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.[2]

Oak Park
PTV commuter rail station
Station building on Platform 1 in May 2019
General information
Location	Waterloo Road, Oak Park, Victoria 3046 City of Merri-bek Australia
Coordinates	37°43′04″S 144°55′18″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Craigieburn
Distance	12.88 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	37
Disabled access	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, Unstaffed
Station code	OPK
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 Overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	13 August 1956; 66 years ago (1956-08-13)
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (September 1921)
Passengers
2008-2009	0.472 million[1]
2009-2010	0.490 million[1]
2010-2011	0.440 million[1]
2011-2012	0.413 million[1]
2012-2013	Not measured[1]
2013-2014	0.449 million[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Pascoe Vale towards Flinders Street Craigieburn line Glenroy towards Craigieburn

The railway past the site of Oak Park station opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane.[3]

Boom barriers replaced hand-operated gates at the nearby Devon Road level crossing in 1962.[4]

A number of signals at the station were abolished in 1965, in conjunction with the replacement of double line block signalling with three-position signalling between Broadmeadows and Essendon stations.[2]

The station was damaged by fire in 1989.[5] In 1994, it was provided with CCTV.[5]

Platforms and services

Oak Park has two side platforms. It is served by Craigieburn line trains.[6]

Platform 1:

•  Craigieburn line  all stations services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Craigieburn line  all stations services to Craigieburn

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au