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Moonee Ponds railway station

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Owned by
  
VicTrack

Line(s)
  
Craigieburn

Opened
  
1 November 1860

Owner
  
VicTrack

Tracks
  
2

Operated by
  
Metro

Platforms
  
2 side

Phone
  
+61 3 9610 8455

Rebuilt
  
9 October 1871

Moonee Ponds railway station

Location
  
Norwood Crescent, Moonee Ponds

Distance
  
6.89 kilometres from Southern Cross

Address
  
Holmes Rd / Norwood Cres, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039, Australia

Similar
  
Essendon railway station, Glenbervie railway station, Ascot Vale railway station, Craigieburn railway station, Roxburgh Park railway st

Moonee Ponds railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds. It opened on 1 November 1860, as part of the private Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company line to Essendon. The station closed with the line on 1 July 1864, but was reopened on 9 October 1871, under government ownership.

Contents

The station building was provided in 1882, with a signal box provided in 1889, to control interlocked gates at the Puckle Street level crossing, until they were replaced with boom barriers in 1969.

Platforms & services

Moonee Ponds has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Craigieburn line services.

Platform 1:

  • Craigieburn line: all stations services to Flinders Street
  • Platform 2:

  • Craigieburn line: all stations services to Craigieburn
  • Ryan Brothers Bus Service operates one route to and from Moonee Ponds station:

  • 467: to Aberfeldie
  • Moonee Ponds Junction is located 400 metres east of the station, and is the terminus for routes operated by Dyson's Bus Services, Kastoria Bus Lines, Moonee Valley Coaches, Sita Buslines and Tullamarine Bus Lines. It is also served by Yarra Trams routes 59 and 82.

    References

    Moonee Ponds railway station Wikipedia