Keon Park railway station

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Keon Park
PTV commuter rail station
Keon Park Railway Station.jpg
Southbound view in May 2014
LocationHigh Street,
Thomastown, Victoria 3074
City of Whittlesea
Australia
Coordinates37°41′41″S 145°00′42″E / 37.6946°S 145.0118°E / -37.6946; 145.0118Coordinates: 37°41′41″S 145°00′42″E / 37.6946°S 145.0118°E / -37.6946; 145.0118
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance17.54 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking154
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeKPK
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
OpenedDecember 16, 1929 (1929-12-16)[1]
Rebuilt1983
1988
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(December 1929)
Previous namesKeonpark (1929-1972)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Ruthven
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Thomastown
towards Mernda

Keon Park railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Thomastown, and it opened on 16 December 1929 as Keonpark. It was renamed Keon Park in February 1972.[2]

History[]

The suburb, and more particularly the railway station of Keon Park, was named after Keon Park Pty Ltd., a land development company formed in 1924. Among the directors was Henry Isaac Cohen, a Barrister and M.L.C. and later a King’s Counsel, Minister of Education and Minister for Water Supply, who married Ethel Mary Keon in 1901 and whose children adopted the surname of “Keon-Cohen”.[3]

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.[4] However, the duplicated line converged at the Up end of the Keon Parade level crossing,[5] and it wasn't until 1988 that the current Platform 2 was provided.[6][7][8] The crossover, located at the Up end of the station and just past the level crossing, was also provided around this time.[8] It remained the northern extremity for the double line until November 2011, when the line from Keon Park to Epping was duplicated.[2][9]

The station and signal box were damaged by fire on 1 September 1973.[10][11] It was also around this time that the former City of Preston and former local member for the now abolished seat of Reservoir, Jim Simmonds, asked the Victorian Railways for opinions on relocating the station to the Up side of the level crossing, to allow better access from nearby residential areas.[12][10]

The current station building was provided in 1983, replacing an older wooden structure.[13] In 1986, a number of sidings that were located at the Down end of the station were abolished.[2]

Flashing lights were provided at the Keon Parade level crossing in 1963,[2] with boom barriers provided later on in 1971.[2] On 29 July 2021, the Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the level crossing will be grade separated by 2025, with the railway line to be built over the road, and will include a rebuilt station.[14][15][16]

Platforms and services[]

Keon Park has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.[17]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[]

Dysons operates one route via Keon Park station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  555 : Pacific Epping – Northland Shopping Centre[18]

Kinetic Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Keon Park station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References[]

  1. ^ "KEONPARK STATION TO BE OPENED ON MONDAY". The Herald. No. 16, 405. Victoria, Australia. 13 December 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 10 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b c d e Keon Park Vicsig
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 67. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  5. ^ Flickr - High Bicyclist Photostream
  6. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1986. p. 217.
  7. ^ Flickr - High Bicyclist Photostream
  8. ^ a b "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. July 1988. p. 220.
  9. ^ South Morang Rail Extension, Australia Railway Technology
  10. ^ a b "Way & Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1973. p. 219.
  11. ^ "Way & Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1974. p. 16.
  12. ^ "Items of Interest". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1973. p. 183.
  13. ^ "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. February 1983. p. 26.
  14. ^ Keon Parade, Keon Parade - Level Crossing Removal Project
  15. ^ 10 more level crossings to go by 2025 - Level Crossing Removal Project
  16. ^ Mernda line level crossing removal fact sheet - Level Crossing Removal Project
  17. ^ "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. ^ "555 Epping - Northland via Lalor & Thomastown & Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. ^ "902 Chelsea - Airport West (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.

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