| Brunswick | |
| Type: | PTV commuter rail station |
| Style: | Melbourne |
| Address: | Wilkinson Street, Brunswick, Victoria 3056 |
| Borough: | City of Merri-bek |
| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: | -37.7677°N 144.9597°W |
| Distance: | 7.31 kilometres from Southern Cross |
| Other: |
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| Structure: | Ground |
| Platform: | 2 side |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | Yes |
| Electrified: | 1500 V DC overhead (December 1920) |
| Accessible: | Yes—step-free access |
| Code: | BWK |
| Owned: | VicTrack |
| Operator: | Metro Trains |
| Zone: | Myki Zone 1 |
| Status: | Operational, unstaffed |
| Website: | Public Transport Victoria |
| Map State: | expanded |
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.[1]
The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[2]
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.[3] [4] 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.[3] [4]
Brunswick had a goods yard which closed in 1966.[1] The goods siding and associated points and signal discs were abolished in that same year.[1] In 1972, the station platforms were lengthened.[1]
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.[5] [6] [7] 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.[5] [6] [7]
In 1998, boom barriers replaced hand gates at the Albert Street level crossing, at the up end of the station,[8] and replaced interlocked gates at the Victoria Street level crossing, at the down end of the station.[9] The signal box protecting Victoria Street was also abolished during that time.[9]
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.[10] Further details, designs and a construction timeline will be released closer to 2027.
Brunswick has two side platforms. It is served by Upfield line trains.[11]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Dysons operates two bus routes via Brunswick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
Ventura Bus Lines operates one route to and from Brunswick station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
Yarra Trams operates one route via Brunswick station: