Epping railway station, Melbourne

Epping
Station entrance in May 2014
Location	Cooper Street, Epping Australia
Coordinates	37°39′10″S 145°01′43″E / 37.6529°S 145.0285°E / -37.6529; 145.0285Coordinates: 37°39′10″S 145°01′43″E / 37.6529°S 145.0285°E / -37.6529; 145.0285
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	South Morang
Distance	22.82 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	54
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	EPP
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	23 December 1889
Closed	28 November 1959
Rebuilt	28 November 2011
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Lalor toward Flinders Street South Morang line South Morang Terminus

Epping railway station is located on the South Morang line, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Epping. It opened on 23 December 1889, as a station on the line to Whittlesea.

Services to the station were operated as country services. From 1924, an AEC railmotor shuttle service operated from Reservoir to Whittlesea, until the line was closed north of Lalor station in November 1959.

In November 1964, a new station opened a little down the line, as part of the electrification of the line from Lalor to Epping, with the station building relocated from Glen Waverley station, which was being rebuilt at the time.

The station was rebuilt during the late 1980s, in conjunction with the construction of the adjacent train depot, with the north face of the former island platform brought into use in July 1987, along with temporary station buildings. The new platform was built on a new alignment, with 200 metres of new track needed to link to the existing line. The former platform and station building from 1964 were demolished by late July 1987, along with the former alignment of the track, and overhead wiring. The south face of the island platform (former Platform 1) opened 9 months later, in April 1988. The new Solid State Interlocking was commissioned in 1989, and was the first fully computerised system in Melbourne.

The suburban train depot was opened in 1990. The depot was built as a replacement of the Jolimont Workshops, in central Melbourne. The depot covers 10.8 hectares, and can accommodate 31 trains, with the facility including a main workshop building, four elevated tracks, two lifting tracks, and a train wash.

It was upgraded to a Premium station in 1998.