Owned by VicTrack Line(s) Lilydale
Belgrave Opened 1 December 1882 Owner VicTrack Tracks 3 | Operated by Metro Platforms 4 (1 island, 2 side) Status Premium station Station status Premium station Connections Bus, Tram | |
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Location Station Street, Box Hill
Australia Distance 16.16 kilometres from Southern Cross Address Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia Similar Box Hill Central Shopping, Laburnum railway station, Blackburn railway station - M, Mont Albert railway station, Surrey Hills railway station |
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. 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.
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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.
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 McDonald's Restaurant since built over the ramp from the station concourse.
It was upgraded to a Premium station in 1996.
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. 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.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Platform 3:
Platform 4:
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:
Bay 2:
Bay 3:
Bay 4:
Bay 5:
Bay 6:
Bay 7:
Bay 8:
Bay 9:
Bay 10:
Bay 11:
Bay 13:
Bay 14:
Nightbus: (On Whitehorse Road)
Tram services
Yarra Trams operates one route to and from Box Hill: