Oak Park railway station, Melbourne
Oak Park railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Oak Park, and opened on 13 August 1956.[2]
Oak Park | |||||||||||
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PTV commuter rail station | |||||||||||
![]() Station building on Platform 1 in May 2019 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Waterloo Road, Oak Park, Victoria 3046 City of Moreland Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°43′04″S 144°55′18″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Trains | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Craigieburn | ||||||||||
Distance | 12.88 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Parking | 37 | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Operational, Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Station code | OPK | ||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki Zone 1/2 Overlap | ||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 13 August 1956 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 1500 V DC overhead (September 1921) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2008-2009 | 0.472 million[1] | ||||||||||
2009-2010 | 0.490 million[1] | ||||||||||
2010-2011 | 0.440 million[1] | ||||||||||
2011-2012 | 0.413 million[1] | ||||||||||
2012-2013 | Not measured[1] | ||||||||||
2013-2014 | 0.449 million[1] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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The railway past the site of Oak Park station opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to Wodonga.[3]
Boom barriers replaced hand-operated gates at the nearby Devon Road level crossing in 1962.[4]
A number of signals at the station were abolished in 1965, in conjunction with the replacement of double line block signalling with three-position signalling between Broadmeadows and Essendon stations.[2]
The station was damaged by fire in 1989.[5] In 1994, it was provided with CCTV.[5]
Platforms and services
Oak Park has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.[6]
Platform 1:
- Craigieburn line all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Craigieburn line all stations services to Craigieburn
References
- "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
- Oak Park Vicsig
- Turton, Keith W (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. The first hundred years of the Melbourne-Wodonga Railway 1873-1973. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 87. ISBN 0-85849-012-9.
- VR History by Andrew Waugh
- "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1994. p. 61.
- "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
External links
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au