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Ringwood railway station is the junction station for the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ringwood, and opened on 1 December 1882.[2]

Ringwood
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 2 in December 2017
General information
Location	Railway Place, Ringwood, Victoria 3134 City of Maroondah Australia
Coordinates	37°48′57″S 145°13′44″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave
Distance	25.76 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	180
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	RWD
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 December 1882; 139 years ago (1882-12-01)
Rebuilt	January 2016
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (January 1923)
Passengers
2014-2015	Not measured[1]
2015-2016	1.35 million[1]  17.02%
2016-2017	1.76 million[1]  29.91%
2017-2018	1.80 million[1]  2.3%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Heatherdale towards Flinders Street Lilydale line Ringwood East towards Lilydale Belgrave line Heathmont towards Belgrave Terminus Belgrave line Shuttle services Lilydale line Shuttle services Ringwood East towards Lilydale
Track layout Legend to Heatherdale 1 3 2 Bedford Road (Removing by 2025) to Heathmont to Ringwood stabling yard to Ringwood East

The original signal box was located on Platforms 1 and 2, and it was originally provided in 1926.[2] It has since been relocated to the bus interchange. Signals are now controlled from within the station building on Platform 3. Stabling sidings are located at the down end of the station. The sidings closest to the Lilydale line were provided in 1973, and were extended in 1978,[2] whilst the sidings closest to the Belgrave line and the Bedford Road level crossing were provided in 1979.[3] While construction took place, the Belgrave line needed to be temporarily repositioned.[3]

Duplication of the line to Bayswater occurred in 1982,[2] with duplication of the line to Croydon occurring in 1984.[2]

Ringwood was upgraded to a Premium Station on 31 July 1996.[4]

Platform 1 is a recent addition to the station, opening in 1999.[5] Prior to that, the track on the Platform 1 side was used as a siding, which continued to the Wantirna Road bridge.

Ringwood station was upgraded in 2015 as part of the Eastland Shopping Centre 2015-2016 expansion (Stage 5), with the $66 million station improvements being completed in January 2016. The work included a new concourse, the provision of lifts, a reconfigured bus interchange, CCTV and heritage work on the station buildings.[6][7] The station buildings themselves were not significantly altered, because they are heritage listed.[8]

Accidents

In February 1908, EE class steam locomotive 478 overran the buffer stops at the Wantirna Road siding, derailed and toppled down the embankment, ending up level with the road.[9]

Around 1964, an L Class electric loco ran away, crashing through the same buffer stops, and stopping with its front bogie dangling over Wantirna Road.[10]

On 16 October 1989, a Comeng and a Hitachi train set collided 500m east of the station, near the Bedford Road level crossing.[11][12][13] The collision occurred on a bend when the 7:11am train from Belgrave, led by Comeng 589M, collided with the rear of the 7:13am train from Upper Ferntree Gully, which was stationary at the time, derailing the Comeng train. 10 injuries were reported.

On 12 July 1992, a Comeng set overshot the same siding as in the 1908 accident, with leading car 392M crashing into and stopping on top of the buffers, near the edge of the Wantirna Road bridge.

On 12 May 2010, an X'Trapolis 100 set ran off the end of the tracks and into a fence in the Ringwood stabling yard.[14]

Facilities, platforms and services

Ringwood is served by Lilydale and Belgrave line trains.[15][16] It has one island platform (Platforms 1 and 2) and one side platform (Platform 3). Platform 3 and the concourse feature customer service windows, with Platforms 1 and 2 having a semi-enclosed waiting area. Platform 3 and the concourse also have toilets, and there is a kiosk on with Platforms 1 and 2. All platforms are accessible via ramps, stairs and lifts. The bus interchange is located outside Platform 3.

Platform 1:

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

Platform 2:

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

Platform 3:

•  Lilydale line  services to Lilydale
•  Belgrave line  services to Belgrave

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates five bus routes via Ringwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  271 : to Box Hill station[17]
•  364 : to Warrandyte[18]
•  370 : to Mitcham station[19]
•  380 : to Ringwood station (loop service)[20]
•  SmartBus   901 : Frankston station – Melbourne Airport[21]

McKenzie's Tourist Services operates one bus route via Ringwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  684 : Eildon – Southern Cross station[22]

Ventura Bus Lines operates three routes to and from Ringwood station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  670 : to Box Hill Institute Lilydale Lakeside Campus[23]
•  679 : to Chirnside Park Shopping Centre[24]
•  742 : to Chadstone Shopping Centre[25]

Gallery

• 
  Westbound view in May 2014, prior to the station upgrade

References

External links

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

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