Preston

Preston is a suburb in , Victoria, , 9 km north-east of Melbourne's , located within the local government area. Preston recorded a population of 33,790 at the 2021 census.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 33,800 residents
  • Description: suburb of Melbourne, Australia
  • Also known as: “Preston, Victoria” and “Preston, Victoria, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bell railway station, Melbourne and Preston railway station, Melbourne.

Railway station
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Bell station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Mernda line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Preston in , Victoria, Australia.

Railway station
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Preston station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Mernda line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Preston in , Victoria, Australia.

Industrial building
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was a depot on the Yarra Trams network in . Located on Plenty Road, East Preston, it opened in 1955 to coincide with the reintroduction of trams to . It closed in April 2016.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westgarth and Northern suburbs.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood within the suburb of , about 4 or 5 kilometres north-east of 's central business district in Victoria, . is situated 4½ km south of Preston.

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The of include Ascot Vale, Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Bundoora, Coburg, Epping, Hume, Ivanhoe, Moonee Ponds, Nillumbik Shire, Northcote, South Morang, and Tullamarine.

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Melbourne's is a vibrant and diverse area, home to a number of cultural and social icons of . It is famed for the popular Lygon Street Italian district, while next door lies the University of Melbourne, the best university in Australia by many rankings.

Preston

Latitude
-37.74187° or 37° 44′ 31″ south
Longitude
145.00782° or 145° 0′ 28″ east
Population
33,800
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU PSO
Open location code
4RJ77255+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2672776328
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2152558
Wiki­data ID
Q1471471
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Preston” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Preston”
  • Cebuano: “Preston”
  • French: “Preston”
  • German: “Preston”
  • Greek: “Πρέστον”
  • Hindi: “प्रेस्टन, विक्टोरिया”
  • Irish: “Preston”
  • Italian: “Preston”
  • Korean: “프레스턴”
  • Malagasy: “Preston”
  • Malay: “Preston, Victoria”
  • Malay: “Preston”
  • Persian: “پرستون”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Preston, Bhictòria”
  • Spanish: “Preston (Victoria)”
  • Spanish: “Preston”
  • Swedish: “Preston, Victoria”
  • Swedish: “Preston”
  • Urdu: “پریسٹن، وکٹوریہ”

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