Lalor railway station

Lalor
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2, July 2024
General information
LocationStation Street,
Lalor, Victoria 3075
City of Whittlesea
Australia
Coordinates37°39′57″S 145°01′02″E / 37.6659°S 145.0173°E / -37.6659; 145.0173
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance20.72 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking417
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeLAL
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
OpenedOctober 1949; 74 years ago (1949-10)
Rebuilt26 November 1964
1978
ElectrifiedNovember 1959
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesRail Motor Stopping Place 77
(1949–1952)
Passengers
2005–2006323,019[1]
2006–2007366,244[1] Increase 13.38%
2007–2008410,353[1] Increase 12.04%
2008–2009423,347[2] Increase 3.16%
2009–2010441,521[2] Increase 4.29%
2010–2011489,944[2] Increase 10.97%
2011–2012521,699[2] Increase 6.48%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014488,403[2] Decrease 6.38%
2014–2015498,629[1] Increase 2.09%
2015–2016560,852[2] Increase 12.47%
2016–2017569,739[2] Increase 1.58%
2017–2018597,717[2] Increase 4.91%
2018–2019605,050[2] Increase 1.22%
2019–2020477,500[2] Decrease 21.1%
2020–2021243,550[2] Decrease 49%
2021–2022241,700[3] Decrease 0.75%
2022–2023388,600[4] Increase 60.78%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Thomastown
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Epping
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
to Thomastown
Manns Crossing
Paschke Crescent
1
2
Childs Road
to Epping

Lalor railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Lalor, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Lalor station is a ground-level staffed station. It opened in October 1949, with the current station provided in 1978.[5]

Initially opened as Rail Motor Stopping Place 77, the station was given its current name of Lalor on 27 August 1952.[5]

  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. ^ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  5. ^ a b "Lalor". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.