Epping railway station, Melbourne
- For other uses, see Epping railway station.
| Station information | |
|---|---|
| Code | EPP |
| Distance from Flinders Street |
21.2 km |
| Operator | Metro Trains Melbourne |
| Lines | Epping |
| # Platforms | 2 |
| # Tracks | 2 |
| Status | Premium station |
| Metlink profile | Link |
| Melway map | Link |
| Google map | Link |
| Metlink ticket zone | Zone 2 |
Epping is a railway station in Melbourne, Australia, located in the suburb of Epping, on the Epping railway line. Classed as a Premium Station, it is in Metlink Zone 2. It is the terminus for the Epping line.
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[edit] Facilities
Epping station is located at the eastern end of Cooper Street, which provides station access.
The station consists of two platforms, in an island format, with a large brick building at the Whittlesea end of the station. The building houses an enclosed waiting area, ticket facilities and toilets. A large Metcard ticket vending machine is located in the waiting area, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept Australian banknotes and coins. A small Metcard ticket vending machine is also situated inside the waiting area.
The Epping suburban train depot is situated at the Flinders Street end of the station.
[edit] Platforms and services
Platform 1:
- Epping line – all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Epping line – all stations services to South Morang
[edit] Bus services
- 556 Northland SC – Epping Plaza via Reservoir RS, Epping RS (every day). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company.
- 564 Bundoora RMIT – Epping Plaza via Epping RS (every day). Operated by Dyson's Bus Services.
- 571 Epping – South Morang via Plenty Valley SC (every day). Operated by East West Bus Company.
- 575 Thomastown – Epping North via Epping Plaza SC, Epping RS (Monday to Saturday). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company.
- 577 Epping Plaza – Mill Park Lakes via Epping RS (every day). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company.
- 901 Frankston – Melbourne Airport via Dandenong, Ringwood, South Morang, Broadmeadows (every day). Operated by Grenda's Bus Services, East West Bus Company, Tullamarine Bus Lines and Invicta Bus Services.
[edit] History
Epping station opened on 23 December 1889 as a wayside station on the line to Whittlesea.[1] Services to the station were operated as country services, from 1924 a railmotor shuttle service from Reservoir station to Whittlesea operated until the line was closed north of Lalor station in November 1959.[2]
The station was not reopened until electrification was extended one station from Lalor to Epping in 1964, with the station building relocated from Glen Waverley station which was being rebuilt at the time.[3] The station was then rebuilt during the late 1980s in conjunction with the construction of the adjacent train depot, with the north face of the current 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 old platform and station building was demolished in 1987.[4] The new Solid State Interlocking was commissioned in 1989,[5] and was the first fully computerised system in Melbourne.[4]
The suburban train depot was opened in 1990,[6] with the station rebuilt at the same time as an island platform. The depot was opened to replace the Jolimont Workshops in central Melbourne, and was built at a cost of $40 million. 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.[7] Epping was upgraded to a Premium Station in 1998.[8]
In 2010, construction commenced on new platforms north of Cooper Street, adjacent to St Monica's College. On 28 November 2011, the new Epping Station was opened with platform 1 heading to Flinders Street Melbourne and platform 2 heading to the new station at South Morang.
[edit] References
- ^ VICSIG Infrastructure – Epping
- ^ Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir – Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): pages 333–337.
- ^ S.E. Dornan and R.G. Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. pp. 67, 83. ISBN 0 909459 06 1.
- ^ a b "Works". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): page 314. October 1987.
- ^ "Signalboxes – Epping". VICSIG. http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&box=Epping. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Extracts of 'The Whittlesea Railway' by Robert Aquilina". The Northcote History Group. home.vicnet.net.au. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~nhcs/Nhcsnews.html. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ Hugo Van Den Berghe (June 1989). "New Eppping electric rain depot". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): pages 168–169.
- ^ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail (Australian Railway Heritage Society (Victorian Division)): page 310. October 1997.
| Station Navigation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan service | ||||
| Epping line | ||||
| ← Previous Station | Lalor | | | South Morang | Next Station → |
| Closed line | ||||
| Continued as the Whittlesea line | ||||
| ← Previous Station | Epping line | | | South Morang | Next Station → |
| Entire metropolitan network | ||||
| Closed stations | ||||
Coordinates: 37°39′10″S 145°01′43″E / 37.6529°S 145.0285°E
