South Morang railway station

South Morang
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 2 with 2 X'Trapolis trains at both platforms, March 2018
General information
LocationMcDonalds Road,
South Morang, Victoria 3752
City of Whittlesea
Australia
Coordinates37°38′57″S 145°4′3″E / 37.64917°S 145.06750°E / -37.64917; 145.06750
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance25.99 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking450
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeSMG
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened22 April 2012; 12 years ago (2012-04-22)
ElectrifiedNovember 2011
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesStopping Place No. 39
(1925–1959)
Passengers
2011–2012141,142[1]
2012–2013Not measured[1]
2013–2014929,186[1] Increase 558.3%
2014–20151,004,019[2] Increase 8.05%
2015–20161,174,152[1] Increase 16.94%
2016–20171,170,111[1] Decrease 0.34%
2017–20181,266,871[1] Increase 8.27%
2018–2019886,550[1] Decrease 30%
2019–2020554,250[1] Decrease 37.5%
2020–2021291,000[1] Decrease 47.5%
2021–2022347,300[3] Increase 19.34%
2022–2023510,050[4] Increase 46.86%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Epping
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Middle Gorge
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
to Epping
McDonalds Drain
1
2
to Middle Gorge

South Morang 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 South Morang, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. South Morang station is a below ground premium station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 22 April 2012.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  2. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ "South Morang". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.