Gowrie railway station

Gowrie
Station statistics
Coordinates	37°42′03″S 144°57′32″E / 37.7007°S 144.9588°E / -37.7007; 144.9588Coordinates: 37°42′03″S 144°57′32″E / 37.7007°S 144.9588°E / -37.7007; 144.9588
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	GOW
Owned by	VicTrack
Operator	Metro Trains
Myki zone	2
Station status	Premium station
Melway map	Link
Website	Link, includes timetables
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Fawkner toward Flinders Street Upfield line Upfield Terminus
Location
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Gowrie is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Fawkner, on the Upfield railway line. Gowrie is classed as a Premium Station and is in Myki Zone 2.

Facilities

Gowrie is located between Sages Road and Wells Court, with station access from both.

The station consists of two platforms in an island format, with a large weatherboard building at the Upfield end. The building houses an enclosed waiting area, ticket facilities and toilets. Gowrie was one of the few stations on the Melbourne rail network that did not have a large Metcard machine, as it was moved to Keilor Plains station in January 2002.^[1]

Gowrie marks the end of the double track on the Upfield Line and the end of the Upfield Bike Path

Platforms and services

Platform 1:

• Upfield line - all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

• Upfield line - all stations services to Upfield

Bus services

• 527 Northland SC – Gowrie via Coburg RS, Preston RS (every day). Operated by Ivanhoe Bus Company.
• 530 Coburg – Campbellfield via Merlynston RS, Fawkner RS, Gowrie RS (every day). Operated by Broadmeadows Bus Service.
• 531 Upfield – North Coburg via Fawkner RS, Gowrie RS (Monday to Friday). Operated by Broadmeadows Bus Service.
• 536 Glenroy – Gowrie (Monday to Saturday). Operated by Dyson's Bus Services.

History

Gowrie station opened on 16 October 1928 as Rail Motor Stopping Place 21. It closed in 1956 and reopened in 1965 as Gowrie.^[2] Until 1991 every second train terminated there rather than at Upfield. The station was upgraded to "Premium" status in 1998.^[3]

The former Campbellfield Station was located between Upfield and Gowrie stations.

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