Pascoe Vale railway station

Pascoe Vale
Northbound view from Platform 1, November 2024
General information
LocationBurgundy Street,
Pascoe Vale, Victoria 3044
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates37°43′49″S 144°55′42″E / 37.7302°S 144.9284°E / -37.7302; 144.9284
SystemPTV commuter rail station
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
LineCraigieburn
Distance11.27 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking91
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes – step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codePVL
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened10 November 1885 (1885-11-10)
ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2018 numbers
2005–2006367,533[1]
2006–2007410,952[1]  11.81%
2007–2008460,107[1]  11.96%
2008–2009515,446[2]  12.02%
2009–2010555,273[2]  7.72%
2010–2011541,214[2]  2.53%
2011–2012497,596[2]  8.05%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014520,726[2]  4.64%
2014–2015532,966[1]  2.35%
2015–2016579,470[2]  8.72%
2016–2017626,276[2]  8.07%
2017–2018645,054[2]  2.99%
2018–2019657,930[2]  1.99%
2019–2020545,050[2]  17.15%
2020–2021239,250[2]  56.1%
2021–2022256,800[3]  7.33%
2022–2023422,850[4]  64.66%
2023–2024530,800[4]  25.53%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Strathmore
towards Flinders Street
 Craigieburn line Oak Park
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
to Strathmore
CityLink
1
2
Gaffney Street
to Oak Park
Location

Pascoe Vale station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the northern suburb of the same name in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened on 10 November 1885.[5]

History

Pascoe Vale station opened along with the railway line past the site of the station, as part of the North East line to School House Lane.[6] The station, like the suburb itself, was named after Pascoeville, a property owned by John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of the city of Melbourne.[7][8]

The original station building, erected on Platform 1 in 1886, was replaced in the 1970s. In 1929, a signal box was provided, which controlled interlocked gates at the Gaffney Street level crossing,[9] until they were replaced with boom barriers in 1965.[5][10]

Platforms and services

Pascoe Vale has two side platforms and is served by Craigieburn line trains.[11]

Current

Pascoe Vale platform arrangement
Platform Line Destination Via Service Type
1  Craigieburn line  Flinders Street City Loop All stations
2  Craigieburn line  Craigieburn All stations

Two bus routes operate to and from Pascoe Vale station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  542 : to Roxburgh Park station (operated by CDC Melbourne)[12]
  •  561 : to Macleod (operated by Dysons)[13]
  • Southbound view of the station platforms, viewed from the Gaffney Street level crossing, March 2005
  • Northbound view from Platform 1, January 2015
  • Southbound view from Platform 1, November 2024
  • A PID on Platform 1 displaying an up Craigieburn service to Flinders Street, November 2024
  • Southbound view of the station platforms, November 2024
  • Station building, ramp and entrance to Platform 1 from Gaffney Street, November 2024
  • A Flinders Street-bound Comeng train arrives at Platform 1, November 2024

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b Metropolitan Station Patronage - 2008 - 2021 Phillip Mallis
  5. ^ a b "Pascoe Vale". vicsig.net. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ^ Turton, Keith W (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. The first hundred years of the Melbourne-Wodonga Railway 1873-1973. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 87. ISBN 0-85849-012-9.
  7. ^ "Pascoe Vale". Victorian Places. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Pascoevale Railway Station". The Argus. No. 25, 807. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1929. p. 9. Retrieved 20 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  11. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. ^ "542 Roxburgh Park - Pascoe Vale via Meadow Heights & Broadmeadows & Glenroy (From 1st July 2025)". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  13. ^ "561 Macleod - Pascoe Vale via La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.
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