Mitcham railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Mitcham, and it opened on 25 December 1882.[2]

Mitcham
PTV commuter rail station
Westbound view from Platform 1 in January 2014
General information
Location	Mitcham Road, Mitcham, Victoria 3132 City of Whitehorse Australia
Coordinates	37°49′05″S 145°11′31″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave
Distance	22.47 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Below ground
Parking	700
Bicycle facilities	22
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	MCH
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	25 December 1882; 139 years ago (1882-12-25)
Closed	2 January 2014
Rebuilt	25 January 2014
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (January 1923)
Passengers
2008-2009	1.130 million[1]
2009-2010	1.095 million[1]  3.1%
2010-2011	1.185 million[1]  8.22%
2011-2012	1.121 million[1]  5.4%
2012-2013	Not measured[1]
2013-2014	0.935 million[1]  16.59%
2014-2015	1.139 million  21.81%
2015-2016	1.339 million  17.6%
2016-2017	1.058 million  7.1%
2017-2018	1.208 million  14.2%
2018-2019	1.241 million  2.73%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Nunawading towards Flinders Street Lilydale line Heatherdale towards Lilydale Belgrave line Heatherdale towards Belgrave
Track layout Legend to Nunawading 1 2 to Heatherdale

Until the 1970s, a shunting yard and goods shed existed where the southern car park exists today. Tracks remained embedded in the car park surface of that time, enabling parking for the great majority of the time when trains did not use the yard. 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.[3] Goods services at the station ceased by 1985.[2]

The former station buildings were provided in 1989, when the former signal box was relocated into the new building.[2] It was upgraded to a Premium Station on 4 April 1996.[4]

As part of the grade separation project to replace the Mitcham Road and Rooks Road level crossings, the original station closed on 2 January 2014, and was replaced by a new below-ground station that opened on 25 January 2014.[5][6]

Until their removal in 2014 due to the level crossing removals, a crossover and siding were located at the Up end of the station.[2]

The station was due to receive an upgraded commuter car park, following a 2019 commitment by the federal government. However, this was scrapped in 2021.[7]

Facilities, platforms and services

Mitcham has two side platforms with a concourse above on ground level. The concourse features a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room, toilets and a café. Access to the platforms is provided by stairs, lifts and ramps.

The station is serviced by Metro Trains' Lilydale and Belgrave line services.[8][9]

Platforms 1:

•  Lilydale line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platforms 2:

•  Lilydale line  all stations services to Lilydale
•  Belgrave line  all stations services to Belgrave

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates four routes via Mitcham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  270 : to Box Hill station[10]
•  370 : to Ringwood station[11]
•  SmartBus   901 : Frankston station – Melbourne Airport[12]
•  SmartBus   907 : to Lonsdale Street (Melbourne CBD)[13]

Ventura Bus Lines operate four routes to and from Mitcham station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  736 : to Blackburn station[14]
•  738 : to Westfield Knox[15]
•  740 : to Vermont East[16]
•  765 : to Box Hill station[17]

Gallery

• 
  Platform 1 building of the former ground level station in April 2013, prior to demolition

References

External links

• Media related to Mitcham railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au