Box Hill railway station, Melbourne
Box Hill | |||||||||||||||
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Entrance from Centro Box Hill in July 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Location |
Station Street, Box Hill Australia | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°49′09″S 145°07′17″E / 37.8192°S 145.1214°ECoordinates: 37°49′09″S 145°07′17″E / 37.8192°S 145.1214°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) |
Lilydale Belgrave | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 16.16 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 (1 island, 2 side) | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Connections |
Bus Tram | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | Built over | ||||||||||||||
Parking | 500 | ||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | Premium Station | ||||||||||||||
Station code | BOX | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Myki Zone 2 | ||||||||||||||
Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 December 1882 | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1983/1985 | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Box Hill railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines, in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, and opened on 1 December 1882.[1] It is located beneath the Box Hill Central Shopping Centre. In 2011/12, it was the 8th busiest station in Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 2.7 million passenger movements.[2]
In 1882, Box Hill was a separate town, with several hundred residents. In 1895, a large market was opened next to the station. On 19 December 1922, the section from Flinders Street to Box Hill was electrified, and this was continued to Ringwood the following month.
Goods services at Box Hill ceased on 29 December 1976.[3]
In early 1983, the current station was built, to eliminate the level crossing at Station Street. Box Hill Central Shopping Centre and the bus terminal above it were built over the top of the station, with the complex eventually completed by 1985. Platform 1 was used between 24 April 1983 and 9 June 1984, while the current station was being built, and has been retained for possible future use. The platform has no track or lighting, with a McDonalds Restaurant since built over the ramp from the station concourse.
It was upgraded to a Premium station in 1996.[4]
During January 2007, the line was closed between Box Hill and Blackburn, to facilitate grade separation works at the Middleborough Road level crossing, near Laburnum. Buses operated between the two stations for the duration, and to cater for this, a temporary bus interchange was constructed at Box Hill. The interchange was built directly on top of the tracks, which had been paved between the rails, to the east of the station, and was connected to Platforms 2 and 3, via a raised walkway.[5] With the completion of the project's major works at the end of January 2007, the bus interchange was removed.
East of the station, towards Lilydale and Belgrave, the three tracks merge into two.
Platforms & services
Box Hill has one island platform with two faces, and one side platform. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[6][7]
Platform 1:
- Unused and has no track, with a McDonalds Restaurant built over its entrance.
Platform 2:
- Lilydale line: services to Flinders Street
- Belgrave line: services to Flinders Street
Platform 3:
- Lilydale line: services to Flinders Street
- Belgrave line: services to Flinders Street
- Lilydale line: services to Lilydale
- Belgrave line: services to Belgrave
Platform 4:
- Lilydale line: services to Lilydale
- Belgrave line: services to Belgrave
- Lilydale line & Belgrave line: Services to Blackburn during peak hours.
Transport links
A sheltered fourteen bay bus terminus is located two levels above the station, on the rooftop of Box Hill Central. The terminus serves 20 bus routes.
Buses from Box Hill Station:
Bay 1:
- SmartBus 903: to Altona station[8]
Bay 2:
- SmartBus 903: to Mordialloc station[8]
Bay 3:
- 271: Ringwood station via Park Orchards
Bay 4:
- 279: Westfield Doncaster or Templestowe Shops via Middleborough Road
- 284: Doncaster Park & Ride via Union Road
Bay 5:
- 281: to Templestowe
- 293: Greensborough via Westfield Doncaster
Bay 6:
- 302: City via Belmore Road, Eastern Freeway
Bay 7:
Bay 8:
- 270: Mitcham station via Blackburn North
Bay 9:
Bay 10:
- 765: Mitcham station via Brentford Square, Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre, Blackburn station
- 766: Burwood station via Surrey Hills station
Bay 11:
Bay 13:
- 201: to Deakin University
- 732: Upper Ferntree Gully station via Vermont South, Westfield Knox
Bay 14:
- 281: to Deakin University
- 767: Westfield Southland via Hughesdale station, Chadstone Shopping Centre, Jordanville station, Deakin University
- 768: Deakin University via Canterbury Rd
Nightbus: (On Whitehorse Road)
Tram services
Yarra Trams operates one route to and from Box Hill:
- 109: to Port Melbourne[9]
Gallery
- Entrance from Centro Box Hill taken in July 2004
- Eastbound view from platform 4 in January 2013
- Ventura buses at the bus terminus in January 2013
References
- ↑ Mont Albert Vicsig
- ↑ Station Patronage Research Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1977. p. 12.
- ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heistorical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
- ↑ Middleborough Road project Vicsig
- ↑ Lilydale Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Belgrave Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- 1 2 Route 903 Altona - Mordialloc timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ↑ Route 109 Box Hill - Port Melbourne timetable Public Transport Victoria
External links
Media related to Box Hill railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons