Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne

:"There is also a Broadmeadows station in Adelaide, as well as Broadmeadow station in Newcastle."

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Broadmeadows
IMAGELINK=Broadmeadows-station-platform.jpg
CAPTION=Looking north from platform 1 towards the main station building
CODE=BMS
DISTANCE=18.1 km
LINES=Craigieburn
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Premium Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/20030 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/3 Link]
MELWAY= [http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/genmap.cgi?x=144.919549523795&y=-37.6831790634981&sizex=650&sizey=650&level=6&star=5&circle= Link]
ZONE=2

Broadmeadows is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Broadmeadows, on the Craigieburn railway line. Broadmeadows is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2. Broadmeadows station originally opened on February 1, 1873. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Broadmeadows VICSIG Infrastructure - Broadmeadows] ]

Facilities

The station consists of two side platforms: Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a small steel shelter and a small waiting room building, while platform 2 (Upfield bound) has a large bluestone building with an enclosed waiting room, a ticket office and toilets with an office tower built on top. A large Metcard machine is located inside the waiting room, which is able to dispense most ticketing options and also accept notes and coins. An underpass is situated at the Flinders Street end of the station, whilst stabling facilities are located at the down end of the station.

The station is located between Pascoe Vale Road and Railway Crescent, with station access from both. The Melbourne - Sydney standard gauge line is adjacent to the station on the eastern side, and at the city end the Albion-Jacana freight line branches westward from the main line, providing an alternate route to Melbourne from the suburban lines via Essendon.

It was upgraded to Premium Station status on March 21 1996, although the waiting room and ticket facilities were built in 1990 as part of a commercial development of the site.cite journal
year = 1997
month = October
title = Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station
journal = Newsrail
publisher = Australian Railway Heritage Society (Victorian Division)
pages = page 310 ]

References & External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/7/Broadmeadows.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 141m]
* [http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/Broadmeadows.pdf Victorian Station Histories: Broadmeadows station]

MetlinkVlineStations
Line1=Craigieburn line
VLine=Albury & Shepparton lines
Previous1=Jacana
VPrevious=Essendon
Here=Broadmeadows
Next1=Roxburgh Park
VNext=Craigieburn
VICORMELB=Melbourne

"'The proposed Coolaroo station is located between Broadmeadows and Roxburgh Park.