Gowrie railway station, Melbourne

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Gowrie
Station information

Code	GOW
Distance from Flinders St	16 km
Lines	Upfield
# Platforms	2
# Tracks	2
Status	Premium station
Metlink profile	Link
Metcard Zone	2

Gowrie station prior to new signage and re-painted building

Gowrie is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Glenroy, on the Upfield railway line. Gowrie is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2. The station marks the end of the double track on the Upfield Line.

[edit] Facilities

The station is located between Sages Road and Wells Court with platform access from both.

The station consists of two platforms in an island format. The island platform contains a large weatherboard building with an enclosed waiting room and a ticket office inside. Gowrie is one of the few stations on the Melbourne rail network that does not have a large Metcard machine, as it was moved to Keilor Plains station in January 2002^[1].

[edit] History

Gowrie station originally opened on 16 October 1928 as Rail Motor Stopping Place 21. It was later renamed to Gowrie in 1965. Until 1991, every second train terminated here.