Jewell railway station

Jewell
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 2, November 2022
General information
LocationWilson Avenue,
Brunswick, Victoria 3056
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates37°46′30″S 144°57′31″E / 37.7750°S 144.9587°E / -37.7750; 144.9587
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Upfield
Distance6.50 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
  • List of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
  • Trams in Melbourne Tram
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeJWL
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened9 September 1884; 140 years ago (1884-09-09)
ElectrifiedDecember 1920
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesSouth Brunswick (1884–1954)
Passengers
2005–2006281,800[1]
2006–2007309,812[1] Increase 9.94%
2007–2008345,569[1] Increase 11.54%
2008–2009387,580[2] Increase 12.15%
2009–2010422,703[2] Increase 9.06%
2010–2011426,176[2] Increase 0.82%
2011–2012420,257[2] Decrease 1.39%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014416,204[2] Decrease 0.96%
2014–2015431,490[1] Increase 3.67%
2015–2016433,658[2] Increase 0.5%
2016–2017451,102[2] Increase 4.02%
2017–2018439,218[2] Decrease 2.63%
2018–2019422,900[2] Decrease 3.71%
2019–2020315,750[2] Decrease 25.34%
2020–2021135,400[2] Decrease 57.1%
2021–2022178,100[3] Increase 31.53%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Royal Park
towards Flinders Street
 Upfield line Brunswick
towards Upfield
Track layout
Legend
to Royal Park
Park Street
(Removing by 2027)
Brunswick Road
(Removing by 2027)
1
2
Union Street
(Removing by 2027)
to Brunswick

Jewell 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. Jewell station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 9 September 1884.[4]

Initially opened as South Brunswick, the station was given its current name of Jewell on 1 February 1954.[4]

A disused goods shed is located next to the entrance to Platform 1, and a disused signal box is located at the down end of the station, next to the Union Street level crossing. The main station building, signal box and level crossing gates are 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. ^ a b Jewell Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Vicsig
  5. ^ Jewell Signal Box, Gates & Station Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Department of the Environment