Brunswick railway station, Melbourne

Brunswick railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, and it opened on 9 September 1884.[4]

Brunswick
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2 in April 2022
General information
LocationWilkinson Street,
Brunswick, Victoria 3056
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates37°46′04″S 144°57′35″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Upfield
Distance7.31 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
  • Trams in Melbourne Tram
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeBWK
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened9 September 1884 (1884-09-09)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(December 1920)
Passengers
2005–2006201,458[1]
2006–2007221,333[1] Increase 9.86%
2007–2008239,699[1] Increase 8.29%
2008–2009269,396[2] Increase 12.38%
2009–2010302,548[2] Increase 12.3%
2010–2011299,091[2] Decrease 1.14%
2011–2012286,981[2] Decrease 4.05%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014348,470[2] Increase 21.43%
2014–2015353,748[1] Increase 1.51%
2015–2016357,322[2] Increase 1.01%
2016–2017370,309[2] Increase 3.63%
2017–2018377,805[2] Increase 2.02%
2018–2019395,250[2] Increase 4.62%
2019–2020304,300[2] Decrease 23%
2020–2021155,350[2] Decrease 48.9%
2021–2022167,400[3] Increase 7.75%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Jewell
towards Flinders Street
 Upfield line Anstey
towards Upfield

The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[5]

History

Brunswick station opened on 9 September 1884, when the railway line from North Melbourne was extended to Coburg. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Brunswick Park, a property that was purchased by Thomas Wilkinson and a partner.[6][7] Brunswick Park was named in honour of either Princess Caroline of Brunswick, or the 1840 marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, of the royal house of Brunswick.[6][7]

Brunswick once had a goods yard, which closed in 1966.[4] The goods siding and associated points and signal discs were abolished in that same year.[4]

In 1972, the station platforms were lengthened.[4]

Just after 4:45am on 2 August 1977, a seven-car Harris train set rolled away from Gowrie, after the driver and guard were changing ends after taking the train out of a siding, as it was scheduled to operate a city bound service from Upfield.[8][9][10] The train passed through fifteen level crossings and destroyed seven sets of hand gates, before stopping just south of Brunswick, between the Albert and Dawson Streets level crossings.[8][9][10]

In 1998, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the Albert Street level crossing, located at the up end of the station,[11] and replaced interlocked gates at the Victoria Street level crossing, located at the down end of the station.[12] The signal box protecting Victoria Street was also abolished during this time.[12]

Announced in September 2022, Brunswick, alongside other stations on the Upfield line, will be elevated to remove eight level crossings on the line.[13] Further details, designs and a construction timeline will be released closer to 2027.

Platforms and services

Brunswick has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Upfield line services.[14]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates two routes via Brunswick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  508 : Alphington station – Moonee Ponds Junction[15]
  •  509 : Brunswick West – Barkly Square Shopping Centre[16]

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Brunswick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Yarra Trams operates one route via Brunswick station:

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. "Brunswick". vicsig.net. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. Brunswick Signal Box Gates & Station Department of the Environment
  6. "Brunswick and Brunswick City". Victorian Places. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  7. First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  8. "'Old system' blamed for rail runaway". The Age. 3 August 1977. p. 13.
  9. Money, Lawrence; Birnbauer, Bill (2 August 1977). "Runaway - Train slams seven gates". The Herald.
  10. "VicRail quiz on runaway". The Sun News-Pictorial. 3 August 1977. p. 11.
  11. "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. Signalling Record Society (Victoria). November 1998. p. 108.
  12. "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. Signalling Record Society (Victoria). January 1999. p. 5.
  13. "Eight More Dangerous Level Crossings To Go By 2027 | Premier of Victoria". www.premier.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  14. "Upfield Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "508 Alphington - Moonee Ponds via Northcote & Brunswick". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "509 Brunswick West - Barkly Square SC via Hope St & Sydney Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. 951 Brunswick Station - Glenroy Station via West Coburg Public Transport Victoria
  18. "19 North Coburg - Flinders Street Station & City". Public Transport Victoria.
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