Deer Park railway station

Deer Park

Eastbound view in September 2010
Location Railway Place, Deer Park
Coordinates 37°46′40″S 144°46′18″E / 37.7777°S 144.7717°E / -37.7777; 144.7717
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by V/Line
Line(s) Serviceton
Distance 17.83 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Status Unstaffed station
Station code DEK
Fare zone Myki zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 2 April 1884
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station
Serviceton line
Warrnambool line
toward Waurn Ponds

Deer Park railway station is located on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Deer Park.[1]

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.[2]

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.[2]

The Nobel siding (later 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, with line then 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.[2]

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.[2] In 2005, as part of the Regional Fast Rail project, control of the signalling was transferred to the Ballarat signal box.[3]

In September 2009, an upgrade of Deer Park station commenced, including:[4]

In June 2015, the junction of the Deer Park – West Werribee line, part of the Regional Rail Link project, opened three kilometres west of Deer Park station.[5][6]

Platforms & services

Deer Park has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Ballarat and Geelong line services.[7][8]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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:

References

  1. ↑ Deer Park Vicsig
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Victorian Station Histories - Deer Park" (PDF). www.vrhistory.com. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  3. ↑ Deer Park Interlocking Information Vicsig
  4. ↑ "Major Imprrovements for Deer Park Station". Media Release: Minister for Public Transport. www.premier.vic.gov.au. 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  5. ↑ Deer Park - West Werribee Junction Regional Rail Link
  6. ↑ Deer Park Junction Rail Geelong
  7. ↑ Ballarat - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  8. ↑ Geelong - Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
  9. ↑ Route 400 Sunshine - Laverton timetable Public Transport Victoria
  10. ↑ Route 942 City - St Albans timetable Public Transport Victoria
  11. ↑ Route 400 Sunshine - Laverton timetable Public Transport Victoria
  12. ↑ Route 420 - Sunshine Station - Watergardens Station via Deer Park timetable Public Transport Victoria
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