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.[1]

Epping
PTV commuter rail station
Station front and entrance in May 2014
General information
Location	Cooper Street, Epping, Victoria 3076 City of Whittlesea Australia
Coordinates	37°39′08″S 145°01′51″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Mernda
Distance	22.82 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	54
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	EPP
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	23 December 1889; 132 years ago (1889-12-23)
Closed	28 November 1959
Rebuilt	1964 1987-1988 28 November 2011
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (November 1964)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Lalor towards Flinders Street Mernda line South Morang towards Mernda

History

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 station on 29 November 1959.[2]

On 30 November 1964, a new station opened a little further down the line,[1] as part of the electrification of the line from Lalor to Epping. The station building was 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 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. 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 former ground level island platform (Platform 1) was brought into use 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 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.[9]

It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 23 July 1998.[10][1]

In 2010, construction commenced on a new island platform north of Cooper Street, built below ground level, as part of a grade separation project, in conjunction with the duplication of the line from Keon Park, and its extension to South Morang. The new station opened on 28 November 2011.[11][12] The former ground level island platform and building was demolished soon after, with a number of stabling sidings built on its site in early 2012.[13]

Facilities, platforms and 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.[14]

Platform 1:

•  Mernda line  all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Mernda line  all stations services to Mernda

Transport links

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

•  356 : to Wollert East[15]
•  357 : Wollert West – Thomastown station[16]
•  358 : to Wollert[17]
•  556 : Pacific Epping – Northland Shopping Centre[18]
•  569 : Pacific Epping – South Morang station[19]
•  577 : Pacific Epping – South Morang station[20]

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

•  SmartBus   901 : Frankston station – Melbourne Airport[21]

Gallery

• 
  Westbound view from Platform 2 in May 2014

References

External links

• Media related to Epping railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• South Morang extension project gallery
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au
• Station Information at Vicsig