Roxburgh Park railway station

Roxburgh Park railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Roxburgh Park, and opened on 21 September 2007.[4][5]

Roxburgh Park
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1 in January 2023
General information
LocationThomas Brunton Parade,
Roxburgh Park, Victoria 3064
City of Hume
Australia
Coordinates37°38′18″S 144°56′07″E
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 (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

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

Somerton opened to traffic as a single platform on 15 May 1881.[6] In 1889, Somerton became a junction, when what is now the Upfield line was opened from North Melbourne northwards through Coburg. That line was closed to traffic from the Somerton end in 1903.[6] The line through Coburg, then terminating at Fawkner, was reopened in 1928, but no junction was provided at Somerton. Instead, the AEC railmotor that operated the service was turned using a turntable to the south of the station.[6] This situation remained until 1956, when the line from Fawkner was again closed.

In 1959, the line from Somerton to Upfield was reopened for freight traffic, to serve the Ford Motor Company factory, with suburban services extended to Upfield from the city side.[8] On 6 December 1960, Somerton was closed to passengers, but 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, and the freight line from Somerton to Upfield was converted to dual gauge in 1963.[6] In 1988, a dual-gauge siding was provided to serve nearby cement silos[6] and, in 1998, Austrak commenced development of a container terminal, as part of a larger "freight village". A number of major companies entered into long-term tenancies for warehouses at the site 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.[9] In 2000, the crossing loop on the standard gauge line was extended at the down end.[10]

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

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.[11]+[12]

Platforms and services

Roxburgh Park has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.[13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

  •  484 : to Broadmeadows station[14]
  •  543 : to Greenvale Gardens[15]

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:

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

References
  1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. "Roxburgh Park". vicsig.net. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. "Operations". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 2007. p. 381.
  6. "Somerton" (PDF). Victorian Signalling Histories. Andrew Waugh. 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. SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 62. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  9. "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. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  10. Banger, Chris (May 2014). "The Standard Way to Albury - Part 7". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 134–137.
  11. "Craigieburn Suburban Train rear end Quarry Train". vicsig.net. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  12. "Operations". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 2010. p. 178.
  13. "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "484 Broadmeadows - Roxburgh Park via Greenvale". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "543 Greenvale Gardens - Roxburgh Park via Greenvale Village SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "541 Broadmeadows Station - Craigieburn North (Mt Ridley Rd)". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "542 Roxburgh Park - Pascoe Vale via Meadow Heights & Broadmeadows & Glenroy". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "544 Craigieburn - Roxburgh Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.

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