Reservoir railway station
Reservoir | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view taken from platform 2 in November 2013. | |||||||||||
| Location | High Street, Reservoir | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°43′00″S 145°00′26″E / 37.7168°S 145.0071°ECoordinates: 37°43′00″S 145°00′26″E / 37.7168°S 145.0071°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | South Morang | ||||||||||
| Distance | 14.94 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 380 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Premium station | ||||||||||
| Station code | RES | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 1/2 overlap | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1889 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Reservoir railway station is located on the South Morang line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir opening as Preston-Reservoir on 8 October 1889 being renamed Reservoir on 1 December 1909.[1][2] It was upgraded to a Premium station on 25 June 1996.[3]
The station was the terminus for suburban services on the Whittlesea line, with the line duplicated in December 1910, and in July 1921 it became the terminus for electric trains. In 1924 an 8 metre long turntable was provided at the station for the operation of an AEC railmotor between Reservoir and Whittlesea station, running two trips a day.[1] Electric trains were extended to Thomastown in December 1929, and the turntable was abolished in 1940.
Boom barriers replaced hand gates at High Street level crossing in 1963.[4]
Platforms & services
Reservoir has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' South Morang line services.[5]
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 Reservoir station:
- 552: Northcote Shopping Plaza - North East Reservoir[6]
- 553: Preston - West Preston[7]
- 555: Northland Shopping Centre - Northern Hospital Epping[8]
- 558: to North West Reservoir[9]
East West Bus Company operates one route via Reservoir station:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society): pages 333–337.
- ↑ Reservoir Vicsig
- ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society): page 310. October 1997.
- ↑ Public Office Record Victoria. "Reservoir - Public Record Office Victoria Photographic Collection". proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=41. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ↑ South Morang Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 552 North East Reservoir - Northcote Plaza timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 553 Preston - West Preston timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 555 Epping - Northland timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 558 Reservoir via North West Reservoir timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 561 Macleod - Coburg timetable Public Transport Victoria