History of Old Glenroy Station

Running head : OLD GLENROY STATION

Old Glenroy Station

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Glenroy is a railway station located in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia and situated in the suburb of Glenroy it is placed on the Craigieburn railway line , Melbourne . Glenroy is classed as a Premium Station located 80km south-east of Ravenswood , Queensland , Australia . The station is sited between Dowd Place and Hartington Street and this places it in a position to offer station access from both places . The station has two side platforms of which one has

a big brick building with a large enclosed waiting area , ticket facilities and washroom areas while the second platform has a small brick building Tickets are sold out in form of notes and coins by a large tickets system vending machine placed around the waiting area . The machine also allows credit cards and is operated by OneLinkTransit under a government contract managed by the Transport Tickets Authority . The second platform and the waiting area both have a coin only vending machine and an underpass is situated at the end of Flinders street to serve the station

The Glenroy railway station has a distance of 14 ,400km and a mileage of 8 miles 75 chains 82 links . It started its operations on January 24 1887 , but the railway had opened earlier in 1872 as branch of the North East railway line , Victoria to Wodonga .During the 1880s the country around was barely occupied and with the opening of the station , steam operated suburban services...