Oak Park railway station, Melbourne

Railway station in Melbourne, Australia

37°43′04″S 144°55′18″E / 37.7179°S 144.9216°E / -37.7179; 144.9216Owned byVicTrackOperated byMetro TrainsLine(s)North EastDistance12.88 kilometres from
Southern CrossPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConstructionStructure typeGroundParking37AccessibleNo—steep rampOther informationStatusOperational, unstaffedStation codeOPKFare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlapWebsitePublic Transport VictoriaHistoryOpened13 August 1956; 68 years ago (1956-08-13)ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)Passengers2005–2006314,041[1]2006–2007356,451[1] Increase 13.5%2007–2008419,816[1] Increase 17.77%2008–2009472,403[2] Increase 12.52%2009–2010489,858[2] Increase 3.69%2010–2011440,328[2] Decrease 10.11%2011–2012412,666[2] Decrease 6.28%2012–2013Not measured[2]2013–2014448,982[2] Increase 8.8%2014–2015438,253[1] Decrease 2.38%2015–2016493,811[2] Increase 12.67%2016–2017521,908[2] Increase 5.68%2017–2018534,513[2] Increase 2.41%2018–2019555,523[2] Increase 3.93%2019–2020479,050[2] Decrease 13.76%2020–2021218,300[2] Decrease 54.43%2021–2022237,100[3] Increase 8.61% Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Pascoe Vale Craigieburn line Glenroy
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
Legend
Devon Road
1
2
to Glenroy

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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6][7] Fawkner originally purchased 316 hectares of land, including the area now known as Oak Park, in 1839.[6]

In 1962, boom barriers replaced hand-operated gates at the Devon Road level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station.[8][9] 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.[4]

In 1989, the station was damaged by fire.[10] In 1994, it was provided with CCTV.[10]

Platforms and services

Oak Park has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.[11]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

  •  Craigieburn line  all stations services to Craigieburn
  • Station building on Platform 1, May 2019
    Station building on Platform 1, May 2019

References

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ a b "Oak Park". vicsig.net. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Oak Park". Victorian Places. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ^ First, Jamie (7 January 2014). "The A-Z story of Melbourne's suburbs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. ^ "SRS Showday Tour Notes Kensington-Broadmeadows and Newmarket-Flemington Racecourse Derby Day 1996" (PDF). VR History by Andrew Waugh. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  9. ^ John Sinnatt (January 1990). "Level Crossing Protection". Somersault. Signalling Record Society Victoria. pp. 9–17.
  10. ^ a b "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1994. p. 61.
  11. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
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