Coolaroo railway station is a

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way station on the

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, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of

Coolaroo Coolaroo is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Coolaroo recorded a population of 3,193 at the 2021 census. History Coolaroo is ...

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, Victoria, Australia. Coolaroo station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two

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s. It opened on 6 June 2010.

History

Originally scheduled for completion by the 1980s, under the

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, the

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set aside $38 million for the construction of the station in the 2007/2008

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.New metropolitan railway stations
Department of Infrastructure Completion was expected in 2010, with the project re-announced as part of the state government

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in December 2008. Although long proposed, the station was built separately to the 2007

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of the line from Broadmeadows to Craigieburn. The railway past the site of Coolaroo station originally opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane. In December 2008, to allow construction of Platform 1, work on the slewing of the parallel standard gauge track commenced, and was completed by January 2009. In August of that year, work on the

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wells was underway, with the main span of the

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lifted into place in October of that year. On 6 June 2010, the station was opened by then

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, and then

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Platforms and services

Coolaroo has two

s. It is serviced by

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services. Platform 1: * all stations services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to Craigieburn

Transport links

Three

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s operate via Coolaroo station, under contract to

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: * : Upfield station – Broadmeadows station (operated by

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) *

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: Frankston station –

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(operated by

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) *

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: Broadmeadows station – Craigieburn (Saturday and Sunday mornings only) (operated by

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)

Gallery

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train on a Flinders Street-bound service arrives at Platform 1, April 2013

References

External links

Melway map
at street-directory.com.au {{Public Transport Victoria railway stations, Craigieburn=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 2010 Railway stations in the City of Hume