Brunswick railway station, Melbourne

Brunswick
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2, showing station building on Platform 1, April 2022
General information
LocationWilkinson Street,
Brunswick, Victoria 3056
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates37°46′04″S 144°57′35″E / 37.7677°S 144.9597°E / -37.7677; 144.9597
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Upfield
Distance7.31 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
  • Trams in Melbourne Tram
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step-free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeBWK
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened9 September 1884; 140 years ago (1884-09-09)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(December 1920)
Passengers
2005–2006201,458[1]
2006–2007221,333[1] Increase 9.86%
2007–2008239,699[1] Increase 8.29%
2008–2009269,396[2] Increase 12.38%
2009–2010302,548[2] Increase 12.3%
2010–2011299,091[2] Decrease 1.14%
2011–2012286,981[2] Decrease 4.05%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014348,470[2] Increase 21.43%
2014–2015353,748[1] Increase 1.51%
2015–2016357,322[2] Increase 1.01%
2016–2017370,309[2] Increase 3.63%
2017–2018377,805[2] Increase 2.02%
2018–2019395,250[2] Increase 4.62%
2019–2020304,300[2] Decrease 23%
2020–2021155,350[2] Decrease 48.9%
2021–2022167,400[3] Increase 7.75%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Jewell
towards Flinders Street
 Upfield line Anstey
towards Upfield
Track layout
Legend
to Jewell
Dawson Street
(to be removed by 2027)
Albert Street
(to be removed by 2027)
1
2
Victoria Street
(to be removed by 2027)
to Anstey

Brunswick railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Brunswick, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Brunswick station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 9 September 1884.[4]

The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  4. ^ "Brunswick". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ Brunswick Signal Box Gates & Station Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Department of the Environment