Coolaroo railway station, Melbourne

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NAME=Coolaroo


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DISTANCE=19.3km. [ [http://connexmelbourne.com.au/media/docs/15-AttachmentG2_a_ConnexWorkingTimetableMarch06Part1a.pdf Connex Melbourne - Working Timetable System Description] page 51 (June 2006)]
LINES=Craigieburn
PLATFORMS=2
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ZONE=2

Coolaroo is a proposed railway station on the Craigieburn railway line in the Melbourne suburb of Coolaroo, Victoria. Although long proposed the station will be opened around two years after the extension of the electrification from Broadmeadows to Craigieburn. [http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/AllDocs/7475D912FB2103D4CA25725F001109BD?OpenDocument#lynbrook Department of Infrastructure - New metropolitan railway stations] ]

The station will feature: [http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/AllDocs/7475D912FB2103D4CA25725F001109BD?OpenDocument#coolaroo Department of Infrastructure - New metropolitan railway stations] ]
* a bus interchange
* car parking and 'kiss-and-ride' facilities
* island platform layout
* pedestrian overpass.

The State Government set aside $38 million for the construction of the station in the 2007-2008 budget, an amount criticised by the Public Transport Users Association as excessive. [cite web|url=http://www.humeleader.com.au/article/2006/11/20/7455_hov_news.html
title=Hume Leader - 'Rail pledge quizzed' - November 21 2006
accessdate=2007-07-30] Completion is expected in 2010.

References

MelbourneStations
Line=Craigieburn line
Previous=Broadmeadows
Here=Coolaroo
Next=Roxburgh Park