Keon Park railway station

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Keon Park
PTV commuter rail station
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Southbound view from Platform 1, July 2024
General information
LocationHigh Street,
Reservoir, Victoria 3074
City of Whittlesea
Australia
Coordinates 37°41′41″S145°00′42″E / 37.6946°S 145.0118°E / -37.6946; 145.0118
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Mernda
Distance17.54 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking154
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeKPK
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened16 December 1929;94 years ago (1929-12-16) [1]
Rebuilt1983
1988
21 June 2024 (LXRP)
ElectrifiedDecember 1929
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesKeonpark (1929–1972)
Passengers
2005–2006200,689 [2]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Ruthven
towards Flinders Street
Mernda line Thomastown
towards Mernda
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Keon Park railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Reservoir, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Keon Park station is an elevated premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 16 December 1929, with the current station provided in 2024. [6]

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Initially opened as Keonpark, the station was given its current name of Keon Park on 29 February 1972. [6]

History

Keon Park station opened on 16 December 1929. It was named after Keon Park Pty Ltd., a land development company formed in 1924. Among the directors was Henry Isaac Cohen, a Barrister, 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". [7]

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. [8] However, the duplicated line converged at the up end of the former Keon Parade level crossing, [9] and it was not until 1988 that the current Platform 2 was provided. [10] [11] [12] The crossover, located at the upper end of the station and just past the level crossing, was also provided around this time. [12] It remained the northern extremity for the double line until November 2011, when the line from Keon Park to Epping was duplicated. [6] [13]

In 1963, flashing light signals were provided at the former Keon Parade level crossing, [6] with boom barriers provided later on in 1971. [14] [15] On 15 April 1972, a small fire damaged the interior of the station building. [16] On 1 September 1973, the station was again damaged by fire, as well as damage occurring to the signal box. [17] [18] It was also around this time that the former City of Preston and former local member for the now abolished District 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. [19] [17]

In 1983, the former ground-level station building was provided, replacing an older timber structure. [20] In 1986, a number of sidings that were located at the down end of the station were abolished. [6]

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. [21] [22] [23] On 28 March 2022, the LXRP announced that the station would be rebuilt to the south of the current level crossing. [24] In December 2022, final designs were released, [25] with construction on the project beginning in early 2023.

On 12 January 2024, Keon Park Station was closed and demolished. [26] The first elevated train bridge opened on 21 January 2024. The Flinders Street-bound way used the bridge as the Mernda-bound used the level crossing until April 2024, as a solution to keep trains running on the Mernda line. [27]

On 30 April 2024, the Keon Parade level crossing and equipment were eliminated. [28] The elevated train bridge for Mernda-bound way opened on 8 May 2024, [29] and the rebuilt station opened to passengers on 21 June 2024. [30] [31]

Platforms and services

A PID on Platform 2 displaying a Mernda-bound service Station PID Platform at Keon Park, July 2024.jpg
A PID on Platform 2 displaying a Mernda-bound service

Keon Park has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services. [32]

An X'Trapolis train on a down Mernda service, bound for Reservoir arrives at Platform 1, July 2024 X'Trapolis 890M arriving at Keon Park, July 2024.jpg
An X'Trapolis train on a down Mernda service, bound for Reservoir arrives at Platform 1, July 2024

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

The westbound bus stop for routes 555 and 902 beneath the elevated railway, July 2024 Westbound bus stop Keon Park, July 2024.jpg
The westbound bus stop for routes 555 and 902 beneath the elevated railway, July 2024

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

The eastbound bus stop for route 902 beneath the elevated railway, July 2024 Eastbound bus stop Keon Park, July 2024.jpg
The eastbound bus stop for route 902 beneath the elevated railway, July 2024

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

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