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Keon Park railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Thomastown, and it opened on 16 December 1929 as Keonpark. It was renamed Keon Park on 29 February 1972.[2]

Keon Park
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 1 in May 2014
General information
Location	High Street, Thomastown, Victoria 3074 City of Whittlesea Australia
Coordinates	37°41′41″S 145°00′42″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Mernda
Distance	17.54 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	154
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Unstaffed
Station code	KPK
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	16 December 1929; 92 years ago (1929-12-16)[1]
Rebuilt	1983 1988
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (December 1929)
Previous names	Keonpark (1929-1972)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Ruthven towards Flinders Street Mernda line Thomastown towards Mernda

History

The suburb, and more particularly the railway station of Keon Park, was named after Keon Park Pty Ltd., a land development company formed in 1924. Among the directors was Henry Isaac Cohen, a Barrister and M.L.C. and later a King’s Counsel, Minister of Education and Minister for Water Supply, who married Ethel Mary Keon in 1901 and whose children adopted the surname of “Keon-Cohen”.[3]

The station opened at the same time as the extension of suburban services and electrification from Reservoir to Thomastown. In November 1959, the line from Reservoir was duplicated, in conjunction with the extension of suburban services to Lalor.[4] However, the duplicated line converged at the Up end of the Keon Parade level crossing,[5] and it wasn't until 1988 that the current Platform 2 was provided.[6][7][8] The crossover, located at the Up end of the station and just past the level crossing, was also provided around this time.[8] It remained the northern extremity for the double line until November 2011, when the line from Keon Park to Epping was duplicated.[2][9]

The station and signal box were damaged by fire on 1 September 1973.[10][11] It was also around this time that the former City of Preston and former local member for the now abolished seat of Reservoir, Jim Simmonds, asked the Victorian Railways for opinions on relocating the station to the Up side of the level crossing, to allow better access from nearby residential areas.[12][10]

The current station building was provided in 1983, replacing an older wooden structure.[13] In 1986, a number of sidings that were located at the Down end of the station were abolished.[2]

Flashing lights were provided at the Keon Parade level crossing in 1963,[2] with boom barriers provided later on in 1971.[2] On 29 July 2021, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the level crossing will be grade separated by 2025, with the railway line to be built over the road, and will include a rebuilt station.[14][15][16] On 28 March 2022, the LXRP announced that the station would be rebuilt to the south of the current level crossing.[17]

Platforms and services

Keon Park has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.[18]

Platform 1:

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

Platform 2:

•  Mernda line  all stations services to Mernda

Transport links

Dysons operates one route via Keon Park station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  555 : Pacific Epping – Northland Shopping Centre[19]

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

•  SmartBus   902 : Chelsea station – Westfield Airport West[20]

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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