Oak Park railway station, Melbourne

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Oak Park railway station is a commuter railway station on the Craigieburn line, 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]

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Oak Park
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2, December 2022
General information
LocationWaterloo Road,
Oak Park, Victoria 3046
City of Merri-bek
Australia
Coordinates37°43′04″S 144°55′18″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Craigieburn
Distance12.88 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking37
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeOPK
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened13 August 1956; 68 years ago (1956-08-13)
ElectrifiedSeptember 1921
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006314,041[1]
2006–2007356,451[1] 13.5%
2007–2008419,816[1] 17.77%
2008–2009472,403[2] 12.52%
2009–2010489,858[2] 3.69%
2010–2011440,328[2] 10.11%
2011–2012412,666[2] 6.28%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014448,982[2] 8.8%
2014–2015438,253[1] 2.38%
2015–2016493,811[2] 12.67%
2016–2017521,908[2] 5.68%
2017–2018534,513[2] 2.41%
2018–2019555,523[2] 3.93%
2019–2020479,050[2] 13.76%
2020–2021218,300[2] 54.43%
2021–2022237,100[3] 8.61%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Pascoe Vale Craigieburn line Glenroy
towards Craigieburn
Track layout
Devon Road
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2
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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:

References

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