Collingwood railway station
# Collingwood railway station

Collingwood railway station is located on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford, and opened on 21 October 1901 as Collingwood Town Hall. It was renamed Collingwood on 1 May 1909.

Whilst it is named after Collingwood (and, originally, the adjacent Collingwood Town Hall), the station is actually located in the neighbouring suburb of Abbotsford.

## History

Collingwood station opened on 21 October 1901, when a direct railway line between Princes Bridge and Collingwood opened.

During 1986 and 1987, the station buildings and platforms were rebuilt, and were in use by 7 September 1987.

## Platforms and services

Collingwood has two side platforms. It is served by Mernda and Hurstbridge line trains.

Platform 1:

* Mernda line all stations services to Flinders Street
* Hurstbridge line all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

* Mernda line all stations services to Mernda
* Hurstbridge line all stations and limited express services to Macleod, Greensborough, Eltham and Hurstbridge

## Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates twelve bus routes via Collingwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

* 246 : Elsternwick station – Clifton Hill
* 302 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Box Hill station
* 303 : Melbourne CBD (Queen Street) – Ringwood North
* 304 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Westfield Doncaster
* 305 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – The Pines Shopping Centre (peak-hour only)
* 309 : Melbourne CBD (Queen Street) – Donvale
* 318 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Deep Creek Reserve (Doncaster East)
* 350 : Melbourne CBD (Queen Street) – La Trobe University Bundoora campus
* SmartBus 905 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – The Pines Shopping Centre
* SmartBus 906 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Warrandyte
* SmartBus 907 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – Mitcham station
* SmartBus 908 : Melbourne CBD (Lonsdale Street) – The Pines Shopping Centre (peak-hour only)

McKenzie's Tourist Services operates one bus route via Collingwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

* 684 : Eildon – Southern Cross station
