Oak Park railway station

Oak Park
Location Waterloo Road, Oak Park
Coordinates 37°43′04″S 144°55′18″E / 37.7179°S 144.9216°E / -37.7179; 144.9216Coordinates: 37°43′04″S 144°55′18″E / 37.7179°S 144.9216°E / -37.7179; 144.9216
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Craigieburn
Distance 12.88 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 37
Other information
Status Unstaffed station
Station code OPK
Fare zone Myki zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 13 August 1956
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Craigieburn line
towards Craigieburn

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]

The railway past the site of Oak Park station opened in 1872, as part of the North East railway to Wodonga.[2]

Boom barriers replaced hand gates at the nearby Devon Road level crossing in 1962.[3]

Platforms & services

Oak Park has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Craigieburn line services.[4]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

References

  1. ↑ Oak Park Vicsig
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ VR History by Andrew Waugh
  4. ↑ Craigieburn Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
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