Oak Park railway station

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]

This article is about a railway station in Victoria, Australia. For the Metra station in Oak Park, Illinois, see Oak Park station. For other uses, see Oak Park station (disambiguation).

Oak Park
LocationWaterloo Road, Oak Park
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
Other information
StatusUnstaffed station
Station codeOPK
Fare zoneMyki zone 1/2 overlap
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened13 August 1956
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Craigieburn line
Glenroy
towards Craigieburn

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-operated gates at the nearby Devon Road level crossing in 1962.[3]

Platforms & services

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

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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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". Public Transport Victoria.
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