Strathmore railway station

Strathmore railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon, and opened on 28 October 1890 as North Essendon. It was renamed Strathmore on 1 March 1955.[2]

Strathmore
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2 in May 2019
General information
LocationAmelia Avenue,
Essendon, Victoria 3040
City of Moonee Valley
Australia
Coordinates37°44′37″S 144°55′39″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Craigieburn
Distance9.79 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking80
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeSME
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened28 October 1890 (1890-10-28)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(September 1921)
Previous namesNorth Essendon (1890-1955)
Passengers
2008-20090.347 million[1]
2009-20110.371 million[1]
2011-20120.343 million[1]
2012-2013Not measured[1]
2013-20140.363 million[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Glenbervie
towards Flinders Street
 Craigieburn line Pascoe Vale
towards Craigieburn

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.[3]

The railway past the site of Strathmore station opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane.[4]

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

A number of signals at the station were abolished in 1965, in conjunction with the replacement of double line block signalling with three position signalling between Broadmeadows and Essendon stations.[2]

Platforms and services

Strathmore has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.[5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Kastoria Bus Lines operates one bus route via Strathmore station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  469 : Moonee Ponds Junction – Keilor East[6]

Moreland Buslines operates one bus route to and from Strathmore station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References
  1. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. Strathmore Vicsig
  3. "Strathmore". Victorian Places. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. "512 Strathmore - East Coburg via Pascoe Vale South & Coburg West & Coburg". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "512 Strathmore - East Coburg via Pascoe Vale South & Coburg West & Coburg". Public Transport Victoria.
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