''386'''|white}}: to [[RMIT University]] [[RMIT University#Bundoora|Bundoora campus]]<ref name="ptv386">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15253/386-mernda-station-bundoora-rmit-via-cravens-rd-and-south-morang-station|title=386 Mernda Station - Bundoora RMIT via Cravens Rd & South Morang Station|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> |
* {{color box|8c62aa|'''386'''|white}}: to [[RMIT University]] [[RMIT University#Bundoora|Bundoora campus]]<ref name="ptv386">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15253/386-mernda-station-bundoora-rmit-via-cravens-rd-and-south-morang-station|title=386 Mernda Station - Bundoora RMIT via Cravens Rd & South Morang Station|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=4 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504232608/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15253/386-mernda-station-bundoora-rmit-via-cravens-rd-and-south-morang-station|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* {{color box|015aaa|'''387'''|white}}: to RMIT University Bundoora campus<ref name="ptv387">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15689/387-mernda-station-bundoora-rmit-via-hawkstowe-pde-and-south-morang|title=387 Mernda Station - Bundoora RMIT via Hawkstowe Pde & South Morang|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> |
* {{color box|015aaa|'''387'''|white}}: to RMIT University Bundoora campus<ref name="ptv387">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15689/387-mernda-station-bundoora-rmit-via-hawkstowe-pde-and-south-morang|title=387 Mernda Station - Bundoora RMIT via Hawkstowe Pde & South Morang|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=4 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504232605/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15689/387-mernda-station-bundoora-rmit-via-hawkstowe-pde-and-south-morang|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* {{color box|00acdd|'''388'''|white}}: to Mernda station (anti-clockwise loop via [[Doreen, Victoria|Doreen]])<ref name="ptv388">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15693/388-mernda-station-doreen-mernda-station/|title=388 Mernda Station - Doreen - Mernda Station (Anti-clockwise)|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> |
* {{color box|00acdd|'''388'''|white}}: to Mernda station (anti-clockwise loop via [[Doreen, Victoria|Doreen]])<ref name="ptv388">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15693/388-mernda-station-doreen-mernda-station/|title=388 Mernda Station - Doreen - Mernda Station (Anti-clockwise)|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=4 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504232604/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15693/388-mernda-station-doreen-mernda-station/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* {{color box|00acdd|'''389'''|white}}: to Mernda station (clockwise loop via Doreen)<ref name="ptv389">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15694/389-mernda-station-doreen-mernda-station/|title=389 Mernda Station - Doreen - Mernda Station (Clockwise)|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> |
* {{color box|00acdd|'''389'''|white}}: to Mernda station (clockwise loop via Doreen)<ref name="ptv389">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15694/389-mernda-station-doreen-mernda-station/|title=389 Mernda Station - Doreen - Mernda Station (Clockwise)|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=4 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504232612/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15694/389-mernda-station-doreen-mernda-station/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* {{color box|a62772|'''390'''|white}}: to [[Craigieburn railway station|Craigieburn station]]<ref name="ptv390">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15221/390-mernda-station-craigieburn-station-via-wollert|title=390 Mernda Station - Craigieburn Station via Wollert|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=31 March 2023}}</ref> |
* {{color box|a62772|'''390'''|white}}: to [[Craigieburn railway station|Craigieburn station]]<ref name="ptv390">{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15221/390-mernda-station-craigieburn-station-via-wollert|title=390 Mernda Station - Craigieburn Station via Wollert|website=Public Transport Victoria|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127022818/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15221/390-mernda-station-craigieburn-station-via-wollert/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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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 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | 1,000 spaces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes—step free access | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Operational, premium station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 26 August 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018–2019 | 562,350[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mernda railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Mernda, and it opened on 26 August 2018.[1]
History
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.[4]
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.[5] In February 2016, the Victorian State Government announced the station would reopen in 2019.[6]
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.[7] On 26 August 2018, this extension opened.[8][1]
Platforms and services
Mernda has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.[9]
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
Dysons operates eight bus routes via Mernda station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
- 381 : to Diamond Creek station[10]
- 382 : Whittlesea – Northland Shopping Centre[11]
- 385 : Whittlesea – Greensborough Plaza[12]
- 386 : to RMIT University Bundoora campus[13]
- 387 : to RMIT University Bundoora campus[14]
- 388 : to Mernda station (anti-clockwise loop via Doreen)[15]
- 389 : to Mernda station (clockwise loop via Doreen)[16]
- 390 : to Craigieburn station[17]
Gallery
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Southbound view from Platform 2, during the Community Sneak Peek Day, in August 2018
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.