Merlynston railway station

Merlynston railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coburg North and opened on 8 October 1889 as North Coburg. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened on 1 October 1914. On 6 February 1922, it was renamed Merlynston.

History
Merlynston station opened when the railway line was extended from Coburg to Somerton. The locality was named by Donald Bain who, in 1919, purchased 31 hectares of land to be subdivided into a housing estate. Bain named the estate after his daughter, Merlyn.

In 1948, flashing light signals were provided at the Boundary Road level crossing, in the down direction from the station. In 1959, the current island platform was provided when the line was duplicated between Coburg and Fawkner.

In 1984, boom barriers were provided at the Boundary Road level crossing.

In November 1998, the level crossing at Shorts Road, south of the station, was closed, and a dead-end street was created on either side of the railway line. Until the track was duplicated to Gowrie in that year, the line north of the station had only a single track, apart from the island platform at Gowrie, which had two platforms. However, one of those was a dock platform, meaning trains couldn't pass each other at Gowrie, and had to do so at Merlynston.

On 9 April 2002, Comeng motor carriage 533M was destroyed by a fire at the station. The fire also damaged part of the station building.

Platforms and services
Merlynston has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Metro Trains' Upfield line trains.

Platform 1:
 * all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:
 * all stations services to Upfield

Transport links
Broadmeadows Bus Service operates two routes via Merlynston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
 * : Campbellfield Plaza Shopping Centre – Coburg
 * : Upfield station – North Coburg

Dysons operates one bus route via Merlynston station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
 * : Glenroy station – Coburg