North Melbourne railway station

North Melbourne
PTV commuter and regional rail station
Southbound view of Platforms 5 and 6, March 2023
General information
Location	Railway Place, West Melbourne, Victoria 3003 City of Melbourne Australia
Coordinates	37°48′23″S 144°56′28″E / 37.8063°S 144.9411°E / -37.8063; 144.9411
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains V/Line
Line(s)	Metropolitan: Craigieburn Upfield Flemington Racecourse[1] Werribee Williamstown Regional: Lua error: expandTemplate: template "V/Line color" does not exist. Lua error: expandTemplate: template "V/Line color" does not exist. (Tocumwal)
Distance	1.68 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	6 (2 side, 2 island)
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	NME
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	6 October 1859 (1859-10-06)
Rebuilt	9 June 1886 1974 16 November 2009
Electrified	May 1919 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2018 numbers Passengers (2005–2006) 557,994[2] Passengers (2006–2007) 580,713[2]  4.07% Passengers (2007–2008) 670,669[2]  15.49% Passengers (2008–2009) 686,186[3]  2.31% Passengers (2009–2010) 845,063[3]  23.15% Passengers (2010–2011) 1,090,814[3]  29.1% Passengers (2011–2012) 1,258,061[3]  15.33% Passengers (2012–2013) Not measured[3] Passengers (2013–2014) 1,479,142[3]  17.57% Passengers (2014–2015) 1,266,281[2]  14.39% Passengers (2015–2016) 1,229,477[3]  2.9% Passengers (2016–2017) 1,324,944[3]  7.76% Passengers (2017–2018) 1,298,415[3]  2%
Passengers (2018–2019)	1,497,300[3]  15.32%
Passengers (2019–2020)	1,183,050[3]  21%
Passengers (2020–2021)	669,700[3]  43.4%
Passengers (2021–2022)	703,500[4]  5.04%
Passengers (2022–2023)	1,144,850[5]  47.76%
Passengers (2023–2024)	1,220,400[6]  6.39%
Services
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Night Network services Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Southern Cross towards Sandringham via Flinders Street Werribee line South Kensington towards Werribee, Laverton or Williamstown Williamstown line

North Melbourne is a train station and the gateway for all west and northwest bound train lines in Melbourne, Australia. The station is actually in West Melbourne. The station's main entrance, at its east, is at an intersection of Ireland Street and Railway Place.

North Melbourne is mainly used as an interchange point. The station sees trains from the Werribee, Williamstown, Laverton, Upfield, Craigieburn and the regional Seymour and Shepparton.

The first North Melbourne station opened on 6 October 1859. The current station opened on 9 June 1886. ^[7]

The station was converted to a premium station in 1996, and has a small kiosk and a staffed ticket office. The station also has a western exit however this leads only to the rail yards.

On May 15, 2006, it was announced that the station is to be redeveloped. As part of the project, a new main entrance was created at the southern end of the station with new escalators, stairs and lifts installed for quicker access to other platforms and to help disabled passengers.

Until 1 February 2026, the Sunbury line used the station, then it joined the Northern Group in the City Loop. That caused less services for the other lines. When the Metro Tunnel opened, the Sunbury line stopped using the North Melbourne station. All trains on the line now go using the new Metro Tunnel.^[8]

The number 216 and 241 buses stop nearby the station.

• Route 216 goes from Sunshine station to Queen Street City.
• Route 241 starts from here and ends at Yarra Bend Park.

• Station to get $36m revamp