Glenbervie railway station

Glenbervie
Station information
Code GBV
Distance from
Flinders Street
10.4 km
Operator Metro Trains Melbourne
Lines Craigieburn
# Platforms 2
# Tracks 2
Status Unmanned station
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Metlink ticket zone Zone 1

Glenbervie is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Essendon, on the Craigieburn railway line. Glenbervie is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 1.

Contents

Station Overview

Facilities

Glenbervie is located between Napier Crescent and Glass Street, with station access from both.

The station consists of two side platforms; Platform 1 has a large brick building, while platform 2 has a smaller brick building. A large Metcard vending machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. Additional coin-only Metcard and myki ticket vending machines are located at the entrances to platform 1 and platform 2.

An underpass is located at the Flinders Street end of the station.

History

Glenbervie station opened on 11 September 1922, a year after the line through it had been electrified,[1] the railway having opened in 1872 as part of the North East railway to Wodonga. It was initially provided with small timber station buildings,[2] which were replaced in 1976.[3]

Platforms and services

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

References

  1. ^ "VICSIG - Infrastructure". www.vicsig.net. http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Glenbervie. Retrieved 2008-12-24. 
  2. ^ Turton, Keith W. (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 87. ISBN 0 85849 012 9. 
  3. ^ Vincent Adams Winter (1990). VR and VicRail: 1962 - 1983. p. 106. ISBN 0 9582069 3 3.