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Roxburgh Park railway station

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Roxburgh Park railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Roxburgh Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Roxburgh Park station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 21 September 2007.[4][5]

Roxburgh Park
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1, January 2023
General information
LocationThomas Brunton Parade,
Roxburgh Park, Victoria 3064
City of Hume
Australia
Coordinates37°38′18″S 144°56′07″E / 37.6382°S 144.9353°E / -37.6382; 144.9353
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Craigieburn
Distance22.00 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks6
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking275
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeRXP
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened21 September 2007; 17 years ago (2007-09-21)
ElectrifiedJuly 2007 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2007–2008259,688[1]
2008–2009427,300[2] Increase 64.54%
2009–2010451,815[2] Increase 5.73%
2010–2011482,477[2] Increase 6.78%
2011–2012462,696[2] Decrease 4.09%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014450,133[2] Decrease 2.71%
2014–2015482,660[1] Increase 7.22%
2015–2016510,786[2] Increase 5.82%
2016–2017535,412[2] Increase 4.82%
2017–2018573,396[2] Increase 7.09%
2018–2019574,990[2] Increase 0.27%
2019–2020488,650[2] Decrease 15.01%
2020–2021240,050[2] Decrease 50.87%
2021–2022280,200[3] Increase 16.72%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Coolaroo
towards Flinders Street
 Craigieburn line Craigieburn
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Upfield   Upfield – Somerton link   Junction
Track layout
Legend
to Coolaroo
to Upfield
to
Clyde Industries
Sidings
1
2
to
Bright Steel
Siding
to
Austrack
Siding
to
One Steel
Sidings
to Cement Sidings
to Craigieburn
Broad gauge, electrified
Broad gauge, non-electrified
Standard gauge, non-electrified
Dual gauge, non-electrified
This diagram:

It was built just north of the site of the former Somerton station, which was closed to passengers in 1960.[6] However, the adjacent goods yard and standard gauge crossing loop retain the Somerton name.

Roxburgh Park station was provided as part of the extension of electrified services from Broadmeadows to Craigieburn.[7] The Craigieburn-bound (down) line was slewed to the west, to permit an island platform to be built between the two tracks of the broad gauge main line.

History

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Somerton

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Somerton opened to traffic as a single platform on 15 May 1881.[6] In 1886, it gained an additional platform, when the line between Broadmeadows and Donnybrook was duplicated.[8] On 8 October 1889, Somerton became a junction, when what is now the Upfield line was opened from North Melbourne northwards through Coburg.[8] The station's first signal box, with a 38 lever frame, was also provided.[8] That line was closed to traffic from the Somerton end on 13 July 1903.[6][8]

The line through Coburg, then terminating at Fawkner, was reopened on 5 March 1928,[8] but no junction was provided at Somerton.[8] Instead, the AEC railmotor that operated the service was turned using a turntable to the south of the station.[6] This situation remained until 5 May 1956, when the line from Fawkner was again closed.[8]

On 19 July 1959, the line from Somerton to Upfield was reopened for freight traffic,[8] to serve the then newly built Ford Motor Company factory.[6] A new signal box with a 25 lever frame was provided,[8] working a facing crossover and the connection between the main line and the sidings.[8] On 17 August of that year, suburban services were extended to Upfield from the city side.[8][9] On 6 December 1960, Somerton was closed to passengers, although the city-bound platform was abolished in October of that year.[6][8] However, additional freight sidings were provided in the Somerton area throughout the 1960s.[6]

Construction of the Melbourne – Sydney standard gauge line also commenced at that time, opening for traffic in 1962, with the freight line from Somerton to Upfield converted to dual gauge in early 1963.[6][8] Occurring in that year, parts of the out-bound platform were demolished, leaving the platform face remaining.[6][8] In 1988, a dual-gauge siding was provided to serve nearby cement silos[6] and, in 1989, the platform face of the out-bound platform was removed.[8]

In 1998, Austrak commenced development of a container terminal, as part of a larger "freight village", with a number of major companies entered into long-term tenancies for warehouses at the site. In 2000, the crossing loop on the standard gauge line was extended at the down end[10] and, in 2004, Austrak entered into a lease with P&O Trans Australia to operate the terminal. The Somerton terminal has four 750-metre dual-gauge rail sidings, with connections northwards on both gauges.[11]

Today, the area to the east of the main line contains a complicated arrangement of broad, standard, and dual-gauge tracks.

Roxburgh Park

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Roxburgh Park officially opened on 21 September 2007,[4] but services to and from the station did not commence until 30 September of that year.[4] The station was opened by the then Victorian Premier John Brumby, the then Minister for Public Transport Lynne Kosky, and the then MLA for Yuroke, Liz Beattie.[4][5]

On 4 May 2010, a collision between a Comeng train set and a quarry train going to Kilmore East, led by Pacific National locomotive G524, occurred between Roxburgh Park and Craigieburn.[12][13]

Platforms and services

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A Comeng train on a Craigieburn-bound service arrives at Platform 2,
January 2015

Roxburgh Park has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.[14]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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CDC Melbourne operates two bus routes to and from Roxburgh Park station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  484 : to Broadmeadows station[15]
  •  543 : to Greenvale Gardens[16]

Dysons operates two bus routes via Roxburgh Park station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kastoria Bus Lines operates one route to and from Roxburgh Park station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Roxburgh Park station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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    Southbound view from Platform 1, September 2007
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    Station forecourt and bus interchange,
    September 2007

References

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  1. ^ a b Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. ^ a b c d "Roxburgh Park". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Operations". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 2007. p. 381.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Somerton" (PDF). Victorian Signalling Histories. Andrew Waugh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
  7. ^ "Craigieburn Rail Project – News and publications". Department of Transport, Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o David Langley (September 1991). "Somerton". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 94–104.
  9. ^ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 62. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  10. ^ Banger, Chris (May 2014). "The Standard Way to Albury – Part 7". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 134–137.
  11. ^ "Proposals for an intermodal solution to service Melbourne's growing containerised freight task" (PDF). Shaping Melbourne's Freight Futures. www.transport.vic.gov.au. April 2010. pp. 33–34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  12. ^ "Craigieburn Suburban Train rear end Quarry Train". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Operations". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 2010. p. 178.
  14. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. ^ "484 Broadmeadows – Roxburgh Park via Greenvale". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  16. ^ "543 Greenvale Gardens - Roxburgh Park via Greenvale Village SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. ^ "541 Broadmeadows Station - Craigieburn North (Mt Ridley Rd)". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. ^ "542 Roxburgh Park - Pascoe Vale via Meadow Heights & Broadmeadows & Glenroy". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. ^ "544 Craigieburn Station – Roxburgh Park Station". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  20. ^ "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
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