Keon Park railway station
Keon Park | |||||||||||
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 Southbound view in May 2014 | |||||||||||
| Location |
High Street, Thomastown Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°41′41″S 145°00′42″E / 37.6946°S 145.0118°ECoordinates: 37°41′41″S 145°00′42″E / 37.6946°S 145.0118°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | South Morang | ||||||||||
| Distance | 17.54 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 154 | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||
| Station code | KPK | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 16 December 1929 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt |
1983 1988 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Keon Park railway station is located on the South Morang line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Thomastown, and opened on 16 December 1929 as Keonpark. It was renamed Keon Park in February 1972.[1]
The station opened at the same time as the extension of suburban services and electrification from Reservoir to Thomastown. In November 1959, the line from Reservoir was duplicated, in conjunction with the extension of suburban services to Lalor.[2] However, the duplicated line converged at the Up end of the Keon Parade level crossing,[3] and it wasn't until 1988, that the current Platform 2 was provided.[4][5][6] The crossover, located at the Up end of the station, past the level crossing, was also provided around this time.[6] It remained the northern extremity for the double line until November 2011, when the line from Keon Park to Epping was duplicated.[1][7]
The current station building was provided in 1983, replacing an older wooden building.[8]
Platforms & services
Keon Park has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' South Morang line services.[9]
Platform 1:
- South Morang line: all stations services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- South Morang line: all stations services to South Morang
Transport links
Dyson's Bus Services operates one route via Keon Park station:
Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Keon Park station:
References
- 1 2 Keon Park Vicsig
- ↑ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 67. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
- ↑ Flickr - High Bicyclist Photostream
- ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1986. p. 217.
- ↑ Flickr - High Bicyclist Photostream
- 1 2 "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1988. p. 220.
- ↑ South Morang Rail Extension, Australia Railway Technology
- ↑ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1983. p. 26.
- ↑ South Morang Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 555 Epping - Northland timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 902 Chelsea - Airport West timetable Public Transport Victoria