Epping railway station, Melbourne

Epping railway station is located on the Mernda 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.

History
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.

In 2010, construction commenced on a new island platform north of Cooper Street, built below ground level, as part of a grade separation project. This was part of the duplication of the line from Keon Park, and its extension to South Morang. The new station opened on 28 November 2011.

Facilities, platforms & services
Epping has one island platform with two faces. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs and a lift. The station concourse contains a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room, toilets, and a kiosk. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.

Platform 1:
 * Mernda line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:
 * Mernda line: services to Mernda

Transport links
Dyson's Bus Services operates six routes via Epping station:
 * 356: to Wollert East
 * 357: Wollert West – Thomastown station
 * 358: to Wollert
 * 556: Northland Shopping Centre – Pacific Epping
 * 569 Pacific Epping – South Morang station
 * 577: Pacific Epping – South Morang station

Transdev Melbourne operates one SmartBus route via Epping station:
 * SmartBus 901: Frankston station – Melbourne Airport