Northcote railway station, Melbourne

MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Northcote


CODE=NCE
DISTANCE=7.4 km
LINES=Epping
PLATFORMS=2
TRACKS=2
STATUS=Unmanned station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/20016 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/20016#lineInformation Link]
MELWAY=

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ZONE=1

Northcote is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Northcote, on the Epping railway line. Northcote is unmanned and is in Metcard Zone 1.

Facilities

Northcote is located at the southern end of the Arthurton Road level crossing, with station access from Herbert and Hartington Streets and Arthurton Road.

The station consists of two side platforms: Platform 1 (Flinders Street bound) has a large red brick building, while platform 2 (Epping bound) has a semi-large red brick building. A large Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 1, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A small coin-only Metcard machine is located at the entrance to platform 2.

Tram routes 86 and 112 are both short walk's from the station, on High Street and St. Georges Road respecitvely.

Northcote station opened on October 8, 1889 as "Middle Northcote". It was renamed to "Northcote" in 1906. [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Northcote VICSIG Infrastructure - Northcote] ]

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Line=Epping line
Previous=Merri
Here=Northcote
Next=Croxton