Epping railway station, Melbourne

This article is about Epping station in Melbourne, Australia. For other stations that have the same name, see Epping station.

Epping
PTV commuter rail station
Station entrance, May 2014
General information
LocationCooper Street,
Epping, Victoria 3076
City of Whittlesea
Australia
Coordinates37°39′08″S 145°01′51″E / 37.6521°S 145.0308°E / -37.6521; 145.0308
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance22.82 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeBelow ground
Parking54
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeEPP
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened23 December 1889; 134 years ago (1889-12-23)
Closed28 November 1959
Rebuilt29 November 1964
1987–1988
28 November 2011
ElectrifiedNovember 1964
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006608,802[1]
2006–2007699,741[1] Increase 14.93%
2007–2008787,541[1] Increase 12.54%
2008–2009891,140[2] Increase 13.15%
2009–2010949,144[2] Increase 6.5%
2010–2011856,720[2] Decrease 9.74%
2011–2012626,006[2] Decrease 26.93%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014720,619[2] Increase 15.1%
2014–2015702,644[1] Decrease 2.49%
2015–2016797,360[2] Increase 13.48%
2016–2017822,977[2] Increase 3.21%
2017–2018861,078[2] Increase 4.63%
2018–2019887,650[2] Increase 3.08%
2019–2020690,350[2] Decrease 22.23%
2020–2021417,650[2] Decrease 39.5%
2021–2022434,500[3] Increase 4.03%
2022–2023672,900[4] Increase 54.87%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Lalor
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line South Morang
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
to Lalor
to
Epping Train
Maintenance Depot
1
2
Darebin Creek
Henderson Creek
to South Morang

Epping railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network, and serves the northern suburb of the same name. It opened on 23 December 1889 and, since 2011, it has been a below-ground, premium station, with an island platform.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005–2006 to 2018–19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008–2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  5. ^ "Epping". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.