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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 it opened on 1 December 1882.[3]

Box Hill
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 4 in January 2013
General information
LocationStation Street,
Box Hill, Victoria 3128
City of Whitehorse
Australia
Coordinates37°49′09″S 145°07′17″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Lilydale
Belgrave
Distance16.16 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms4 (1 island, 2 side)
Tracks3 (Platform 1 has no tracks)
ConnectionsBus
Tram
Construction
Structure typeBuilt over
Parking500
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeBOX
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 December 1882; 139 years ago (1882-12-01)
Rebuilt1983-1985
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(December 1922)
Passengers
2008-20093.025 million[1]
2009-20103.161 million[1] 4.5%
2010-20113.160 million[1] 0.03%
2011-20122.743 million[1] 13.2%
2012-2013Not measured[1]
2013-20143.254 million[1] 18.63%
2014-2015Not measured[2]
2015-20163.49 million[2] 7.2%
2016-20173.77 million[2] 8.06%
2017-20183.66 million[2] 2.88%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Mont Albert Lilydale line Laburnum
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Laburnum
towards Belgrave
Future
Burwood
towards Southland
Suburban Rail Loop East
(under construction)
Terminus
Track layout
Legend
1
2
4
3

The station is located beneath the Box Hill Central Shopping Centre. East of the station, towards Lilydale and Belgrave, the three tracks merge into two.


History


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.

In 1971, the current centre line between East Camberwell and Box Hill stations was provided.[3] It was also in 1971 that the overpass over Elgar Road, located in the Up direction of the station, was opened, replacing a level crossing.[3]

Goods services at Box Hill ceased on 29 December 1976.[4]

In 1979, the station was one of three used as trial sites for new bike lockers under the Melbourne Bicycle Strategy, either for occasional, monthly or quarterly hire.[5]

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.[3] Platform 1 was used between 24 April 1983 and 9 June 1984,[3] 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.[6]

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.[7] With the completion of the project's major works at the end of January 2007, the bus interchange was removed.

In 2017/2018, it was the tenth-busiest station in Melbourne's metropolitan network, as well as being the busiest non-interchange station outside of Melbourne's CBD, with 3.254 million passenger movements.[2]

Box Hill will be the northern terminus of stage one of the Suburban Rail Loop project.[8] Construction is set to begin in 2022, and the project is scheduled to be completed by 2032. This will connect Box Hill to the Frankston, Pakenham, Cranbourne and Glen Waverley lines, as well as other new intermediate stations. Stage two of the project will involve the line extending northwards to Doncaster, and eventually to Bundoora, Reservoir, Fawkner, Broadmeadows, Melbourne Airport, Sunshine and Werribee.


Platforms and services


Box Hill has one island platform with two faces and two side platforms, however Platform 1 is not in use. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[9][10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Platform 3:

Platform 4:




Bus services


A sheltered thirteen bay bus terminus is located two levels above the station, on the rooftop of the Box Hill Central Shopping Centre. The terminus serves 20 bus routes operated by CDC Melbourne, Kinetic Melbourne and Ventura Bus Lines. The bus deck originally had 14 bus bays. Bay 12 was removed around 2015, to enable safer access to the elevator that is located in the office suites. In 2018, Bays 2 and 3 were swapped position, so that passengers queuing to board SmartBus route 903 southbound would be out of the way of the food kiosk. [citation needed]

Buses from Box Hill station:

Bay 1:

Bay 3:

Bay 2:

Bay 4:

Bay 5:

Bay 6:

Bay 7:

Bay 8:

Bay 9:

Bay 10:

Bay 11:

Bay 13:

Bay 14:


Tram services


Yarra Trams operates one route via Box Hill station:




References


  1. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. Box Hill Vicsig
  4. "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1977. p. 12.
  5. Network, Railways of Australia, September 1979, Vol.16 No.7 p. 28
  6. "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Heistorical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  7. Middleborough Road project Vicsig
  8. "Stage one rail tunnel alignment". Suburban rail loop. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  9. "Lilydale Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  10. "Belgrave Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  11. "903 Altona - Mordialloc (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
  12. "271 Box Hill - Ringwood via Park Orchards". Public Transport Victoria.
  13. "279 Box Hill - Doncaster SC via Middleborough Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. "284 Doncaster Park & Ride - Box Hill via Union Road". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. "281 Templestowe - Deakin University". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. "293 Box Hill - Greensborough via Doncaster SC". Public Transport Victoria.
  17. "302 City - Box Hill via Belmore Rd and Eastern Fwy". Public Transport Victoria.
  18. "612 Box Hill - Chadstone via Surrey Hills & Camberwell & Glen Iris". Public Transport Victoria.
  19. "270 Box Hill - Mitcham via Blackburn North". Public Transport Victoria.
  20. "735 Box Hill to Nunawading". Public Transport Victoria.
  21. "765 Mitcham - Box Hill via Brentford Square & Forest Hill & Blackburn". Public Transport Victoria.
  22. "766 Box Hill - Burwood via Surrey Hills". Public Transport Victoria.
  23. "733 Oakleigh - Box Hill via Clayton & Monash University & Mt Waverley". Public Transport Victoria.
  24. "201 Box Hill Station - Deakin University". Public Transport Victoria.
  25. "732 Box Hill - Upper Ferntree Gully via Vermont South & Knox City & Mountain Gate". Public Transport Victoria.
  26. "767 Southland - Box Hill via Chadstone & Jordanville & Deakin University". Public Transport Victoria.
  27. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  28. "109 Box Hill - Port Melbourne". Public Transport Victoria.





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