Mernda railway station, Melbourne

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Mernda
Station information
Line	Whittlesea
Distance from Flinders St	Xkm
Number of Platforms	1
Number of Tracks	1
Station Status	Closed
Station opened	1889
Station closed	1950's

Mernda was a Steam-era railway station on the Whittlesea line in South Morang, Victoria, Australia.

[edit] History

Mernda station operated until the closure of the line after Lalor Station in the 1950s, after the electrification of the line to Lalor, Epping station was then re-opened in the 1960s with the electrification of that section of the line. The remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea was then dismantled in the 1970s, with the former right-of-way remaining intact. All that remains of this station now is platform, which is overgrown with exotic trees and a Peppercorn tree. The station house was moved to the Mernda Recreation Reserve and still serves as clubrooms for the Mernda Football and Cricket Clubs.

Restoration of the railway to Mernda has been identified in the Strategic Transportation Study undertaken by the City of Whittlesea in 2002.

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