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Pascoe Vale railway station

Coordinates: 37°43′49″S 144°55′42″E / 37.7302°S 144.9284°E / -37.7302; 144.9284
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Pascoe Vale
PTV commuter rail station
Pascoe Vale railway station, August 2022
General information
LocationBurgundy Street,
Pascoe Vale, Victoria 3044
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates37°43′49″S 144°55′42″E / 37.7302°S 144.9284°E / -37.7302; 144.9284
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Craigieburn
Distance11.27 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking91
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codePVL
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened10 November 1885; 139 years ago (1885-11-10)
ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006367,533[1]
2006–2007410,952[1] Increase 11.81%
2007–2008460,107[1] Increase 11.96%
2008–2009515,446[2] Increase 12.02%
2009–2010555,273[2] Increase 7.72%
2010–2011541,214[2] Decrease 2.53%
2011–2012497,596[2] Decrease 8.05%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014520,726[2] Increase 4.64%
2014–2015532,966[1] Increase 2.35%
2015–2016579,470[2] Increase 8.72%
2016–2017626,276[2] Increase 8.07%
2017–2018645,054[2] Increase 2.99%
2018–2019657,930[2] Increase 1.99%
2019–2020545,050[2] Decrease 17.15%
2020–2021239,250[2] Decrease 56.1%
2021–2022256,800[3] Increase 7.33%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Strathmore
towards Flinders Street
 Craigieburn line Oak Park
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
Legend
to Strathmore
CityLink
1
2
Gaffney Street
to Oak Park

Pascoe Vale railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of the same name in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Pascoe Vale is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 10 November 1885.[4]

History

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Pascoe Vale station opened along with the railway line past the site of the station, as part of the North East line to School House Lane.[5] The station, like the suburb itself, was named after Pascoeville, a property owned by John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of the city of Melbourne.[6][7]

The original station building, erected on Platform 1 in 1886, was replaced in the 1970s. In 1929, a signal box was provided, which controlled interlocked gates at the Gaffney Street level crossing,[8] until they were replaced with boom barriers in 1965.[4][9]

Platforms and services

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Pascoe Vale has two side platforms and is served by Craigieburn line trains.[10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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Dysons operates two bus routes to and from Pascoe Vale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  542 : to Roxburgh Park station[11]
  •  561 : to Macleod[12]
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  • Southbound view of the station platforms, seen from the Gaffney Street level crossing, March 2005
    Southbound view of the station platforms, seen from the Gaffney Street level crossing,
    March 2005

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 "Pascoe Vale". vicsig.net. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. ^ 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 (Victorian Division). p. 87. ISBN 0-85849-012-9.
  6. ^ "Pascoe Vale". Victorian Places. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Pascoevale Railway Station". The Argus. No. 25, 807. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1929. p. 9. Retrieved 20 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  10. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. ^ "542 Roxburgh Park - Pascoe Vale via Meadow Heights & Broadmeadows & Glenroy". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "561 Macleod - Pascoe Vale via La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.
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