Oak Park railway station, Melbourne

Oak Park railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Oak Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Oak Park station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 13 August 1956.^[4]

Oak Park
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2, December 2022
General information
Location	Waterloo Road, Oak Park, Victoria 3046 City of Merri-bek 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
Accessible	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, unstaffed
Station code	OPK
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	13 August 1956; 68 years ago (1956-08-13)
Electrified	September 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006	314,041[1]
2006–2007	356,451[1]  13.5%
2007–2008	419,816[1]  17.77%
2008–2009	472,403[2]  12.52%
2009–2010	489,858[2]  3.69%
2010–2011	440,328[2]  10.11%
2011–2012	412,666[2]  6.28%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	448,982[2]  8.8%
2014–2015	438,253[1]  2.38%
2015–2016	493,811[2]  12.67%
2016–2017	521,908[2]  5.68%
2017–2018	534,513[2]  2.41%
2018–2019	555,523[2]  3.93%
2019–2020	479,050[2]  13.76%
2020–2021	218,300[2]  54.43%
2021–2022	237,100[3]  8.61%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Pascoe Vale towards Flinders Street Craigieburn line Glenroy towards Craigieburn
Track layout Legend to Pascoe Vale Devon Road 1 2 to Glenroy

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:

•  Craigieburn line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Craigieburn line  all stations services to Craigieburn

Gallery

• 
  Station building on Platform 1, May 2019

References

1. Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
2. Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
3. Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
4. "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. "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. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1994. p. 61.
11. "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au