Reservoir railway station

Reservoir
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2, July 2024
General information
LocationHigh Street,
Reservoir, Victoria 3073
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates37°43′00″S 145°00′26″E / 37.7168°S 145.0071°E / -37.7168; 145.0071
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance14.94 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking380
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeRES
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889; 134 years ago (1889-10-08)
Rebuilt1967
16 December 2019 (LXRP)
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesPreston – Reservoir (1889–1909)
Passengers
2005–2006850,907[1]
2006–2007931,894[1] Increase 9.51%
2007–20081,072,476[1] Increase 15.08%
2008–20091,236,817[2] Increase 15.32%
2009–20101,316,708[2] Increase 6.45%
2010–20111,272,669[2] Decrease 3.34%
2011–20121,157,335[2] Decrease 9.06%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–20141,181,322[2] Increase 2.07%
2014–20151,099,944[1] Decrease 6.88%
2015–20161,103,946[2] Increase 0.36%
2016–20171,108,520[2] Increase 0.41%
2017–20181,121,719[2] Increase 1.19%
2018–2019959,063[2] Decrease 14.5%
2019–2020517,550[2] Decrease 46.03%
2020–2021349,200[2] Decrease 32.52%
2021–2022473,200[3] Increase 35.51%
2022–2023672,750[4] Increase 42.17%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Regent
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Ruthven
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
to Regent
1
2
to Ruthven

Reservoir 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 Reservoir, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Reservoir station is an elevated structure premium station, with an island platform. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 2019.[5]

Initially opened as Preston-Reservoir, the station was given its current name of Reservoir on 1 December 1909.[5][6]

  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. ^ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  5. ^ a b "Reservoir". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ^ Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir – Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 333–337.