Pascoe Vale railway station

Pascoe Vale
PTV commuter rail station
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
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Craigieburn
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

Pascoe Vale railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of the same name in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Pascoe Vale is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. 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]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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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