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Epping railway station, Melbourne

This article is about Epping station in Melbourne, Australia. For other stations that have the same name, see Epping station.

Epping railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Epping, and it opened on 23 December 1889.[5]

Epping
PTV commuter rail station
Station front and entrance, May 2014
General information
LocationCooper Street,
Epping, Victoria 3076
City of Whittlesea
Australia
Coordinates37°39′08″S 145°01′51″E / 37.6521°S 145.0308°E / -37.6521; 145.0308
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance22.82 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking54
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeEPP
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened23 December 1889; 134 years ago (1889-12-23)
Closed28 November 1959
Rebuilt29 November 1964
1987–1988
28 November 2011
ElectrifiedNovember 1964
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006608,802[1]
2006–2007699,741[1] Increase 14.93%
2007–2008787,541[1] Increase 12.54%
2008–2009891,140[2] Increase 13.15%
2009–2010949,144[2] Increase 6.5%
2010–2011856,720[2] Decrease 9.74%
2011–2012626,006[2] Decrease 26.93%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014720,619[2] Increase 15.1%
2014–2015702,644[1] Decrease 2.49%
2015–2016797,360[2] Increase 13.48%
2016–2017822,977[2] Increase 3.21%
2017–2018861,078[2] Increase 4.63%
2018–2019887,650[2] Increase 3.08%
2019–2020690,350[2] Decrease 22.23%
2020–2021417,650[2] Decrease 39.5%
2021–2022434,500[3] Increase 4.03%
2022–2023672,900[4] Increase 54.87%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Lalor
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line South Morang
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
to Lalor
to
Epping Train
Maintenance Depot
1
2
Darebin Creek
Henderson Creek
to South Morang

History edit

Epping originally opened as a station on the line to Whittlesea, with services to the station operating as country services. From 1924, an AEC railmotor shuttle service operated from Reservoir to Whittlesea, until the line was closed north of Lalor on 29 November 1959.[6]

On 30 November 1964, a new station opened a little further down the line,[5] as part of the electrification of the line from Lalor to Epping. The station building was relocated from Glen Waverley, which was being rebuilt at the time.[5][7] On 1 January 1971, the building was damaged by a deliberately lit fire.[8][9]

During the late 1980s, the station was rebuilt, in conjunction with the construction of the adjacent train depot, with the north face of the former ground level 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. By the end of that month, the former platform and station building from 1964 were demolished, along with the former alignment of the track and overhead wiring.[10][11] The south face of the former ground level island platform (Platform 1) was brought into use nine months later, in April 1988.[12] In 1989, a new Solid State Interlocking was commissioned,[13] and was the first fully computerised system in Melbourne.[11]

In 1990, the suburban train depot opened,[14] and was built as a replacement for 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.[15] On 23 July 1998, Epping was upgraded to a premium station.[5][16]

At around 09:14 on 18 June 2002, two Comeng train sets collided approximately 1 km south of the station.[17][18][19][20]

In 2010, construction commenced on a new island platform north of Cooper Street, built below ground level, as part of a grade separation project and in conjunction with the duplication of the line from Keon Park and its extension to South Morang. On 28 November 2011, the rebuilt station opened.[21][22] The former ground level island platform and building was demolished soon after and, in early 2012, a number of stabling sidings built on its site.[23]

Platforms, facilities and services edit

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.[24]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links edit

Dysons operates six bus routes via Epping station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  356 : to Wollert East[25]
  •  357 : Wollert West – Thomastown station[26]
  •  358 : to Wollert[27]
  •  556 : Pacific Epping – Northland Shopping Centre[28]
  •  569 : Pacific Epping – South Morang station[29]
  •  577 : Pacific Epping – South Morang station[30]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Epping station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

Gallery edit

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    Westbound view from Platform 2 in May 2014

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  5. ^ a b c d "Epping". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ^ Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir-Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 333–337.
  7. ^ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. pp. 67, 83. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  8. ^ "Fire-and station number six goes". The Herald. 1 January 1971. p. 7.
  9. ^ "New Works, Alterations, etc". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1971. p. 5.
  10. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1987. p. 283.
  11. ^ a b "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1987. p. 314.
  12. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1988. p. 220.
  13. ^ "Epping Signal Box". vicsig.net. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Hugo Van Den Berghe (June 1989). "New Epping electric train depot". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 168–169.
  16. ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. pp. 303–315.
  17. ^ "Suburban – Epping Crash". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Collision Between Suburban Electric Passenger Train 1648 and Suburban Electric Empty Train 1025" (PDF). vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  19. ^ Murphy, Padraic (19 June 2002). "Connex train drivers stood down after crash". The Age. p. 8.
  20. ^ Gould, Russell (19 June 2002). "Driver in hospital after train crash". Herald Sun. p. 7.
  21. ^ Rail line boost already on track Herald Sun 28 November 2011
  22. ^ South Morang Rail Alliance Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine John Holland
  23. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 2012. p. 89.
  24. ^ "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  25. ^ "356 Epping Station - Wollert East via Hayston Bvd". Public Transport Victoria.
  26. ^ "357 Wollert West – Thomastown Station via Epping Station". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  27. ^ "358 Epping Station - Wollert via Epping Plaza SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  28. ^ "556 Epping Plaza SC - Northland SC via Keon Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  29. ^ "569 Epping Plaza SC - South Morang". Public Transport Victoria.
  30. ^ "577 Epping Plaza SC - South Morang Station via Findon Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  31. ^ "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.

External links edit

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