Northcote railway station

Northcote

Station information
Code	NCE
Distance from Flinders Street	7.4 km
Operator	Metro Trains Melbourne
Lines	Epping
# Platforms	2
# Tracks	2
Status	Premium station
Metlink profile	Link
Melway map	Link
Google map	Link
Metlink ticket 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.

Station overview

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 has a large red brick building, while platform 2 has a semi-large red brick building. A large Metcard ticket vending 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 coin-only Metcard ticket vending machine is located at the entrance to platform 2. Myki ticket vending machines are also located at the entrances to platform 1 & platform 2.

An underpass is located at the Flinders Street end of the station.

History

Northcote station opened on 8 October 1889 as Middle Northcote, and was renamed Northcote in 1906.

Platforms

Platform 1:

• Suburban Metro Trains services to Flinders Street.

Platform 2:

• Suburban Metro Trains services to Epping.