Upfield railway station

Upfield railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Campbellfield, and it opened on 8 October 1889 as North Campbellfield. It closed on 13 July 1903, reopened on 5 March 1928, closed again on 5 May 1956, and was reopened again on 17 August 1959 as Upfield.[4][5]

Upfield
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view in June 2019
General information
LocationBarry Road,
Campbellfield, Victoria 3061
City of Hume
Australia
Coordinates37°39′58″S 144°56′48″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Upfield
Distance18.86 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking25
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeUFD
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889 (1889-10-08)
Closed5 May 1956
Rebuilt17 August 1959
1963-1964
ElectrifiedAugust 1959 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesNorth Campbellfield (1889-1959)
Passengers
2005–2006291,252[1]
2006–2007331,504[1] Increase 13.82%
2007–2008329,370[1] Decrease 0.64%
2008–2009369,930[2] Increase 12.31%
2009–2010390,478[2] Increase 5.55%
2010–2011344,048[2] Decrease 11.9%
2011–2012318,588[2] Decrease 7.4%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014261,057[2] Decrease 18.06%
2014–2015257,659[1] Decrease 1.3%
2015–2016295,726[2] Increase 14.77%
2016–2017290,940[2] Decrease 1.62%
2017–2018278,122[2] Decrease 4.41%
2018–2019366,300[2] Increase 31.7%
2019–2020284,700[2] Decrease 22.28%
2020–2021147,300[2] Decrease 48.3%
2021–2022185,850[3] Increase 26.17%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Gowrie
towards Flinders Street
 Upfield line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Campbellfield   Upfield - Somerton link   Somerton
  List of closed railway stations in Melbourne  

History

Upfield station originally opened on 8 October 1889, when the railway line from Coburg was extended to Somerton.[4] It opened in its current form on 17 August 1959, when the line from Fawkner to Somerton was reopened and electrified.[4][5] The name of the station comes from the area's open country at the time of its 1959 reopening.[6][7]

During 1963-1964, the present station building was provided.[8] In 1965, flashing light signals were provided at the Barry Road level crossing, located at the Up end of the station.[4]

A train stabling yard, which was provided in 1997, is located north of the station.[9] Also in that year, a signal panel was provided.[4] In 1998, boom barriers were provided at the Barry Road level crossing, as part of the upgrade works along the Upfield line.

During 2002-2003, the station was refurbished[10] and, in December 2007, Upfield was upgraded to a Premium Station.[11] In 2011, an extra stabling siding (Siding "A") was provided.[4]

Under the PTV Network Development Plan, released in 2013, the section of the line between Upfield and Roxburgh Park would be reinstated, and would include a flyover over the North East standard gauge line. That would allow Seymour V/Line services to operate via Upfield, and would facilitate the eventual electrification of the line to Wallan.[12]

On 30 June 2019, the signal panel was abolished, with control transferred to Metrol.[13]

Platforms and services

Upfield has one platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services.[14]

Platform 1:

Broadmeadows Bus Service operates two routes via Upfield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  531 : to North Coburg[15]
  •  532 : Craigieburn station – Broadmeadows station[16]

Dysons operates one route to and from Upfield station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  540 : to Broadmeadows station[17]

References
  1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. "Upfield". vicsig.net. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. "Trains to New Upfield Station". The Age. 14 August 1959. p. 3.
  6. "Upfield". Victorian Places. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  7. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  8. "New Works, Closures, Tenders, Etc". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1963. p. 10.
  9. Andrew Waugh. "VR History by Andrew Waugh - Upfield Line" (PDF). VR History. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  10. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 2003. p. 28.
  11. "Premium Stations". Department of Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  12. Network Development Plan – Metropolitan Rail Public Transport Victoria
  13. "Upfield Signal Box (UFD)". vicsig.net. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  14. "Upfield Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "531 Upfield - North Coburg via Somerset Estate". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "532 Craigieburn - Broadmeadows via Upfield Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "540 Upfield - Broadmeadows via Coolaroo". Public Transport Victoria.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.