Union railway station, Melbourne

Union
Union
PTV commuter rail station
General information
Location	Beresford Street, Mont Albert, Victoria 3127; City of Whitehorse; Australia
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale; Belgrave;
Distance	14.14 kilometres from; Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Train operators	Metro Trains
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Under construction, premium station
Station code	UNN
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opening	22 May 2023
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead
Services
Track layout
Track layout

Union railway station is a railway station under construction in Mont Albert, Victoria. Announced in 2020, the station is scheduled for opening on 22 May 2023 alongside the closure of Mont Albert and Surrey Hills stations, and will be built as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project.[1]

In December 2020, it was announced that Mont Albert and Surrey Hills stations (approximately 750m apart) would be closed, and replaced with a station in between them. This was due to the fact that level crossing removal works on Union Road and Mont Albert Road required a rebuild of the stations, which would have violated rail safety standards as they were located on curved tracks. Moving the stations to straighter track would necessitate moving them closer together, hence the decision to only build one station.[2]

The name of the new station was announced as Union on 23 March 2022, selected both to represent the unity of the two stations and for the nearby Union Road shopping village.[1][3]

Platforms and services

Union station will have an island platform (Platforms 1 and 2) and a side platform (Platform 3). It will be served by Lilydale and Belgrave line trains.[4][5]

Platforms 1:

Lilydale line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
Belgrave line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platforms 2:

Lilydale line all stations and limited express services to Lilydale
Belgrave line all stations and limited express services to Belgrave

Platforms 3:

Lilydale line weekday all stations and limited express services to Lilydale; weekday all stations services to Blackburn
Belgrave line weekday all stations and limited express services to Belgrave; weekday all stations services to Blackburn

References

"A 'Union' of two communities". Level Crossing Removal Authority. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
"Surrey Hills and Mont Albert community update – December 2020". Level Crossing Removal Authority. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
Egging, Kiel (23 March 2022). "LXRA: Station name revealed for Surrey Hills and Mont Albert level crossing works". Whitehorse Leader. Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
"Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
"Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.

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[Name-1] "A 'Union' of two communities". Level Crossing Removal Authority. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[2] "Surrey Hills and Mont Albert community update – December 2020". Level Crossing Removal Authority. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[3] Egging, Kiel (23 March 2022). "LXRA: Station name revealed for Surrey Hills and Mont Albert level crossing works". Whitehorse Leader. Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[4] "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.

[5] "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.