Oak Park railway station, Melbourne

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.<ref name="vicsigoakpark">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name="vpoakpark">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="heraldsun">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Fawkner originally purchased 316 hectares of land, including the area now known as Oak Park, in 1839.<ref name=vpoakpark/>

In 1962, boom barriers replaced hand-operated gates at the Devon Road level crossing, located nearby in the up direction of the station.<ref name="vrhistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="somersaultjan90">Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.<ref name=vicsigoakpark/>

In 1989, the station was damaged by fire.<ref name="newsrailfeb94">Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 1994, it was provided with CCTV.<ref name=newsrailfeb94/>

Platforms and services

Oak Park has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Current

colspan="6" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |Oak Park platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations
2	Template:RouteBox	Craigieburn		All stations

Gallery

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  Station building on Platform 1, May 2019

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au