Gowrie railway station

Gowrie
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view of Platform 2 looking at station building, November 2006
General information
LocationSages Road,
Fawkner, Victoria 3060
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates37°42′03″S 144°57′32″E / 37.7007°S 144.9588°E / -37.7007; 144.9588
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Upfield
Distance14.73 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking100
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step-free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeGOW
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened17 May 1965; 59 years ago (1965-05-17)
ElectrifiedAugust 1959 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesRail Motor Stopping Place No. 21
(1928–1956)
Passengers
2005–2006147,445[1]
2006–2007167,907[1] Increase 13.87%
2007–2008196,189[1] Increase 16.84%
2008–2009230,169[2] Increase 17.32%
2009–2010237,516[2] Increase 3.19%
2010–2011234,647[2] Decrease 1.2%
2011–2012229,491[2] Decrease 2.19%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014168,174[2] Decrease 26.71%
2014–2015196,805[1] Increase 17.02%
2015–2016255,167[2] Increase 29.65%
2016–2017263,233[2] Increase 3.16%
2017–2018250,202[2] Decrease 4.95%
2018–2019321,300[2] Increase 28.4%
2019–2020258,500[2] Decrease 19.55%
2020–2021112,050[2] Decrease 56.7%
2021–2022153,350[3] Increase 36.85%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Fawkner
towards Flinders Street
 Upfield line Upfield
Terminus
Track layout
Legend
to Fawkner
Box Forest Road
1
2
Western Ring Road
to Upfield

Gowrie 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 Fawkner, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Gowrie station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 17 May 1965.[4][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. ^ "Gowrie". Vicsig. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ^ "New Rail Station to Open". The Age. 12 May 1965. p. 20.