Coolaroo station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the northern suburb of Coolaroo in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Coolaroo station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 6 June 2010.
History
Originally scheduled for completion by the 1980s, under the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan, the Victorian Government set aside $38 million for the construction of the station in the 2007/2008 State Budget.New metropolitan railway stations Department of Infrastructure Completion was expected in 2010, with the project re-announced as part of the state government Victorian Transport Plan in December 2008. Although long proposed, the station was built separately to the 2007 electrification of the line from Broadmeadows to Craigieburn.
The railway past the site of Coolaroo station originally opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane. In December 2008, to allow construction of Platform 1, work on the slewing of the parallel standard gauge track commenced, and was completed by January 2009. In August of that year, work on the lift wells was underway, with the main span of the footbridge lifted into place in October of that year.
On 6 June 2010, the station was opened by then Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, and then Minister for Transport, Martin Pakula.
Platforms and services
Coolaroo has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Craigieburn line services.
Coolaroo platform arrangementPlatformLineDestinationViaService TypeNotesSource1Flinders StreetCity LoopAll stationsSee City Loop for operating patterns2CraigieburnAll stations
Transport links
Three bus routes operate via Coolaroo station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: : Upfield station – Broadmeadows station (operated by CDC Melbourne) SmartBus : Frankston station – Melbourne Airport (operated by Kinetic Melbourne) Night Bus : Broadmeadows station – Craigieburn (Saturday and Sunday mornings only) (operated by Ventura Bus Lines)
Gallery
References
External links
Melway map at street-directory.com.au