Dennis railway station

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Dennis railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 37°46′45″S 145°00′30″E / 37.7793°S 145.0083°E

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Dennis

PTV commuter rail station

Eastbound view from Platform 2, October 2024

General information

Location

Cain Avenue,
Northcote, Victoria 3070
City of Darebin
Australia

Coordinates

37°46′45″S 145°00′30″E / 37.7793°S 145.0083°E

Owned by

VicTrack

Operated by

Metro Trains

Line(s)

Hurstbridge

Distance

8.40 kilometres from
Southern Cross

Platforms

2 side

Tracks

Connections

Bus

Construction

Structure type

Ground

Parking

Accessible

No—steep ramp

Other information

Status

Operational, unstaffed

Station code

DEN

Fare zone

Myki Zone 1

Website

Public Transport Victoria

History

Opened

4 February 1924; 100 years ago

Rebuilt

1979

Electrified

July 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)

Passengers

2005–2006

284,850^[1]

2006–2007

302,277^[1]

6.11%

2007–2008

331,731^[1]

9.74%

2008–2009

350,707^[2]

5.72%

2009–2010

356,668^[2]

1.69%

2010–2011

381,523^[2]

6.97%

2011–2012

351,263^[2]

7.93%

2012–2013

Not measured^[2]

2013–2014

366,944^[2]

4.46%

2014–2015

379,267^[1]

3.35%

2015–2016

405,319^[2]

6.86%

2016–2017

394,520^[2]

2.66%

2017–2018

314,554^[2]

20.27%

2018–2019

389,350^[2]

23.8%

2019–2020

305,550^[2]

21.52%

2020–2021

118,700^[2]

61.2%

2021–2022

140,800^[3]

18.61%

Services

Preceding station	Metro Trains			Following station
Westgarth towards Flinders Street		Hurstbridge line		Fairfield towards Hurstbridge

Track layout

Legend

					to Westgarth

			1 2


					Victoria Road
					to Fairfield

Dennis railway station is a commuter railway station on the Hurstbridge line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Northcote, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Dennis station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 4 February 1924, with the current station provided in 1979.^[4]

History

Opening on 4 February 1924, Dennis station is named after Northcote Councillor William Dennis, a member of the council for over 40 years.^[5]^[6]

In 1964, boom barriers replaced hand-operated gates at the Victoria Road level crossing, located nearby in the down direction of the station.^[7]^[8]

In 1979, the current station buildings were provided.^[9]

Platforms and services

Dennis has two side platforms. It is served by Hurstbridge line trains.^[10]

Platform 1:

Hurstbridge line all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

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

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates two bus routes via Dennis station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

250 : Queen Street (Melbourne CBD) – La Trobe University Bundoora campus^[11]
251 : Queen Street (Melbourne CBD) – Northland Shopping Centre^[12]

Gallery

Westbound view from Platform 2, May 2014
Station entrance signage to Platform 2,
December 2019
Station building on Platform 1, October 2024
Station building and entrance to Platform 2, October 2024
The PSO box on Platform 1, October 2024

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
^ "Dennis". vicsig.net. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Items of interest". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 28 December 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 10 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Victoria Road". vicsig.net. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. June 1979. p. 120.
^ "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
^ "250 City (Queen St) - La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.
^ "251 City (Queen St) - Northland SC". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

Melway map at street-directory.com.au

Public Transport Victoria railway stations

Metro Trains Melbourne services and stations
Hurstbridge	Flinders Street Southern Cross Flagstaff Melbourne Central Parliament Jolimont West Richmond North Richmond Collingwood Victoria Park Clifton Hill Westgarth Dennis Fairfield Alphington Darebin Ivanhoe Eaglemont Heidelberg Rosanna Macleod Watsonia Greensborough Montmorency Eltham Diamond Creek Wattle Glen Hurstbridge

Frankston, Werribee & Williamstown
Lilydale, Belgrave, Alamein & Glen Waverley
Pakenham & Cranbourne
Sandringham
Mernda & Hurstbridge
Stony Point
Sunbury, Craigieburn & Upfield

V/Line services and stations

Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service

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