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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
LocationCooper Street,
Epping, Victoria 3076
City of Whittlesea
Australia
Coordinates37°39′08″S 145°01′51″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance22.82 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking54
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeEPP
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened23 December 1889; 132 years ago (1889-12-23)
Closed28 November 1959
Rebuilt1964
1987-1988
28 November 2011
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(November 1964)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Lalor 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:

Platform 2:



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

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




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. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. March 2012. p. 89.
  14. "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "356 Epping Station - Wollert East via Hayston Bvd". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "357 Wollert West - Thomastown Station via Epping Station". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "358 Epping Station - Wollert via Epping Plaza SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "556 Epping Plaza SC - Northland SC via Keon Park". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. "569 Epping Plaza SC - South Morang". Public Transport Victoria.
  20. "577 Epping Plaza SC - South Morang Station via Findon Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  21. "901 Frankston - Melbourne Airport (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.





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