Complex sentence: It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Northcote, opening as Northcote on 8 October 1889, and was renamed Merri on 10 December 1906.
Split into simpler sentences: It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Northcote. It opened on 8 October 1889 as Northcote, and was renamed Merri on 10 December 1906.