Union | |
Type: | PTV commuter rail station |
Style: | Melbourne |
Address: | Beresford Street Mont Albert, Victoria 3127 |
Borough: | City of Whitehorse |
Country: | Australia |
Coordinates: | -37.8231°N 145.1006°W |
Owned: | VicTrack |
Operator: | Metro Trains |
Line: | |
Distance: | 14.14 kilometres from Southern Cross |
Platforms: | 3 (1 island, 1 side) |
Tracks: | 3 |
Connections: | Bus |
Structure: | Below ground |
Parking: | Yes |
Bicycle: | Yes |
Accessible: | Yes—step free access |
Electrified: | 1500 V DC overhead |
Status: | Operational, premium station |
Code: | UNN |
Zone: | Myki Zone 1/2 overlap |
Map State: | expanded |
Union railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, serving the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mont Albert in Victoria, Australia. Union is a below ground premium station, featuring three platforms, an island platform with two faces and one side platform.[1] It opened on 22 May 2023[2] after the closure of Mont Albert and stations. It was built as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project.[3]
In December 2020, it was announced that Mont Albert and Surrey Hills stations (approximately apart) would be closed, and replaced with a station in between them. This was due to the fact that level crossing removal works on Union Road and Mont Albert Road required a rebuild of the stations, which would have violated rail safety standards as they were located on curved tracks. Moving the stations to straighter track would necessitate moving them closer together, hence the decision to only build one station with the western entry in Surrey Hills and an eastern entry in Mont Albert.[4]
The name of the new station was announced as Union on 23 March 2022, selected both to represent the unity of the two stations and for the nearby Union Road shopping village.[3] [5]
Union has one island platform with two faces and one side platform. It is served by Lilydale and Belgrave line trains.[6] [7]
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Platform 3:
CDC Melbourne operates one bus route via Union station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
Ventura Bus Lines operates one bus route via Union station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria: