Box Hill railway station, Melbourne

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]

For the station in Wellington, New Zealand, see Box Hill railway station, Wellington.

Box Hill
Eastbound view from platform 4 in January 2013
LocationStation Street, Box Hill
Australia
Coordinates37°49′09″S 145°07′17″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Lilydale
Belgrave
Distance16.16 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms4 (1 island, 2 side )
Tracks3 (Platform 1 with no tracks)
ConnectionsBus
Tram
Construction
Structure typeBuilt over
Parking500
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusPremium Station
Station codeBOX
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 December 1882
Rebuilt1983/1985
ElectrifiedYes
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
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Laburnum
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Laburnum
towards Belgrave

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:

Platform 3:

Platform 4:

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:

Bay 3:

Bay 2:

Bay 4:

Bay 5:

Bay 6:

Bay 7:

Bay 8:

Bay 9:

Bay 10:

Bay 11:

Bay 13:

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:

  • Frederick McCubbin's 1887 painting Morning Train shows a train leaving Box Hill station
  • Entrance from Centro Box Hill taken in July 2004
  • Ventura buses at the bus terminus in January 2013
  • Eastern side of bus interchange in September 2017
  • Entrance from Box Hill Central Shopping Centre in July 2016

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. "966 Night bus: City - Kew - Doncaster Rd - Box Hill". Public Transport Victoria.
  29. "109 Box Hill - Port Melbourne". Public Transport Victoria.
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