Middle Gorge railway station

Middle Gorge
PTV commuter rail station
North-east bound view from Platform 2 looking at station buildings, November 2022
General information
LocationWilliamsons Road,
South Morang, Victoria 3752
City of Whittlesea
Australia
Coordinates37°38′39″S 145°05′31″E / 37.6443°S 145.0919°E / -37.6443; 145.0919
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance28.34 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Parking550
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeMMR
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened26 August 2018; 6 years ago (2018-08-26)
ElectrifiedJuly 2018 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesMarymede (provisionally)
Passengers
2018–2019192,700[1]
2019–2020184,700[1] Decrease 4.15%
2020–2021103,900[1] Decrease 43.75%
2021–2022115,350[2] Increase 11.02%
2022–2023188,600[3] Increase 63.5%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
South Morang
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Hawkstowe
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
to South Morang
1
2
to Hawkstowe

Middle Gorge railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Morang in Victoria, Australia. Middle Gorge is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 26 August 2018.[4][5][6]

It is the only station between South Morang and Mernda that is not elevated, and the only station between Thomastown and Mernda that does not have an island platform.

  1. ^ a b c Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  2. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  4. ^ "Middle Gorge". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  5. ^ Meet Mernda, your new line. Archived 1 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
  6. ^ "Marymede Station Precinct" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.