Gowrie railway station, Melbourne

Gowrie railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Gowrie


CODE=GOW
DISTANCE=16 km
LINES=Upfield
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Premium station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19961 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19961#lineInfomation Link]
MELWAY=
ZONE=2

Gowrie is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Glenroy, on the Upfield railway line. Gowrie is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.

Facilities

The station is located between Sages Road and Wells Court, with station access from both.

The station consists of two platforms in an island format, with a large weatherboard building at the Upfield end of the station, with an enclosed waiting room, a ticket office and toilets. Gowrie is one of the few stations on the Melbourne rail network that does not have a large Metcard machine, as it was moved to Keilor Plains station in January 2002. [cite web
title = Metcard - The MVM 2 Machines
publisher = "RailPage Australia"
date= 17 June 2006
url =http://www.railpage.org.au/metcard/html/018.html
accessdate =2006-12-08
]

The station marks the end of the double track on the Upfield Line.

History

Gowrie station opened on October 16 1928 as "Rail Motor Stopping Place 21". It closed in 1956 and reopened in 1965 as "Gowrie". [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Gowrie VICSIG Infrastructure - Gowrie] ] Until 1991 every second train terminated here. The station was upgraded to Premium Station status in 1998.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
]

Gallery

References

MelbourneStations
Line=Upfield line
Here=Gowrie
Previous=Fawkner
Next=Upfield


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