Oak Park railway station, Melbourne explained

Oak Park
Type:PTV commuter rail station
Style:Melbourne
Address:Waterloo Road,
Oak Park, Victoria
Borough:City of Merri-bek
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-37.7179°N 144.9216°W
Distance:12.88 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Line:North East
Structure:Ground
Platform:2 side
Tracks:2
Parking:37
Electrified:September 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)
Accessible:No—steep ramp
Code:OPK
Owned:VicTrack
Operator:Metro Trains
Zone:Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Status:Operational, unstaffed
Website:Public Transport Victoria
Map State:expanded

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.[1]

History

Oak Park station opened on 13 August 1956, with the railway line past the site of the station originally opening in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane.[2] Like the suburb itself, the station was named after a property that was renamed after it was purchased from the widow of John Pascoe Fawkner in 1879.[3] [4] Fawkner originally purchased 316 hectares of land, including the area now known as Oak Park, in 1839.[3]

In 1962, boom barriers replaced hand-operated gates at the Devon Road level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station.[5] [6] In 1965, a number of signals at the station were abolished, in conjunction with the replacement of double line block signalling with three-position signalling between Broadmeadows and Essendon.[1]

In 1989, the station was damaged by fire.[7] In 1994, it was provided with CCTV.[7]

Platforms and services

Oak Park has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.[8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oak Park. vicsig.net. 11 February 2023.
  2. Book: Turton, Keith W. Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. The first hundred years of the Melbourne-Wodonga Railway 1873-1973. Australian Railway Historical Society. 1973. 0-85849-012-9. 87.
  3. Web site: Oak Park. Victorian Places. 11 February 2023.
  4. Web site: Jamie. First. The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs. Herald Sun. 7 January 2014. 11 February 2023.
  5. Web site: SRS Showday Tour Notes Kensington-Broadmeadows and Newmarket-Flemington Racecourse Derby Day 1996. VR History by Andrew Waugh. 24 May 2023.
  6. January 1990. Level Crossing Protection. John Sinnatt. Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. 9–17.
  7. February 1994. Works. Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. 61.
  8. train.