Coburg station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 9 September 1884, with the former ground level station closed and demolished in July 2020 and the current elevated station provided in December 2020 by the Level Crossing Removal Project.

Coburg is an elevated premium station, consisting of two side platforms connected by staircases, lifts and a ground level concourse. The station fully complies with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and is accessible as there is a lift connecting to the ground level concourse and the station platforms on either side.

The station is also served by eight bus routes, one tram route and two V/Line bus coach services. It includes Broadmeadows Bus Service route 530, Dysons bus routes 513, 514 and 561, Kinetic Melbourne bus routes 512 and 903, Ventura Bus Lines routes 526 and 527 and Yarra Trams route 19. The station is approximately or around a 25 minute train ride to Flinders Street via the City Loop.

Description

Coburg railway station is located in the northern suburb of Coburg in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency and the station is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. The station building presents as a civic gesture drawing abstract references to the formal language of classical architecture and has decorative features such as friezes, hexagonal reliefs on the pre-cast elements and the primary colours of the station are orange.

The station building, concourse and platform largely stayed the same since the station was rebuilt in 2020. The station is listed as fully accessible on the Metro Trains website, as there are lifts and accessible features available at the station. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after the Duke of Edinburgh, a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The suburb was renamed from Pentridge to Coburg in 1870, when the Duke was planning to visit the colony. In 1972, the former ground-level station building was refurbished.

A signal box was located at the up end of the station, directly opposite the former Munro Street level crossing. It was provided in 1928 to control the interlocked gates at the former level crossing, and replaced the original signal box.

Level Crossing Removal Project

In 2014, the Andrews government announced a $2.4 billion program to remove and grade separate the Bell Street level crossing, along with 49 other level crossings in Melbourne. It was later formed under the Level Crossing Removal Project program in 2015 and at the time, the Bell Street level crossing had not been decided how the grade separation would be achieved.

On 30 November 2018, the Andrews government announced that the Level Crossing Removal Project would remove an additional level crossing at Munro Street, Coburg, along with 24 other level crossings in Melbourne as part of a $6.6 billion program. On 7 May 2019, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the Bell Street and Munro Street level crossings was chosen to be elevated and Coburg station to be rebuilt.

On 12 June 2019, the designs for the new, rebuilt station was announced.

On 27 July 2020, the Bell Street and Munro Street level crossings and equipment were eliminated and on the same night, the ground level station was closed and demolished and the Platform 1 heritage building restored during these works. On 2 November 2020, trains started running through the new elevated rail bridge after a four month closure. On 14 December 2020, the rebuilt station opened to passengers.

Platforms and services

Coburg has two side platforms. The station is currently served by the Upfield line, part of the metropolitan railway network.

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Dysons operates three bus routes via Coburg station:

  • : Eltham station – Glenroy station (via Lower Plenty)
  • : Eltham station – Glenroy station (via Greensborough)
  • : Macleod – Pascoe Vale station

Kinetic Melbourne operates two route via Coburg station:

  • : Strathmore station – East Coburg
  • SmartBus : Altona station – Mordialloc

Ventura Bus Lines operates two routes via Coburg station:

  • : Coburg – Reservoir
  • : Gowrie station – Northland Shopping Centre

Yarra Trams operates one route via Coburg station:

  • 34px|link=Melbourne tram route 19: Coburg North – Flinders Street station (via Elizabeth Street)

V/Line coach services to:

  • Barmah via Heathcote and Shepparton
  • Barham, New South Wales (change at Heathcote)

References

  • Melway map at street-directory.com.au