Gowrie railway station

Rail Motor Stopping Place No. 21 opened on 16 October 1928 at the site of the present Gowrie station, following the reinstatement of a passenger service on the Fawkner – Somerton line in March of that year.[4] On 5 May 1956, it was closed when the passenger service ceased.[4]

On 17 May 1965, Gowrie station opened in its current form, on what was by then the Upfield line.[4][5] The name of the station comes from a former grazing property named Gowrie Park, which was named by the owner, who was originally from Gowrie, England.[6][7][8] The Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park is located on part of the former property.[6]

Just after 4:45am on 2 August 1977, a seven-car Harris train set rolled away from the station 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.[9][10][11] The train passed through fifteen level crossings and destroyed seven sets of hand gates before stopping just after Brunswick, between the Albert and Dawson Streets level crossings.[10][9][11]

In 1998, Gowrie was upgraded to a premium station.[12] Also in that year, the track from Fawkner to Gowrie was duplicated and boom barriers were provided at the Box Forest Road level crossing, located nearby in the down direction of the station.[13] Immediately north of the station, the double track merges into a single track, which continues to the terminus at Upfield.[4] Prior to 1998, Platform 1 was a dock platform,[14] requiring trains to cross further down the line near Merlynston.

Under the 2013 PTV Network Development Plan, the line between Gowrie and Upfield would be duplicated, and the line to Roxburgh Park reinstated. It would include a flyover over the North East standard gauge line, to allow Seymour V/Line services to run via Upfield, and eventual electrification of the line to Wallan.[15]