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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Batman Railway Station, Melbourne

Batman railway station is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg North, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Batman station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 1959. It initially closed on 13 July 1903, then reopened on 1 October 1914.

Initially opened as Bell Park, the station was given its current name of Batman on 1 October 1914.

History

Batman station opened when the railway line was extended from Coburg to Somerton. It was named after one of the founders of Melbourne, John Batman.

In 1920, a siding for the former Lincoln Mills knitting works on Gaffney Street was provided. In 1959, the current island platform was provided, when the line was duplicated between Coburg and Fawkner.

In 1970, the siding serving the Lincoln Mills knitting works was abolished, along with the associated signal discs and posts. In 1982, a crossover at the station was abolished, along with a number of signals and levers.

There is a disused signal box at the up end of the station, which was provided in 1935, controlling interlocked gates at the Gaffney Street level crossing. In 1998, the gates were replaced with boom barriers, when the Upfield line was upgraded.

Platforms and services

Batman has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Upfield line trains.

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Broadmeadows Bus Service operates one route via Batman station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  530 : Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre – Coburg

Dysons operates one bus route via Batman station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Yarra Trams operates one route via Batman station:

References

  1. ^ Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ "Batman". vicsig.net. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ Thomas O'Callaghan (1918). Names of Victorian Railway Stations. Government Printer. ISBN 0-9580716-0-8. (2003 facsimile edition)
  6. ^ "Signalling Alterations". Somersault. Signalling Record Society (Victoria). January 1999. p. 12.
  7. ^ "Upfield Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. ^ "530 Campbellfield - Coburg via Fawkner". Public Transport Victoria.
  9. ^ "534 Glenroy to Coburg via Boundary Road & Sydney Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. ^ "19 North Coburg - Flinders Street Station & City". Public Transport Victoria.