Epping railway station, Melbourne

Epping railway station is located on the Mernda line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Epping. It opened on 23 December 1889, as a station on the line to Whittlesea.[1]

Epping
Station entrance in May 2014
LocationCooper Street, Epping
Australia
Coordinates37°39′08″S 145°01′51″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Mernda
Distance22.82 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking54
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusPremium station
Station codeEPP
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened23 December 1889
Closed28 November 1959
Rebuilt28 November 2011
ElectrifiedNovember 1964
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Lalor
Mernda line
South Morang
towards Mernda

History

Services to the station were operated as country services. From 1924, an AEC railmotor shuttle service operated from Reservoir to Whittlesea, until the line was closed north of Lalor station in November 1959.[2]

In November 1964, a new station opened a little down the line, as part of the electrification of the line from Lalor to Epping, with the station building relocated from Glen Waverley station, which was being rebuilt at the time.[1][3]

The station was rebuilt during the late 1980s, in conjunction with the construction of the adjacent train depot, with the north face of the former island platform brought into use in July 1987, along with temporary station buildings. The new platform was built on a new alignment, with 200 metres of new track needed to link to the existing line. The former platform and station building from 1964 were demolished by late July 1987, along with the former alignment of the track, and overhead wiring.[4][5] The south face of the island platform (former Platform 1) opened 9 months later, in April 1988.[6] The new Solid State Interlocking was commissioned in 1989,[7] and was the first fully computerised system in Melbourne.[5]

The suburban train depot was opened in 1990.[8] The depot was built as a replacement of the Jolimont Workshops, in central Melbourne. The depot covers 10.8 hectares, and can accommodate 31 trains, with the facility including a main workshop building, four elevated tracks, two lifting tracks, and a train wash.[9]

It was upgraded to a premium station in 1998.[10]

In 2010, construction commenced on a new island platform north of Cooper Street, built below ground level, as part of a grade separation project. This was part of the duplication of the line from Keon Park, and its extension to South Morang. The new station opened on 28 November 2011.[11][12]

Facilities, platforms & services

Epping has one island platform with two faces. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs and a lift. The station concourse contains a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room, toilets, and a kiosk. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.[13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates six routes via Epping station:

Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Epping station:

  • Westbound view from platform 2 in May 2014
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gollark: Yes, but *some people* need it to be explicitly told to them.
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References
  1. Epping Vicsig
  2. Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir-Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 333–337.
  3. SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. pp. 67, 83. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  4. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1987. p. 283.
  5. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1987. p. 314.
  6. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1988. p. 220.
  7. Epping Signal Box Vicsig
  8. "Extracts of 'The Whittlesea Railway' by Robert Aquilina". The Northcote History Group. home.vicnet.net.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  9. Hugo Van Den Berghe (June 1989). "New Epping electric rain depot". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 168–169.
  10. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  11. Rail line boost already on track Herald Sun 28 November 2011
  12. South Morang Rail Alliance Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine John Holland
  13. "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "356 Epping Station - Wollert East via Hayston Bvd". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "357 Wollert West - Thomastown Station via Epping Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "358 Epping Station - Wollert via Epping Plaza SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "556 Epping Plaza SC - Northland SC via Keon Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "569 Epping Plaza SC - South Morang". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. "577 Epping Plaza SC - South Morang Station via Findon Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  20. "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
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