Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne

For other uses, see Victoria Park railway station (disambiguation).

Victoria Park

Station information
Code	VPK
Distance from Flinders Street	4.2km
Operator	Metro Trains Melbourne
Lines	Epping, Hurstbridge
# Platforms	2
# Tracks	2
Status	Unmanned station
Metlink profile	Link
Melway map	Link
Google map	Link
Metlink ticket zone	1

Victoria Park is a railway station on the Hurstbridge and Epping lines in Abbotsford, Melbourne, Australia. The station is elevated, is in Metlink Zone 1 and is unmanned.

Most trains running on the Hurstbridge line run express through Victoria Park, with most trains on the Epping line stopping, with the exception of some peak hour trains.

Station overview

History

Victoria Park station opened in 1888 as Collingwood (not to be confused with the present Collingwood Station). Between 1888 and 1901 it was the terminus of the Collingwood to Heidelberg railway line. Until a direct connection with the Melbourne Central Business District was made in 1901 between Princes Bridge and Collingwood, the only connection to the city centre was via the Inner Circle.

A former goods yard is adjacent to platform 1, whilst a stabling siding is situated at down end of the station. In 1981 the station buildings were reconstructed.

Victoria Park was once a busy station as it was the closest station to McHale Stadium, former home of the Collingwood Football Club. Large numbers of people used Victoria Park station to travel to and from matches played at the stadium. In 1999 Collingwood moved all its home games from Victoria Park to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, thus lowering station patronage considerably.

Platforms

Platform 1:

• Epping & Hurstbridge lines - all stations services to Flinders Street.

Platform 2:

• Epping & Hurstbridge lines - all stations services to Epping, Greensborough, Eltham and Hurstbridge.