Lalor railway station
Lalor | |||||||||||
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 Southbound view in March 2012 | |||||||||||
| Location | Station Street, Lalor | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°39′57″S 145°01′02″E / 37.6659°S 145.0173°ECoordinates: 37°39′57″S 145°01′02″E / 37.6659°S 145.0173°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | South Morang | ||||||||||
| Distance | 20.72 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 220 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 4 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||
| Station code | LAL | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | October 1949 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Lalor railway station is located on the South Morang line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Lalor opening as Rail Motor Stopping Place 77 in October 1949, being renamed Lalor on 27 August 1952.[1]
It was served by the Thomastown to Whittlesea AEC railmotor shuttle.[2] In November 1959 the line from Reservoir was electrified, with the line northward closed.[1][3] In November 1964 it was reopened and electrified as far as Epping.[4]
Lalor station, like the suburb in which it is located, was originally pronounced /ˈlɔːlər/ (locally [ˈloːlə]), as it was named after Peter Lalor, and although some people still pronounce it as such, in recent times the pronunciation /ˈleɪlɔr/ or /-lər/ (locally [ˈlæɪloː, -lə]) has become predominant.
In addition, the Victorian Railways Newsletter of 1973 and Victorian RailWays of 1974—Victorian Railways in-house newsletters—stated that the correct pronunciation was /ˈlɔːlər/ (locally [ˈloːlə]).[5]
Platforms & services
Lalor has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' South Morang line services.[6]
Platform 1:
- South Morang line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- South Morang line: all stations services to South Morang
Transport links
Dyson's Bus Services operate four routes via Lalor station:
- 554: Thomastown station - West Lalor[7]
- 555: Northland Shopping Centre - Northern Hospital Epping[8]
- 557: Thomastown station - West Lalor[9]
- 566: Lalor - Northland Shopping Centre[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lalor Vicsig
- ↑ Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir-Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society): pages 333–337.
- ↑ "What Goes On". The Argus (Melbourne 1848-1956) (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 3 May 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ↑ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 67. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
- ↑ Victorian Railways News Letter, April 1973, p. 50 and Victorian RailWays, October 1974, p. 155.
- ↑ South Morang Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 554 Thomastown via West Lalor clockwise loop timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 555 Epping - Northland timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 557 Thomastown via West Lalor anti-clockwise loop timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 566 Lalor - Northlands Shopping Centre timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
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Media related to Lalor railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons - South Morang extension project gallery
- Melway