Owned by VicTrack Line(s) Serviceton Opened 2 April 1884 Connection Bus | Operated by V/Line Platforms 2 (1 island) Owner VicTrack Tracks 2 | |
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Location Railway Place, Deer Park Distance 17.83 kilometres from Southern Cross Address Deer Park VIC 3023, Australia Similar Sunshine railway station - M, Ardeer railway station, Wyndham Vale railway st, Footscray railway station, Watergardens railway station | ||
Deer Park railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Deer Park.
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History
The station opened as Kororoit on 2 April 1884, at the same time as the Serviceton line though it, and was renamed Deer Park in 1899, by which time the station had a three road yard, passenger platform on the southern track, a goods platform on the northern track, and an interlocked signal box. Being on a single track railway, it served as a crossing loop for trains though it, which remained until 1913, when the signal box was abolished.
In 1928, a siding serving Nobel Chemical Finishes (Aust) Pty Ltd was opened at the Melbourne (Southern Cross) end of the station, running north to a loop siding and dead end. In 1929, alterations were made to the electric staff working of trains, to permit workers trains to operate to the Nobel factories at Ardeer and Deer Park. In 1943, the signal box was reopened, in conjunction with the opening of the new Ravenhall Siding (Commonwealth Government Siding) at the down end of the yard. This new siding ran south from the line to a loop siding, before terminating at a dead end.
The Nobel siding (now ICIANZ) was closed in 1955, and in 1974, the line from Sunshine to Deer Park West Junction was duplicated, with the current island platform provided, and the signal box closed, as the line was now being worked by Centralised Traffic Control from Sunshine. Crossovers between lines were provided at each end of the platform. The Ravenhall siding was abolished in 1978. Boom barriers were provided at the nearby Mount Derrimut Road level crossing in 1981.
In 1987, one of the loop sidings in the yard was removed, with the last siding removed in 1989, leaving only the main line and platform. In 2005, as part of the Regional Fast Rail project, control of the signalling was transferred to the Ballarat signal box.
In September 2009, an upgrade of Deer Park station commenced, including:
In June 2015, as part of the Regional Rail Link project, the Deer Park – West Werribee line opened to the west of Deer Park.
Platforms & services
Deer Park has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Ballarat and Geelong line services.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Transport links
CDC Melbourne operates one route via Deer Park station:
Dyson's Bus Services operates one route via Deer Park station:
Sita Buslines operates two routes via Deer Park station: