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It serves the northern suburb of Essendon in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Strathmore station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 28 October 1890, with the current station provided in 1972. [4] Initially opened as North Essendon, the station was given its current name of Strathmore on 1 March 1955. [4]
Melbourne tram route 59 is a tram route on the Melbourne tramway network serving the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.Operated by Yarra Trams, the route is coloured dark green and extends from Airport West to Flinders Street station over 14.7 kilometre of double track via Niddrie, Essendon, Moonee Ponds Junction, Ascot Vale, Flemington, North Melbourne and Elizabeth Street.
Essendon (/ ɛ s ən d ən /) is an Inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km (5.0 mi) north-west of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area.
Essendon railway station is a commuter and regional railway station on the suburban Craigieburn line and the regional Seymour line, part of the Melbourne and Victorian railway networks. It serves the northern suburb of Essendon in Melbourne , Victoria, Australia.
Essendon North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km (6.2 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area. Essendon North recorded a population of 3,071 at the 2021 census .
Moonee Ponds station opened on 1 November 1860, just over a week after the railway line opened as part of the private Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company line to Essendon. The station closed with the line on 1 July 1864, but was reopened on 9 October 1871, under government ownership . [ 5 ]
Essendon was first incorporated as a borough on 27 December 1861. It became a town on 10 January 1890, and was proclaimed a city on 16 April 1909. Essendon initially incorporated the suburbs of Flemington and Kensington, but these suburbs split away to form the Borough of Flemington and Kensington on 17 March 1882, which merged in 1905 with the City of Melbourne.
Mount Alexander Road originally ran north from Flemington Road in Parkville to Pascoe Vale Road at Moonee Ponds Junction. The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1958 [4] (itself an evolution from the original Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924 [5]) provided for the declaration of State Highways and Main Roads, roads partially financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board ...