Box Hill railway station, Melbourne

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Box Hill railway station is a commuter railway station on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are both part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the eastern suburb of Box Hill, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Box Hill station is a below ground premium station, featuring four platforms, an island platform with two faces and two side platforms connected by a ground level precinct. It opened on 1 December 1882, with the current station provided in 1985.<ref name="vicsigboxhill">Template:Cite web</ref>

The station is located underground, beneath the Box Hill Central shopping centre. East of the station, towards Lilydale and Belgrave, the three tracks merge into two.

History

Box Hill station opened on 1 December 1882 when the railway line from Camberwell was extended to Lilydale.<ref name=vicsigboxhill/> When the station opened, Box Hill was a separate town with several hundred residents.<ref name=vpboxhill/> It was named in 1861 after Box Hill in Surrey, England, which was the birthplace of the local postmaster.<ref name="vpboxhill">Template:Cite web</ref> In 1895, a large market was opened next to the station.<ref name=vpboxhill/>

On 19 December 1922, the section of line from Flinders Street to Box Hill was electrified, and that was extended to Ringwood the following month.<ref name=vicsigboxhill/>

In 1971, the current centre line between East Camberwell and Box Hill was provided.<ref name=vicsigboxhill/> It was also in that year that the overpass over Elgar Road was opened, located in the up direction from the station, replacing a level crossing.<ref name=vicsigboxhill/>

On 29 December 1976, goods services to and from the station ceased.<ref name="newsrailjan77">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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.<ref>Network, Railways of Australia, September 1979, Vol.16 No.7 p. 28</ref>

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A plaque by VicRail commemorating 100 years of rail service to Box Hill

Beginning in early 1983, construction started on rebuilding the station below ground, as part of the project to eliminate the level crossing at Station Street, which was at the eastern end of the station.<ref name=vicsigboxhill/> Box Hill Central Shopping Centre and the bus terminus were built over the top of the station, with the complex being completed in 1985.<ref name=vicsigboxhill/> Platform 1 was used between 24 April 1983 and 9 June 1984,<ref name=vicsigboxhill/> while the rest of the new station was being built, and has been retained for possible future use. The platform has no track or lighting, and a McDonald's restaurant has been built over the ramp from the station concourse.

On 18 July 1996, Box Hill was upgraded to a premium station.<ref name="newsrailoct97">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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. A rail replacement bus service operated between the two stations for the duration and, to cater for that, 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With the completion of the major works at the end of January 2007, the bus interchange was removed.

During the 2017/2018 financial year, with 3.254 million passenger movements, Box Hill was the tenth-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, as well as being the busiest non-interchange station outside of the Melbourne CBD.<ref name="patronage2013-2018">Template:Cite web</ref>

Box Hill will be the northern terminus of stage one of the Suburban Rail Loop project.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Construction began in 2022, with the project scheduled for completion by 2032. It will connect Box Hill to the Frankston, Pakenham, Cranbourne and Glen Waverley lines, as well as other new intermediate stations.

Platforms and services

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The now replaced CRT Monitor on Platform 4 displaying a Lilydale service, one year prior to been replaced, December 2017
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An X'Trapolis train on a Flinders Street-bound service arrives at Platform 2, August 2024

Box Hill has one island platform with two faces and two side platforms, but Platform 1 is not in use. The station is served by Lilydale and Belgrave line trains.<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref><ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Station layout

C Concourse Entrance/Exit, customer service, shopping centre
P
Platforms
Side platform, disused
Platform 1 No tracks
Platform 2 Template:0 Template:RouteBox towards Template:Stl (Template:Stl) →
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Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Platform 3 Template:0 Template:RouteBox towards Template:Stl (Template:Stl) →
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Platform 4 ← Template:RouteBox towards Template:Stl (Template:Stl)
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Side platform, doors will open on the left

Bus services

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Ventura buses at the bus interchange in December 2024
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Eastern side of the bus interchange in December 2024

A sheltered thirteen-bay bus terminus is located on the rooftop of the Box Hill Central Shopping Centre, two levels above the station. The terminus serves 20 bus routes operated by CDC Melbourne, Kinetic Melbourne and Ventura Bus Lines. The bus deck originally had 14 bus bays, but bay 12 was removed around 2015 to enable safer access to the lift in the office suites. In 2018, the position of bays 2 and 3 were swapped so that passengers queuing to board SmartBus route 903 southbound would not be in the way of the food kiosk.Template:Citation needed SkyBus also operates a service to Melbourne Airport.<ref name="skybus">Template:Cite web</ref>

Bus routes serving Box Hill station:

Bay Route To Via Ref
1 SmartBus Template:Color box Altona station Westfield Doncaster, Heidelberg station, Northland Shopping Centre, Preston station, Coburg station, Essendon station and Sunshine station <ref name="ptv903">Template:Cite web</ref>
2 Template:Color box Nunawading station Station Street, Eley Road and Fulton Road <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
3 SmartBus Template:Color box Mordialloc Deakin University, Chadstone Shopping Centre, Oakleigh station and Mentone station
4 Template:Color box Melbourne CBD
(Lonsdale Street) 		Belmore Road and Eastern Freeway <ref name="ptv302">Template:Cite web</ref>
SkyBus Melbourne Airport Metropolitan Ring Road <ref name="skybus"></ref>
5 Template:Color box Templestowe Westfield Doncaster <ref name=":1">Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
Template:Color box Greensborough station Westfield Doncaster <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
6 Template:Color box Westfield Doncaster/ Templestowe Middleborough Road <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
Template:Color box Doncaster Park & Ride Union Road <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
7 Template:Color box Chadstone Shopping Centre Union station, Camberwell station and Glen Iris station <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
8 Template:Color box Mitcham station Blackburn North <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
Template:Color box Ringwood station Park Orchards <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
9 Template:Color box Upper Ferntree Gully station Vermont South, Westfield Knox and Mountain Gate Shopping Centre <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
10 Template:Color box Mitcham station Blackburn station, Forest Hill Chase and Brentford Square <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
Template:Color box Burwood Union station <ref name="ptv766">Template:Cite web</ref>
11 Template:Color box Oakleigh station Mount Waverley station, Monash University Clayton Campus and Clayton station <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>
12 Template:Color box Westfield Southland Deakin University and Chadstone Shopping Centre <ref name="ptv767">Template:Cite web</ref>
13 Template:Color box Deakin University
Burwood Campus 		Station Street and Elgar Road <ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref>

Tram services

Yarra Trams operates one route via Box Hill station:

V/Line coach services

A V/Line coach stop is located at Whitehorse Road near Watts Street, with services to:

Usage

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Passenger usage at Box Hill Station between 2008 and 2024 sorted by financial year.

Box Hill is the tenth-busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan rail network.<ref name="patronage2021-2024">Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic</ref>

References

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