Box Hill railway station, Melbourne

Box Hill
Eastbound view from platform 4 in January 2013
Location	Station Street, Box Hill Australia
Coordinates	37°49′09″S 145°07′17″E / 37.8192°S 145.1214°E / -37.8192; 145.1214Coordinates: 37°49′09″S 145°07′17″E / 37.8192°S 145.1214°E / -37.8192; 145.1214
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Lilydale Belgrave
Distance	16.16 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	4 (1 island, 2 side )
Tracks	3 (Platform 1 with no tracks)
Connections	Bus Tram
Construction
Structure type	Built over
Parking	500
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Premium Station
Station code	BOX
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 December 1882
Rebuilt	1983/1985
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2008-2009	3.025 million[1]
2009-2010	3.161 million[1]  4.5%
2010-2011	3.160 million[1]  0.03%
2011-2012	2.743 million[1]  13.2%
2012-2013	Not measured[1]
2013-2014	3.254 million[1]  18.63%
2014-2015	Not measured[2]
2015-2016	3.49 million[2]  7.2%
2016-2017	3.77 million[2]  8.06%
2017-2018	3.66 million[2]  2.88%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Mont Albert towards Flinders Street Lilydale line Laburnum towards Lilydale Belgrave line Laburnum towards Belgrave Future Burwood towards Southland Suburban Rail Loop East (planned) Terminus

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.^[3] It is located beneath the Box Hill Central Shopping Centre. In 2017/18, 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]

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.^[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. 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.^[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.

East of the station, towards Lilydale and Belgrave, the three tracks merge into two.

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 railway line, Pakenham railway line, Cranbourne railway line and Glen Waverley railway line, as well as other new intermediate stations. Stage two of the project will involve the line extending northwards to Doncaster and eventually to Melbourne Airport.

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.^[9][10]

Platform 1:

• Unused and has no track, with a McDonald's Restaurant built over its entrance.

Platform 2:

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

Platform 3:

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

Platform 4:

•  Lilydale line  weekday all stations and limited stops services to Lilydale
•  Belgrave line  weekday all stations and limited stops services to Belgrave
•  Lilydale line  &  Belgrave line  weekday all stations and limited stops services to Blackburn

Bus services[]

A sheltered thirteen bay bus terminus is located two levels above the station, on the rooftop of Box Hill Central. The terminus serves 20 bus routes operated by Transdev Melbourne, Ventura Bus Lines and CDC Melbourne. 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  903 southbound would be out of the way of the food kiosk.

Buses from Box Hill Station:

Bay 1:

•  SmartBus  903 to Altona station via Doncaster, Heidelberg, Preston, Coburg, Essendon and Sunshine^[11]

Bay 3:

• 271 to Ringwood station via Park Orchards^[12]

Bay 2:

•  SmartBus  903 to Mordialloc station via Chadstone, Oakleigh, Mentone^[11]

Bay 4:

• 279 to Westfield Doncaster or Templestowe via Middleborough Road^[13]
• 284 to Doncaster Park & Ride via Union Road^[14]

Bay 5:

• 281 to Templestowe via Doncaster^[15]
• 293 to Greensborough station via Doncaster^[16]

Bay 6:

• 302 to City (Lonsdale Street) via Belmore Road and Eastern Freeway^[17]

Bay 7:

• 612 to Chadstone via Surrey Hills, Camberwell and Glen Iris^[18]

Bay 8:

• 270 to Mitcham station via Blackburn North^[19]

Bay 9:

• 735 to Nunawading station via Station Street, Eley Road and Fulton Road^[20]

Bay 10:

• 765 to Mitcham station via Blackburn, Forest Hill and Brentford Square^[21]
• 766 to Burwood via Surrey Hills^[22]

Bay 11:

• 733 to Oakleigh station via Mount Waverley, Monash University and Clayton^[23]

Bay 13:

• 201 to Deakin University via Elgar Road^[24]
• 732 to Upper Ferntree Gully station via Vermont South, Westfield Knox and Mountain Gate^[25]

Bay 14:

• 281 to Deakin University^[15]
• 767 to Southland via Deakin University and Chadstone^[26]
• 768 to Deakin University via Station Street and Canterbury Road^[27]

Nightbus: (On Whitehorse Road)

• 966 to City via Doncaster Road^[28]

Tram services[]

Yarra Trams operates one route to and from Box Hill:

• 109: to Port Melbourne^[29]

Gallery[]

• 

  Frederick McCubbin's 1887 painting Morning Train shows a train leaving Box Hill station

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  Entrance from Centro Box Hill taken in July 2004

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  Ventura buses at the bus terminus in January 2013

• 

  Eastern side of bus interchange in September 2017

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  Entrance from Box Hill Central Shopping Centre in July 2016

References[]

External links[]

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