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Surrey Hills railway station is located on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills, and it opened on 13 August 1883.[2]

Surrey Hills
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 3 in May 2014
General information
Location	Bedford Avenue, Surrey Hills, Victoria 3127 City of Boroondara Australia
Coordinates	37°49′26″S 145°05′56″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
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
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, Premium Station
Station code	SHL
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1/2 Overlap
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	13 August 1883; 139 years ago (1883-08-13)
Closed	2022/2023
Rebuilt	1966 19 December 1971
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead (December 1922)
Passengers
2008-2009	0.726 million[1]
2009-2010	0.772 million[1]  6.34%
2010-2011	0.764 million[1]  1.04%
2011-2012	0.690 million[1]  9.69%
2012-2013	Not measured[1]
2013-2014	0.823 million[1]  19.28%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Chatham towards Flinders Street Lilydale line Mont Albert towards Lilydale Belgrave line Mont Albert towards Belgrave
Track layout Legend to Chatham Union Road (Removing by 2023) 1 3 2 to Mont Albert

History

Initially, two trains ran to Lilydale each day and five only to Box Hill. At the time, engineers were unwilling to allow trains to stop at Surrey Hills, claiming potential difficulties with re-starting the gradient, and also that there was not enough traffic to warrant the stop.^{[citation needed]}

In April 1883, a deputation asked for Surrey Hills to be a flag station so that passengers wishing to alight could inform the guard of that 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. The station first appeared in the Victorian Railways working timetable on 15 October 1883.

A second track was opened on 9 December 1888, combined with a new platform on the north side of the line. By the 1930s, a small goods yard had been provided to the south of the station, in what is now a car park. The connection to the mainline was at the Box Hill (Down) end of the station.[3]

Boom barriers replaced interlocked gates at the Union Road level crossing, located at the Up end of the station, in 1962.[2] The goods yard and signal box were removed in 1966 to allow work on a third track to be carried out.[2] At that time, the current station buildings were provided, and the former city-bound platform was converted to an island platform. Services on the third track from East Camberwell were extended though the station to Box Hill in December 1971.[4]

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

On 14 September 2016, two people were killed when a motor vehicle and an express X'Trapolis train set collided at the Union Road level crossing. Severe damage resulted to the train, and the vehicle was dragged 150 metres before coming to a mangled rest between the station platform and train. The station underpass was also damaged.[5]

In 2020, it was announced by the Level Crossing Removal Project that the level crossings at Union and Mont Albert Roads would be removed by 2023. The project will involve the closure of both Surrey Hills and nearby Mont Albert station, with a new Union Station to be provided between the two current stations. Construction was expected to begin in 2021.[6] Plans for the grade separation of the Union Road level crossing with a road overpass have dated as far back as the late 1970s.[7]

Platforms and services

Surrey Hills has one island platform (Platforms 1 and 2) and a side platform (Platform 3), linked by an underpass. The island platform features a large brick building with a customer service window, an enclosed waiting room and toilets. There is a small brick building on Platform 3.

It 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 and limited express services to Lilydale
•  Belgrave line  all stations and limited express services to Belgrave

Platforms 3:

•  Lilydale line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Lilydale; weekday all stations services to Blackburn
•  Belgrave line  weekday all stations and limited express services to Belgrave; weekday all stations services to Blackburn

Transport links

CDC Melbourne operates one route via Surrey Hills station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  612 : Box Hill station – Chadstone Shopping Centre[10]

Ventura Bus Lines operates one route via Surrey Hills station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

•  766 : Box Hill station – Burwood[11]

References

External links

• Melway map at street-directory.com.au

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