Brunswick railway station, Melbourne

Brunswick railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of the same name and opened on 9 September 1884.

The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

History
Brunswick station opened when the railway line from North Melbourne was extended to Coburg. Like the suburb itself, the station was named after Brunswick Park, a property that was purchased by Thomas Wilkinson and a partner. Brunswick Park was named in honour of either Princess Caroline of Brunswick, or the 1840 marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, of the royal house of Brunswick.

Brunswick had a goods yard which closed in 1966. The goods siding and associated points and signal discs were abolished in that same year. In 1972, the station platforms were lengthened.

Just after 4:45am on 2 August 1977, a seven-car Harris train set rolled away from Gowrie, after the driver and guard were changing ends after taking the train out of a siding, because it was scheduled to operate a city-bound service from Upfield. The train passed through fifteen level crossings and destroyed seven sets of hand gates, before stopping just south of Brunswick, between the Albert and Dawson Streets level crossings.

In 1998, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the Albert Street level crossing, at the up end of the station, and replaced interlocked gates at the Victoria Street level crossing, at the down end of the station. The signal box protecting Victoria Street was also abolished during that time.

On 19 September 2022, it was announced that Brunswick, along with Jewell and Anstey, would be elevated to remove eight level crossings on the line. Further details, designs and a construction timeline will be released closer to 2027.

Platforms and services
Brunswick has two side platforms. It is served by Upfield line trains.

Platform 1:
 * all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:
 * all stations services to Upfield

Transport links
Dysons operates two bus routes via Brunswick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
 * : Alphington station – Moonee Ponds Junction
 * : Brunswick West – Barkly Square Shopping Centre

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Brunswick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
 * Night Bus : to Glenroy station (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)

Yarra Trams operates one route via Brunswick station:
 * Melbourne tram route 19 icon.svg: North Coburg – Flinders Street station (via Elizabeth Street)