Deer Park railway station

Deer Park
File:Deer Park station refurbished.jpg Eastbound view in September 2010
Location	Railway Place, Deer Park
Coordinates
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	ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/view/19982
History
Opened	2 April 1884
Services
Preceding station   V/Line   Following station Ardeer toward Melbourne (Southern Cross) Ballarat line (Melton line) Rockbank toward Wendouree, Ararat or Maryborough Sunshine toward Melbourne (Southern Cross) Geelong line Tarneit 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.

History

The station opened as Kororoit on 2 April 1884 at the same time as the 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, and 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, this status remaining until 1913 when the signal box was abolished.

In 1928 a siding serving Nobel Chemical Finishes (Aust) Pty Ltd was opened at the Melbourne 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, 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 Mount Derrimut Road 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 Ballarat signal box.

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

• 150 paved car parking spaces
• improved station access, lighting and signage
• improved station security via CCTV
• retain as many trees as possible, as well as planting new trees
• protect native grasses to the east of the new car park

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:

• Ballarat line and Geelong V/LineGeelong line: V/Line services to Southern Cross

Platform 2:

• Ballarat line: V/Line services to Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat
• Geelong line: V/Line services to Wyndham Vale, Geelong and Waurn Ponds

Transport links

Sita Buslines operates two routes via Deer Park station:

• 400: Sunshine station - Laverton station
• 420: Sunshine station - Watergardens station

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Victorian Railway Stations gallery
• Melway map