Surrey Hills railway station

Surrey Hills

Eastbound view from Platform 3 in May 2014
Location Bedford Avenue, Surrey Hills
Coordinates 37°49′26″S 145°05′56″E / 37.8239°S 145.0990°E / -37.8239; 145.0990Coordinates: 37°49′26″S 145°05′56″E / 37.8239°S 145.0990°E / -37.8239; 145.0990
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Lilydale
Belgrave
Distance 13.84 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms 3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks 3
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 350
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code SHL
Fare zone Myki zone 1/2 overlap
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 13 August 1883
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
Lilydale line
toward Lilydale
Belgrave line
toward Belgrave

Surrey Hills railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills opening on 13 August 1883.[1]

Two trains ran to Lilydale each day and five only to Box Hill. Engineers were initially unwilling to allow trains to stop at Surrey Hills claiming potential difficulties with the gradient, and also that there was not enough traffic to warrant the stop.

In April 1883 a deputation asked for Surrey Hills to be a flag station so that passengers wishing to detrain could inform the guard of this at the previous station, while those wishing to join the train could show a red flag or a red lamp at night. By August 1883 trains would stop on request. On 1 September 1883 Surrey Hills station was brought into regular service. Surrey Hills station first appeared in the Victorian Railways Working Timetable on 15 October 1883.

The double line came into use on 9 December 1888 when a second platform was provided on the north side of the line. By the 1930s a small goods yard was provided to the south of the station, in what is now a carpark. The connection to the mainline was at the Box Hill end of the station.[2] The signal box and goods yard was removed in 1966 to allow track amplification works to be carried out. The present station building was provided, and the then citybound platform converted to an island platform. Services on the third track from East Camberwell extended though the station to Box Hill in December 1971.[3]

Surrey Hills was upgraded to a Premium station in June 2001.

In 2016, two people were killed when a motor vehicle and an express down service X'Trapolis train collided at the Surrey Hills Level Crossing. Severe damage resulted to the train and the vehicle when the vehicle was dragged 150 meters before coming to a mangled rest between the station platform and train. The station underpass was also damaged. The investigation is ongoing. [4]

Platforms and services

Surrey Hills has one island platform (platforms 1 & 2) and a side platform (platform 3) linked by an underpass. The island platform features a large brick building which features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets. Platform 3 features a small brick building. Surrey Hills is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[5][6]

Platforms 1:

Platforms 2:

Platforms 3:

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Surrey Hills station:

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Surrey Hills station:

References

  1. ↑ Surrey Hills Vicsig
  2. ↑ "Victorian Railways: East Camberwell to Box Hill diagram 5' 30". signaldiagramsandphotos.com. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  3. ↑ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 80. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  4. ↑ Calligeros, Nick Toscano, Marissa (2016-09-14). "Horror crash: Car crushed after colliding with train at Surrey Hills station". The Age. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  5. ↑ Lilydale Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  6. ↑ Belgrave Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
  7. ↑ Route 612 Box Hill - Chadstone Public Transport Victoria
  8. ↑ Route 766 Box Hill - Burwood Public Transport Victoria
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