 Stopping Place No 39 was the original South Morang station, a single platform at McDonalds Road, on the Whittlesea line.Operated by DERMs, the Victorian Railways closed the line north of Lalor station in November 1959, after the electrification of the line from Reservoir to Lalor.Epping station was re-opened in November 1964, with the electrification of that section of the line, and the remaining section of track from Epping to Whittlesea was dismantled, with the former right-of-way remaining intact.