Belgrave railway station

Belgrave railway station is a commuter railway station and the terminus of the Belgrave line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave in Victoria, Australia. Belgrave is a ground level premium station, featuring an island platform with two faces. It opened on 18 December 1900, with the current terminus station provided in 1962.<ref name="vicsigbelgrave">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Narrow gauge station

Belgrave station originally opened on 18 December 1900 as Monbulk, and was renamed Belgrave on 21 November 1904.<ref name="ngvicsigbelgrave">Template:Cite web</ref> The station was on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook narrow gauge line, and was located approximately where the modern station car park is situated.<ref name="vicsigbelgrave" />

Following a landslide between Selby and Menzies Creek in the previous year,<ref name="puffbilly">Template:Cite web</ref> on 30 April 1954, the station closed, along with the rest of the line.<ref name=ngvicsigbelgrave/><ref name=puffbilly/> From 9 April 1955 until 23 February 1958, the Victorian Railways resumed operations between Upper Ferntree Gully and Belgrave, which was provided under a guarantee against losses by a citizens committee.<ref name=puffbilly/>

On 21 July 1962, a new station for the narrow gauge line was provided, along with the re-opening of the line as far as Menzies Creek as the Puffing Billy Railway.<ref name=vicsigbelgrave/><ref name=ngvicsigbelgrave/><ref name=puffbilly/> The Belgrave narrow gauge station is approximately 100 metres north of the metropolitan broad gauge station, and serves as the starting point for the Puffing Billy Railway.<ref name="puffbilly" /> A short footpath under Belgrave-Gembrook Rd provides a pedestrian connection between the two stations.

Broad gauge station

Belgrave station opened in its current configuration on 19 February 1962, after the line from Upper Ferntree Gully had been converted to broad gauge and electrified.<ref name=vicsigbelgrave/> The rebuilt station is located further down the line than the original narrow gauge station.

In the early hours of 23 November 1989, Hitachi carriage 219M was destroyed in an arson attack whilst stabled at the station.<ref name="herald">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="hitachi">Template:Cite web</ref>

On 2 July 1996, Belgrave was upgraded to a premium station.<ref name="newsrailoct97">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 2018, the Victorian Government announced it would fund the construction of a multi-deck car park at the station, along with better pedestrian access and an improved bus interchange.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Construction on the new four-storey, 670-space station began in March 2022,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and was completed in January 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The new car park provides an additional 470 spaces, taking capacity from 170 to 670. This includes 16 accessible spaces, and 6 charging spaces for electric vehicles.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Belgrave Station also provides a Parkiteer bicycle parking cage for up to 26 bicycles,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in addition to casual open-air bicycle parking hoops.

During the 2018/2019 financial year, the station had a patronage of 389,750.<ref name="patronage2005-2019">Template:Cite web</ref>

Platforms and services

Belgrave has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Belgrave line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Rcr;background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #Template:Rcr); " |Belgrave platform arrangement
Platform	Line	Destination	Via	Service Type
1	Template:RouteBox	Ringwood, Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services
2	Template:RouteBox	Ringwood, Flinders Street	City Loop	All stations and limited express services

Transport links

Ventura Bus Lines operates six bus routes to and from Belgrave station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• Template:Color box: to Lilydale station<ref name="ptv663">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:Color box: to Oakleigh station<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• Template:Color box: to Olinda (off-peak only)<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• Template:Color box: to Gembrook<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• Template:Color box: to Belgrave South<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
• Template:Color box: to Upwey station<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Gallery

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  Eastbound view from Platform 2, October 2005
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  Westbound view of Platform 1 and the station building, July 2014
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  Eastbound view of Platform 1 and the station building, July 2014

External links

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• Melway map at street-directory.com.au