Reservoir railway station

Reservoir
Northbound view taken from platform 2 in November 2013.
Location	High Street, Reservoir
Coordinates	37°43′00″S 145°00′26″E / 37.7168°S 145.0071°ECoordinates: 37°43′00″S 145°00′26″E / 37.7168°S 145.0071°E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	South Morang
Distance	14.94 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	380
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	RES
Fare zone	Myki zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	8 October 1889
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Regent toward Flinders Street South Morang line Ruthven toward South Morang

Reservoir railway station is located on the South Morang line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, opening as Preston-Reservoir on 8 October 1889, and was renamed Reservoir on 1 December 1909.^[1][2]

The station was the terminus for suburban services on the Whittlesea line, with the line duplicated in December 1910, and in July 1921, it became the terminus for electric trains. In 1924, an 8 metre long turntable was provided at the station, for the operation of an AEC railmotor between Reservoir and Whittlesea station, running two trips a day.^[1] Electric trains were extended to Thomastown in December 1929, and the turntable was abolished in 1940.

Boom barriers replaced hand gates at High Street level crossing in 1963,^[3] and on 25 June 1996, Reservoir was upgraded to a Premium station.^[4]

In January 2016, it was announced, by the Level Crossing Removal Authority, that the High Street level crossing will be removed by grade separation, with the road either going over or under.^[5][6] Plans for grade separation have dated as far back as the mid 1970s.^[7]

Platforms & services

Reservoir has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' South Morang line services.^[8]

Platform 1:

• South Morang line: all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

• South Morang line: all stations services to South Morang

Transport links

Dyson's Bus Services operates five routes via Reservoir station:

• 552: Northcote Shopping Plaza – North East Reservoir^[9]
• 553: Preston – West Preston^[10]
• 555: Northland Shopping Centre – Northern Hospital Epping^[11]
• 556: Pacific Epping – Northland Shopping Centre^[12]
• 558: to North West Reservoir^[13]

East West Bus Company operates two routes via Reservoir station:

• 301: to La Trobe University^[14]
• 561: Macleod station – Pascoe Vale station^[15]

References

1. Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society). pp. 333–337.
2. Reservoir Vicsig
3. Public Office Record Victoria. "Reservoir - Public Record Office Victoria Photographic Collection". proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=41. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
4. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society). October 1997. p. 310.
5. End of the line for older Melbourne stations being torn down and rebuilt - The Age
6. High Street, Reservoir - Level Crossing Removal Authority
7. "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society). January 1976. p. 19.
8. South Morang Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
9. Route 552 North East Reservoir - Northcote Plaza timetable Public Transport Victoria
10. Route 553 Preston - West Preston timetable Public Transport Victoria
11. Route 555 Epping - Northland timetable Public Transport Victoria
12. Route 556 Epping Plaza SC - Northland SC via Keon Park timetable Public Transport Victoria
13. Route 558 Reservoir via North West Reservoir timetable Public Transport Victoria
14. Route 301 Reservoir Station - La Trobe University (Bundoora Campus) timetable Public Transport Victoria
15. Route 561 Macleod - Pascoe Vale timetable Public Transport Victoria

External links

• Melway