Preston railway station, Melbourne

Preston
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 2, June 2023
General information
LocationClinch Avenue,
Preston, Victoria 3072
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates37°44′19″S 145°00′02″E / 37.7387°S 145.0006°E / -37.7387; 145.0006
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance12.47 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking254[1]
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codePRE
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889; 134 years ago (1889-10-08)
Rebuilt1973
5 September 2022 (LXRP)
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesPreston-Murray Road (1889-1905)
Murray (1905-1909)
Passengers
2005–2006591,010[2]
2006–2007643,921[2] Increase 8.95%
2007–2008734,065[2] Increase 13.99%
2008–2009847,792[3] Increase 15.49%
2009–2010860,532[3] Increase 1.5%
2010–2011852,173[3] Decrease 0.97%
2011–2012800,022[3] Decrease 6.11%
2012–2013Not measured[3]
2013–2014859,243[3] Increase 7.4%
2014–2015825,977[2] Decrease 3.87%
2015–2016885,788[3] Increase 7.24%
2016–2017881,885[3] Decrease 0.44%
2017–2018901,943[3] Increase 2.27%
2018–2019862,540[3] Decrease 4.36%
2019–2020648,650[3] Decrease 24.79%
2020–2021317,300[3] Decrease 51.08%
2021–2022238,850[4] Decrease 24.72%
2022–2023398,450[5] Increase 66.82%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Bell
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Regent
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
to Bell
1
2
to Regent

Preston railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Preston, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Preston station is an elevated structure premium station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 2022.[6]

This station was renamed two times. It initially opened as Preston-Murray Road, before being renamed to Murray on 1 August 1905, then given its current name of Preston on 1 December 1909.[6]

  1. ^ "New Preston Station fact sheet". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  5. ^ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  6. ^ a b "Preston". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.