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 Ardeer toward Southern Cross Serviceton line (Melton line) Caroline Springs toward Wendouree, Ararat or Maryborough Sunshine toward Southern Cross Warrnambool 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.

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.