Mooroolbark railway station: Difference between revisions

| type = [[Public Transport Victoria|PTV]] [[commuter rail]] station

| style = Melbourne

| address = Brice Avenue,<br />[[Mooroolbark, Victoria|Mooroolbark]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] 3138

| borough = [[Shire of Yarra Ranges]]

 

The current rail-over-road Mooroolbark station structure was opened on 19 November 2021, as part of [[Level Crossing Removal Project|railway redevelopment works]], including the Level Crossing Removal Project.<ref name="vicsigmooroolbark">{{cite web |title=Mooroolbark |url=http://www.vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Mooroolbark |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516153519/https://vicsig.net/infrastructure/location/Mooroolbark |archive-date=16 May 2023 |access-date=6 January 2023 |website=vicsig.net}}</ref> A [[Railroad switch#Crossover|crossover]] is located at the [[Rail directions#Up and down|up]] end of the station, which allows services to terminate and return. Mooroolbark also marks the end of the [[double-track railway|double track]] on the Lilydale line.

== History ==

Mooroolbark station opened on 10 October 1887<ref name=vicsigmooroolbark/> and, like the suburb itself, is named after an [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] [[Australian Aboriginal languages|word]] meaning 'red earth'.<ref name="vpmooroolbark">{{cite web|url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/mooroolbark|title=Mooroolbark|publisher=Victorian Places|accessdate=6 January 2023|archive-date=6 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106130312/https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/mooroolbark|url-status=live}}</ref> The name came from a [[Cattle station|cattle run]] that was leased to [[John Gardiner (Australia)|John Gardiner]], with the land stretching from [[Brushy Creek (Melbourne)|Brushy Creek]] to [[Olinda, Victoria|Olinda]].<ref name=vpmooroolbark/>