South Morang railway station

South Morang railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of South Morang, opening on 22 April 2012.

History
Stopping Place No 39 was the original South Morang station, a single platform at McDonalds Road, on the Whittlesea line. Operated by DERMs, the Victorian Railways closed the line north of Lalor station in November 1959, after the electrification of the line from Reservoir to Lalor. Epping station was re-opened in November 1964, with the electrification of that section of the line, and the remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea was dismantled, with the former right-of-way remaining intact. All that remained of the original station was the platform mound.

From 26 August 2018, Comeng and X-Trapolis 100 trains began to operate on the Mernda line beyond South Morang.

Epping Line upgrade
Following the election of the Bracks State Government in October 1999, a promise was made to restore the rail service to South Morang by 2003. In 2004 it was decided a bus would be delivered instead and in May 2006, the original promise of rail was delayed until 2021. As a result of continued community pressure by the South Morang Rail Alliance, an alliance of all the community groups in the area, Premier Brumby announced in 2008 that construction of the extension would be brought forward to 2010, with the new station opening to the public on 22 April 2012.

The Epping line was extended to the border of South Morang and Mill Park, about two kilometres short of the original station site. As part of the extension project, five kilometres of track was duplicated between Keon Park and Epping stations, a second platform built at Thomastown, while a grade separation project resulted in a new station at Epping. Provision was made to allow the line to be extended northwards to Mernda, opening on 26 August 2018.

Platforms & services
South Morang has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.

Platform 1:
 * Mernda line: services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:
 * Mernda line: services to Mernda

Transport links
Dyson's Bus Services operate eight routes via South Morang station:
 * 382: Northland Shopping Centre – Whittlesea, Victoria
 * 564: to RMIT Bundoora
 * 569: to Pacific Epping
 * 386 and 387: Bundoora – Mernda
 * 383: RMIT Bundoora – Mill Park Lakes (Mill Park Lakes Palisades Estate)
 * 577: to Pacific Epping
 * 955: Melbourne CBD (Queen Street) – Mernda (Saturday and Sunday mornings only)

Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via South Morang station:
 * SmartBus 901: Frankston station – Melbourne Airport